18431. Maintaining good working conditions (09:06)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Division of Visual Aids, U.S. Office of Education; Federal Security Agency; Mode-Art Picture
Summary:
Several cases where improvement in working conditions result in increased production and better satisfied workers are shown. The importance of the part played by supervisors in maintaining good wor...

18432. Maintaining Quality Standards (10:02)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Mode-Art Pictures : produced by
Summary:
Set in a typical wartime factory, the film discusses the supervisor's need to keep up production quantities while meeting quality standards. Narration states "quality work, like a mirror, reflects ...

18433. Maintaining Workers' Interest (11:27)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Explains that the job of the supervisor includes preventing problems caused by a worker's loss of interest in the job. Narration explains "one of the most powerful spurs to production is the intere...

18434. Maintaining workers' interest (12:36)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains that the job of the supervisor includes preventing problems caused by a worker's loss of interest in the job. Narration explains "one of the most powerful spurs to production is the intere...

18436. Men of Fire (17:58)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Army Pictorial Service : produced by; Combat film units of Signal Corps, Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Wartime American audiences are shown the need for workers in the physically demanding metal forging and casting jobs, using scenes of combat from the invasion of France. The fictional American tank...

18437. Molding with a gated pattern (11:17)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows what a gated pattern is and why it is used, how a match or follow board can simplify making a parting, how facing sand is prepared and used, and how and why some patterns are rapped.

18438. Molding with a loose pattern (21:05)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to identify and use common bench molder's tools; how molding sand is prepared; how to face a pattern; how to ram and vent a mold; how to roll a drag; how to cut a sprue, runner, gates and...

18439. New England (11:33)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Explains how industrialized New England, unable before the depression to compete with the cheap labor of the South and some foreign countries, diversified her economy and became a leader in such te...

18440. Northwest by air (15:16)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how Canada's northwest airlines have conquered the almost impenetrable natural barriers of rivers and mountains on the Pacific coast. Reveals how air bases were built, supplied, and serviced ...