15501. Tums "Dime Size" (00:11)

Date:
1966
Main contributors:
Tums
Summary:
An advertisement for Tums antacid in which a narrator describes the purpose of the product. Submitted for Clio Awards category Short Spots.

15502. Tupperware "Untitled" (00:59)

Date:
1969
Main contributors:
Tupperware
Summary:
An advertisement for Tupperware that is narrated by a man. It begins by showing various produce absurdly outfitted with mechanical locks to express that "You can't put a lock on freshness, without ...

15503. Elizabeth Turnell's Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:47)

Date:
2010
Main contributors:
Turnell, Elizabeth
Summary:
Video bio of Elizabeth "Betty" Turnell, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010. Produced by: Tyler Archer; Betty Turnell joined the Communications faculty at DePauw Universi...

15507. [United States, Sea Islands, Gullah, 1932-1933] (17:41:30)

Date:
1932
Main contributors:
Turner, Lorenzo Dow.
Summary:
Gullah speech and song from the Sea Islands. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain materi...

15509. Sports: 1973-06-29/1973-10-21 (6:23:32)

Date:
June 29, 1973 to October 21, 1973
Main contributors:
Turpin, Jim; Eales, Paul; Ferguson, John
Summary:
[AI-Generated Summary] Segment 1: This sports broadcast transcript from October 20, 1973, details several high-stakes collegiate and professional matchups, primarily focusing on dramatic second-ha...

15510. Tussy "Wash & Care" (01:00)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Tussy
Summary:
An advertisement for Tussy Wash & Care beauty treatment in which a male narrator describes the product over images of a woman applying it and splashing water on her face in slow motion. Submitted f...

15511. Tussy Flipstick "Sketches" (00:21)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Tussy
Summary:
An advertisement for Tussy Filpstick in which a male narrator, accompanied by music, describes how the product contains lipstick at one end and eye shadow at the other end. An animated sequence sho...

15512. Tussy Line "Statue" (00:59)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Tussy
Summary:
An advertisement for Tussy in which a female narrator describes different cosmetic products. The scene depicts a statue of a female head as a pair of hands exhibit Tussy's compact, lipstick, Flipst...

15513. Tussy Midnight Perfume "Midnight" (01:00)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Tussy
Summary:
An advertisement for Tussy Midnight perfume in which a male voice sings a jingle as we see a bottle of Midnight perfume and a woman's hand putting out candles. The advertisement ends with a male an...

15514. Tussy Deodorant "Frug" (00:41)

Date:
1968
Main contributors:
Tussy Deodorant
Summary:
A woman performs a frug dance in a nightclub as a narrator explains that Tussy Deodorant provides long lasting protection from sweat.

15515. Tuxedo Junction "Wedding" (00:33)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Tuxedo Junction
Summary:
A klutzy nervous best man spills coffee on his tuxedo moments before the wedding. Tuxedo Junction was able to bring a replacement tuxedo before the wedding started.

15516. Interview with Tyler Gregory, Lawrence, Kansas (05:59)

Date:
October 5, 2020
Main contributors:
Tyler Gregory
Summary:
Tyler Gregory (Lawrence, Kansas) Hailing from the town of Wamego in the hills of Kansas, folk/Americana/bluegrass musician Tyler Gregory can regularly be found performing 260+ shows a year. With ...

15517. Oriental brushwork (17:06)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Tyrus Wong; Chiura Obata; John Bessor
Summary:
Uses a variety of oriental paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to depict the characteristics of oriental art and shows a Chinese and a Japanese artist demonstrating orienta...

15518. U.S. Department of the Interior "Write Clean Water" (01:00)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
U.S. Department of the Interior
Summary:
A public service announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior in which audio of children singing about going to the beach overlays a scene of a deserted beach covered with trash, dead fish...

15519. V-62 Independence (1:04:10)

Date:
19XX
Main contributors:
U.S. Park Service Department of the Interior
Summary:
Source material used for the Agency for Instructional Technology series Geography in U.S. history : illuminating the geographic dimensions of our nation's development.

15520. U.S. Royal Tires "Knee Bends" (01:01)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
U.S. Royal Tires
Summary:
An advertisement for US Royal tires in which an athlete does deep knee bends in a split screen with a tire flexing. A male narrator explains how tires get worn out and build up heat when they flex....

15521. U.S. Royal Tires "Wrestler" (01:01)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
U.S. Royal Tires
Summary:
An advertisement for US Royal tires in which two animated wrestlers are in a ring. They take turns putting each other in holds while one wrestler tells the other about the durability of US Royal ti...

15522. U.S. Steel "Coal Chemicals" (02:59)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
U.S. Steel
Summary:
An advertisement for U.S. Steel products in which a narrator describes how the company uses coal byproducts to create chemicals used in other industrial products. Submitted for Clio Awards category...

15523. U.S. Steel "Grandfather's Clock" (02:31)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
U.S. Steel
Summary:
An advertisement for U.S. Steel in which a narrator describes how company profits are used to improve the automobile and to further develop American industry. Submitted for Clio Awards category Cor...

15524. U.S. Steel "Steel Cowboy" (02:49)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
U.S. Steel
Summary:
An advertisement for U.S. Steel in which a narrator describes how steel has changed work and life on the ranch land of San Mateo, New Mexico, and laborers who are indigenous peoples of the U.S. bui...

15526. Does Tobacco Smoking Cause Earlier Onset Cataracts? (04:32)

Date:
July 27, 2023
Main contributors:
Uddin, Albab
Summary:
Poster presented at the Indiana University Medical Student Program for Research and Scholarship (IMPRS) Research Symposium held on July 27-28, 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

15527. Workshop Session One: Andy Uhrich (35:35)

Date:
November 16, 2013
Main contributors:
Uhrich, Andy
Summary:
Andy Uhrich (Indiana University - Bloomington) presented "Preexisting Digital Tools for the Visual Analysis of Moving Images" on November 16, 2013 during the Regeneration in Digital Contexts: Early...

15530. Uncle Ben's Rice "Flavor" (01:00)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Uncle Ben's
Summary:
An advertisement for Uncle Ben's Rice packaged foods in which a woman opens her competing brand rice to find the "ghost of vanished flavor" and a narrator describes Uncle Ben's process of sealing i...

15531. Uncle Sam Toothpaste : need all (01:05)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Uncle Sam Toothpaste
Summary:
An advertisement for Uncle Sam toothpaste in which a man dressed as Uncle Sam sings a jingle over various absurdist scenes that feature a rock climber, oversized mouth and toothbrush props, a vampi...

15532. Underwood Chicken Spread "Spokesman" (00:33)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Underwood
Summary:
An advertisement for Underwood Chicken Spread in which a small boy tells his siblings sitting around a table that he has convinced their mother to liven up their lunches by using the spread on thei...

15533. Pro Bowl: Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference (partial) (42:33)

Date:
January 15, 1961
Main contributors:
Unitas, Johnny, 1933-2002; Huff, Sam; Pro Bowl (Football game)
Summary:
NFL's All-Star Game; Eastern Conference - 31; Western Conference - 35; MVP's: Johnny Unitas and Sam Huff Game played at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

15534. United Cerebral Palsy "Girl Talk" (01:02)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
United Cerebral Palsy
Summary:
Two girls have a bragging contest between each other. When one girl brags about all the diseases she had the other girl respond by stating she has cerebral palsy.

15535. United Cerebral Palsy "High Tea" (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
United Cerebral Palsy
Summary:
Two sisters are having a tea party when their mother calls them for lunch. The older sister has to help her younger sister to the table due to her cerebral palsy. At the end of the commercial a na...

15536. United Cerebral Palsy "One Little Hand" (02:50)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
United Cerebral Palsy
Summary:
A boy acts as a street policeman for other children. He stops traffic to allow a girl with cerebral palsy to pass. Robert Preston then walks on camera and explains to the viewer the medical hurdles...

15537. United Fund "Hands" (01:05)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
United Fund
Summary:
A narrator list all of the services United Way provides such as daycare for children and the elderly, family counseling, health services, recreation services, and keeping kids off the street. The n...

15538. Design of American public education (14:58)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
United Productions of America; Howard T. Batchelder
Summary:
Through animation, the film compares and contrasts the "assembly line" kind of educational process with one that is tailored to meet young people's needs. Shows how in the former little or no cons...

15539. The Two-Way Street: Quick Facts About Lend-Lease (07:41)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States Government Office of War Information; War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry; Army Service Forces, Signal Corps Photographic Center, Western Division
Summary:
A short informational film asking "what benefits should the U.S. seek for the aid they have given to our allies?" Gives an account of how the Lend-Lease program of mutual aid between allied nations...

15540. Atacama Desert (16:43)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Summary:
Begins with a brief geography lesson to orient North American viewers to the size and climate of Chile. Scenes of indigenous shepherding in desert villages are followed by a visit to the Christmas ...

15541. Brazilian Quartz Goes to War (10:04)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Summary:
The value of Brazilian quartz to the allied war effort is shown as narration proclaims "two-way radio is the one really new instrument in the armory of warfare." Explains the value of quartz in rad...

15542. Iwo Jima (03:27)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States Marine Corps; War Finance Department of the U.S. Treasury Department

15543. Fundamentals of photography : the basic camera (15:00)

Date:
1948
Main contributors:
United States Navy
Summary:
Traces the historical development of the camera, discussing the reasons for subsequent changes from the original camera obscura of 1553. Demonstrates finally that every camera, whatever its make, c...

15545. Rules of the Nautical Road: The Halifax Incident (26:04)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics; Walt Disney Productions; University of Washington Naval R.O.T.C. : technical direction
Summary:
Part of a series of martime navigation instructional films titled Rules of the Nautical Road. Animation produced by Walt Disney studios.

15546. Take A Letter, Please (21:29)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics; United States Navy, Division of Personnel Supervision and Management
Summary:
U.S. Navy training film intended to improve dictation technique through humorous demonstration of common faults. After a series of vignettes where inept and ineffective styles of dictation to a ste...

15547. Discipline: Giving Orders (13:49)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Division of Personnel Supervision and Management; United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Atlas Educational Film Company
Summary:
U.S. Navy training film intended to instruct managers how to maintain workplace discipline effectively. Dramatic scenarios contrast ineffective managerial styles with better approaches. Stresses th...

15548. The Line Is Busy (02:50)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States War Department; Army Pictorial Service of the Signal Corps
Summary:
Short announcement promoting the 6th War Loan by urging viewers to buy War Bonds. Shows the importance for War workers to keep on the job: a man receives a letter from his recently wounded brother ...

15549. Hydrotherapy Pool at Riley Hospital for Children (00:59)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
United States Work Projects Administration
Summary:
A 1937 U.S. Works Projects Administration (WPA) newsreel, "Work Pays America," featured Riley Hospital's hydrotherapy pool (dedicated on October 7, 1935) used for therapy for children with polio an...

15550. Perishable rush (13:48)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Summary:
Shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the United States. Uses a mix of actuality footage and fictional reenactm...

15551. Wings up (21:33)

Alternative title:
Sustineo alas
Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army Air Forces. Motion Picture Unit, 1st
Summary:
The story of the twelve weeks of discipline, concentrated study and hard work leading to graduation from the Officers' Candidate School of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the rank of second lieutenant.

15552. Medical Response to Chemical Warfare and Terrorism (11:52:00)

Date:
1999
Main contributors:
United States. Army Medical Command; U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. Chemical Casualty Care Division
Summary:
This three day training program instructs health care providers how different classes of chemical warfare agents act, how casualties are likely to present, and how to diagnose and treat victims of ...

15553. Biological and Chemical Warfare and Terrorism: Medical Issues and Response (11:43:00)

Alternative title:
Biological and chemical warfa...; Medical issues and response
Date:
2001
Main contributors:
United States. Army Medical Command; United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Emergency Management Strategic Health Care Group
Summary:
This three day training program informs and educates health care professionals about the proper medical response in the event of an intentional biological or chemical agent release. Produced for th...

15554. Battle wreckage (10:09)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Explains why large quantities of war materials, in particular steel, are needed for the war effort. Shows the sea battle and beachhead landing of the Normandy invasion.

15555. RAF & 8th Air Force report from Britain (07:02)

Alternative title:
RAF and Eighth Air Force repo...; Report from Britain; Reports from AAF
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
"Includes a report from Britain showing the RAF and the 8th Air Force on a hedgehopping bomber flight over France and Germany, and the 5th Air Force report from New Guinea." ("News and Notes," Educ...

15556. Silence! (03:15)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Contrasts the silence and wreckage of a battlefield with the noise and action in a war production plant. Advocates buying more war bonds to end World War II more quickly.

15557. What makes a battle (13:57)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Warning: contains graphic footage. Shows the planning and execution of the invasion of the Marshall Islands by the combined U.S. armed forces during World War II. Starts with praise for the America...

15558. The case of the tremendous trifle (20:01)

Alternative title:
Tremendous trifle
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
Shows to the men and women of American industry the vital importance to the war effort of all the little parts that they are making. Discusses the importance of ball bearings to the Nazi war effort...

15559. The Earthmovers (14:07)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
Shows heavy equipment of all types used by the Corps of Engineers and the Seabees during World War II. Describes how the "work power" of military construction units clears beaches of mines, constru...

15560. They deliver the goods (16:14)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
"How our fighting equipment gets through to our fighting men in quantity and on time. The mountains of supplies for combat loaded at ports of embarkation are unloaded under combat conditions and un...

15561. Road to Berlin (18:48)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Summary:
Using dramatized events and newsreels, this film shows the organizing done during World War II to ship war supplies to the military. Shows the work of the Army Transportation Corps in providing shi...

15562. Story of a transport (20:58)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Coast Guard
Summary:
Reviews the World War II service of the transport "Wakefield," formerly the liner "Manhattan"; shows it being used for the transportation of troops, bombed at Singapore, and burned in the Atlantic.

15563. Grow Your Own (15:54)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture
Summary:
Provides basic instructions for planting a home vegetable garden. "Sets forth, in light vein, the essentials of good gardening; selection of the site, preparation of the soil, how to lay out a gard...

15564. Kids Must Eat (16:06)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; Office of Information, Motion Picture Service
Summary:
An episode of the popular "Quiz Kids" radio program introduces the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school lunch program. The four precocious children, ages 7 to 12, demonstrate knowledge of Shakes...

15565. Crops For Combat (09:35)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Adjustment Agency

15566. Blessings of Grass (20:33)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
Summary:
Introduced as "the story of cattle grazing in the national forest," the film depicts cooperation between the Forest Service and local ranchers to manage the grazing of herds on public land. Origina...

15567. Victory Harvest (22:16)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Office of Information. Motion Picture Service
Summary:
Reports on the coordination of community volunteers for wartime farm harvesting labor through the efforts of the Victory Farm Volunteers of the U.S. Crop Corps and local agricultural agents. "The s...

15568. Saving the Garden Crop (12:18)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Office of Information. Motion Picture Service; Wilding Picture Productions : produced by
Summary:
Shows methods of winter storage for produce grown in wartime Victory gardens. Provides demonstrations of how to achieve necessary temperature and moisture conditions for storing various vegetables ...

15569. Hidden Weapons (10:31)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; Wilding Picture Productions, Inc.

15570. The Farmer's Wife (09:51)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; Wilding Picture Productions, Inc. : produced by
Summary:
"A documentary tribute to the farm women of America and an explanation of their part in winning the war. Exemplified by 'Mom,' the farm woman is shown to be a potent force in lining up the farm fam...

15571. Harvests For Tomorrow (26:29)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Summary:
Documents farming practices in the New England states, showing the prosperity that fertile soils brought to hardworking farmers who cleared the hilly land. That fertile soil, rich in minerals, accu...

15572. Livestock and Mankind (10:58)

Date:
1938
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Animal Industry
Summary:
An address given by Dr. John R. Mohler, Chief of the USDA Bureau of Animal Industry, provides narration for this film reporting on the work of the Bureau. "Animal husbandry and veterinary science i...

15573. Block That Termite (19:43)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Summary:
A presentation of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine's code for the prevention of termite infestation. Using animated diagrams and detailed photography of actual termite infestations, th...

15574. The Home Place (31:16)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Extension Service
Summary:
A history of home construction and architectural styles in the U.S. Emphasizes the homestead as symbolic of American values and national character. "The American farmstead, stronghold of human libe...

15575. Forests Forever (24:19)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
Summary:
Shows the necessity for U.S. Federal regulation of the nation's timber to insure protection and perpetuation of this vital resource. Shows that poor management practices for quick exploitation of p...

15576. The Forest Ranger (30:45)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
Summary:
Shows the work of the U.S.D.A Forest Service forest rangers across the nation's 161 national forests. Narration lists the forest ranger's duty to "manage the vast American woodland to produce more ...

15577. Worst of Farm Disasters (06:23)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Rural Electrification Administration; Kendall Foss
Summary:
Worst of Farm Disasters was produced alongside the USDA's Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films Power and the Land and Bip Goes To Town. All three films document the life of an Ohio far...

15578. Grassland (09:07)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service
Summary:
Presents problems of soil conservation and overgrazing in the western U.S. Narration states "the problem of saving the grasslands is before us," showing that careless management has resulted in the...

15579. Wetlands (10:39)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service
Summary:
A USDA production conveying the department's policy recommendations for the development of unusable wetlands into productive agricultural land. Narration explains that, for much of the year, land w...

15580. The Land - To Have and To Hold (14:34)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Interior. Division of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Recounts the history of land ownership by small farmers in the U.S. Free land for farmers gradually disappeared as the west was settled through the 19th century, resulting in the necessity for farm...

15582. STARK II: Implications for Academic Medicine (1:21:00)

Date:
May 18, 1998
Main contributors:
United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Summary:
Association of American Medical Colleges teleconference presenting an overview of the legislation forming STARK I, known as the Physician Referral Legislation, and the issues surrounding the format...

15583. Update on Medicare's Final Payment Rules for Teaching Physicians (1:25:00)

Alternative title:
Medicare teaching physician b...; Final Medicare teaching physi...; medicare's final payment rule...
Date:
December 13, 1996
Main contributors:
United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Summary:
Educational broadcast presents and discusses Medicare billing requirements for various service categories including major and minor surgeries and other medical procedures, diagnostic testing, radio...

15584. Domestic Violence: Lessons; Domestic Violence: Community Partners (3:53:00)

Alternative title:
Domestic violence : community...
Date:
2000
Main contributors:
United States. Health Resources and Services Administration
Summary:
Two part domestic violence training educational series developed for healthcare providers by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.

15585. Remember these faces (17:27)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Navy
Summary:
World War II film showing the horror of the Pacific war with extensive coverage of the care and treatment of the wounded. Created in support of the 7th War Loan drive, the film encourages the gener...

15586. Voyage to recovery (05:09)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Navy
Summary:
Wounded Americans, back from battlefields and task forces all over the world gave rise to the Navy's most important postwar mission--get them well and send them home.

15587. Secrets (07:11)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Navy Department
Summary:
Discusses the importance of various secret weapons used throughout World War II, such as radar and the atomic bomb. The film emphasizes the development and use of these weapons as being critical to...

15588. Building a bomber : a defense report on film (19:10)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Office for Emergency Management
Summary:
"Step-by-step manufacture and assembly of the B-26 medium bomber in the Glenn Martin plant at Baltimore."--War Films, Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943.

15589. A new fire bomb (08:46)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
Describes and provides information about methods of defense regarding a recently developed type of German explosive fire bomb. In dramatic reenactments, wardens and civilians are warned to keep awa...

15590. Target lights (17:36)

Alternative title:
Message to air raid wardens
Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
"This film is an illustrated narrative of the method of preparing any home for a "black-out". It illustrates the vital importance to every family of knowing what to do and just how to do it. No det...

15591. The work of the rescue unit (14:24)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
Presents the training of civilians for rescue work during World War II. Shows the procedures for assigning volunteers to the type of work for which they are prepared and training them to perform as...

15592. Fundamentals of end cutting tools (12:03)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Discusses radius, threading, sheer-cut finishing, round-nosed finishing, and side-facing tools. Demonstrates the correct setting of the tools and the type of cut each makes.

15594. Scraping flat surfaces (13:20)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Shows how surface plates are used to check the flatness of surfaces, types of scrapers, how to remove high spots, and how to determine when a surface is scraped flat.

15595. Swedes In America (17:47)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education; United States. Federal Security Agency; United States Office of War Information, Overseas Branch
Summary:
Actress Ingrid Bergman gives an overview of the history of Swedes and Swedish culture in the U.S., presented as a reply to letters from her countrymen asking the question "why do Swedes get along s...

15596. The Supervisor As Leader [part 2] (13:00)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids ; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Narration asks, and answers, the question: "what does a man need to have, outside of experience, to be a good leader?" Experienced supervisors discuss the qualities of good leadership with dramatiz...

15597. Working With Other Supervisors (07:20)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Mode-Art Pictures, Inc.
Summary:
Dramatized scenarios in a machine shop workplace illustrate common problems arising between supervisors. "Larry Daniels fails as a supervisor because he does not recognize the importance of working...

15598. 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...

15599. Supervising Workers on the Job (10:20)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Dramatizing a variety of poor workplace supervision practices, the film points out their flaws and suggests better approaches. Narration states "employees new in industry need special attention" an...

15600. 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 ...