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1. 1970, start of a new decade of progress (31:29)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
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Summary:
An annual review film made by Sohio for its workers who participate in the employee investment plan.

2. A career in bacteriology (14:58)

Date:
1957
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Explains that bacteriology is an area in the field of biology concerned with microscopic forms of life. Shows by photomicrography examples of protozoa, algae, molds, yeast, and bacteria, and throu...

3. A few ounces a day (06:39)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Alexander, Donald, 1913-1993
Summary:
This film uses diagrams to illustrate the importance of salvaging common everyday items in an effort to reuse important raw materials for building ships. The film asserts that one day's salvage by ...

4. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead (09:55)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:
Shows the fighting and casualties involved in securing Anzio beachhead during World War II.

5. 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...

6. A new supervisor takes a look at his job (12:36)

Date:
1944
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Summary:
A machine tool operator is made a group leader and his plant superintendent explains to him, through dramatized illustrations, the meaning of working with people instead of machines.

7. A nickel for the movies (21:18)

Date:
1984
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
An introduction to motion picture study which tries to touch briefly on most of the issues which form the basis for contemporary film theory. Part One is a tongue-in-cheek movie scene entitled "Put...

8. Airscrew (21:07)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Tharp, Grahame, 1912-
Summary:
This short nonfiction film depicts the intensive testing that goes into developing and producing aircraft propellers. It opens with the whirring or propeller blades. Animated diagrams show how the ...

9. An air raid warden's report (10:50)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Summary:
Shows the importance of accuracy in the information a warden collects at the scene of disaster and the exact manner in which he should transmit information to the control.

10. Australia marches with Britain : highlights of the national war effort (16:07)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Hall, Ken G. (Kenneth George), 1901-
Summary:
This film extols the over-producing wheat, meat, dairy, timber, steel, and Merino wool industries of Australia as assets to the Allied war effort. Describes the production of weapons and military ...

11. Basic nature of sexual reproduction (14:29)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
High-powered microscopic shots are used to illustrate the principle that sexual reproduction in simple and complex plants and animals always involves the production and the union of gametes; exempl...

12. 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.

13. Better bulletin boards (13:01)

Date:
1956
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Describes various uses of the bulletin board. Shows how to locate and maintain a bulletin board for both instructional and reference purposes, describes the materials from which bulletin boards can...

14. Britain's paratroops (08:56)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Considine, Bob, 1906-1975
Summary:
Bob Considine reports on the training of British parachute troops and their uses in warfare. Includes many remarkable aerial shots of parachutists in rehearsal.

15. Britain's youth (12:27)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Fry, Charles Burgess, 1872-1956
Summary:
A short documentary on the widespread engagement in physical activity and athletics in England. Includes footage of amateur cricket matches, soccer games, tennis, darts, and other sports. The resur...

16. 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.

17. Camping and recreational facilities for the handicapped (19:21)

Date:
1979
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Examines how the designers of Camp Riley, a residential camp for handicapped youths, made the out-of-doors accessible to everyone, regardless of personal mobility. Shows the camp's cabins, trails, ...

18. Camping and recreational facilities for the handicapped (20:17)

Date:
1979
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Summary:
Examines how the designers of Camp Riley, a residential camp for handicapped youths, made the out-of-doors accessible to everyone, regardless of personal mobility. Shows the camp's cabins, trails, ...

19. Camping and recreational programs for the handicapped (17:34)

Date:
1979
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Summary:
Focuses on the programming at Camp Riley, which is designed with the special needs of handicapped youths in mind. Shows the activities one would expect to see at a summer camp--swimming, hiking, cr...

20. Challenge of the oceans (29:51)

Date:
1960
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Summary:
A scientific study of the physical, chemical and biological aspects of the oceans. Presents current views of the character and dynamics of oceans and explains the scope, objectives, and problems of...

21. Characteristics of plants and animals (10:47)

Date:
1954
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Uses animation, live photography, cinephotomicrography, and time-lapse photography to illustrate and explain the characteristics of living plants and animals. Shows the hydra, paramecium, and algae...

22. Citizens army (10:38)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Taylor, Donald, 1911-1966
Summary:
Men from a variety of backgrounds and professional fields are trained for the British Home Guard. Describes the development and standardization of this volunteer citizen's army. Scenes from trainin...

23. Community health is up to you (17:47)

Date:
1959
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Summary:
The responsibility of the individual citizen for making sure his community's health facilities are adequate and the value of the community health council are shown.

24. Countersinking, counterboring, and spot facing (19:44)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Demonstrates how to drill holes in steel and cast iron, countersink holes in steel, counterbore holes in cast iron, and spot face holes in cast iron.

25. Craftsmanship in clay. Decoration (10:40)

Date:
1952
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Shows a skilled ceramist applying designs on several ceramic pieces prior to final firing. He uses the clay itself, a comb, a piece of burlap, or clay stamps to create textured designs. Other deco...

26. Crayfish anatomy (11:14)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Shows the external anatomy of a living crayfish and using a freshly anesthetized specimen points out its internal anatomy by systems. Presents its hard exoskeleton, body divisions, and the jointed...

27. Development of the axolotl (08:35)

Date:
1977
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Summary:
Studies the early stages of the development of the axolotl, an aquatic salamander, with emphasis upon genetically determined characteristics. Mates two wild-type, dark axolotls, each heterozygous f...

28. Development of the chick : extra embryonic membranes (22:52)

Date:
1967 (Creation date: 1967)
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Utilizes the living chick embryo and perspective drawings to show the early development of the amnion, chorion, yolk sac, and allantois. Examines the contractions of the amnion, as well as the fold...

29. Diary of a sergeant (23:58)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Russell, Harold, 1914-2002
Summary:
Traces the treatment of an amputee in an army hospital and his rehabilitation, including his skillful manipulation of artificial arms and hands.

30. Electricity. Distribution (16:06)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Develops basic concepts of electrical distribution, both cross-country and within the home. Complete distribution system is explained, with demonstrations of "line loss" and the use of fuses for ov...

31. Electricity. Measurement (11:49)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Develops concepts of electrical pressure, current, and resistance, and establishes the need for the measurement of electricity. Demonstrates the measurement of electrical pressure and current flow,...

32. Electricity. Static electricity (11:24)

Date:
1964
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Traces the development of man's understanding of static electricity and shows various ways it is used. Reviews basic laws of electrical charges, develops an explanation of lightning and how it can ...

33. Food for thought (18:41)

Date:
1980
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
A detailed look at a centralized, integrated, food service which provides 50,000 meals each day on a large university campus. Includes information about scientific control of the storage environmen...

34. Freshwater jellyfish (12:25)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Examines the life cycle of the freshwater jellyfish and describes its habitats, collection procedures, feeding behavior, and methods of reproduction.

35. Frog anatomy (17:09)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Presents the proper methods for dissection of the frog in order to observe its anatomy. Indicates the structures which can be observed by opening the mouth. Depicts proper incisions to make in orde...

36. 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.

37. Germs and what they do (10:54)

Date:
1966
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Summary:
Describes common microorganisms that cause disease, shows some of the helpful microorganisms, and demonstrates how good health habits provide a means of keeping germs out of the body.

38. Glass versus bombs (16:58)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Summary:
Shows the ability of various types of window glass to withstand concussion caused by bombing.

39. Going to hospital with mother (41:28)

Date:
1950
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Summary:
This film shows how the staff of a British hospital has improvised a method of routinely admitting the mothers of patients under school age to a ward of traditional design without structural altera...

40. Health in war (13:19)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Jackson, Pat, 1916-2011
Summary:
"Offers revealing insights into the re-structuring of health services in London and elsewhere in Britain following the outbreak of WWII ... The film is broadly divided into three parts. The opening...

41. How big? (11:18)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Develops concepts of length, area, and volume of areas and objects. Shows how these concepts are related and develops an understanding of such units of measurement as the mile and the acre.

42. Improving the job (09:37)

Date:
1944
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Summary:
A supervisor asks an employee for work-improvement suggestions; the employee talks the problem over with his father and sister, obtains their advice, and makes some worthwhile suggestions.

43. In the wake of the armies... (12:48)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Summary:
Briefly explains the purpose of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and shows President Roosevelt signing the agreement that led to its formation. Through scenes of ...

44. Indiana University : 150 years (1820-1970) [fee hike protest footage] (08:39)

Date:
1969
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Summary:
Outtakes from a film that celebrated the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs.

45. Indiana University : 150 years (1820-1970) [outtakes] (17:47)

Date:
1969
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Summary:
Celebrates the 1820-1970 sesquicentennial of Indiana University by surveying its history and current programs. Points out the admission of women and students from other countries. Covers the develo...

46. Indianapolis attacks its slums (28:43)

Date:
1958
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Contains aerial photography, animation, and charts to show methods used by Indianapolis to effect slum clearance. Pictures city officials as they cite the need for rebuilding slum areas and tells o...

47. Inside/Out: Living with love (14:57)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Agency for Instructional Television
Summary:
Dorothy Smith works for the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department in Oeveland, Ohio. She works at home, for her job is to care for children who are waiting to be adopted. Although it is a foster home ...

48. Into the blue (10:39)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Catling, Darrel, 1909-1991
Summary:
Shows how young airmen are trained by the R.A.F. Not only is the standard training such as solo flying shown, but also learning Morse code, navigation lectures, and special bombardier and fighter p...

49. Introducing the new worker to his job (15:21)

Date:
1944
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Summary:
Dramatization of how not to orient a new employee and get him started on his job; then by contrast, what should have been done.

50. It's up to us (10:39)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
General Motors Corporation
Summary:
Focuses on the conservation of important natural elements such as rubber, oil and metal needed to support the U.S. Victory Program. Viewers are shown various ways in which they can change daily hab...

51. Japs bomb U.S.A.! (09:43)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Castle Films, inc.
Summary:
"Newsreel pictures of the attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Pearl Harbor. Closes with America's ringing answer to the enemy challenge." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, Fe...

52. Know your enemy--Japan! (14:47)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Knox, Gordon, 1906-1992
Summary:
"Produced in cooperation with the Institute of Pacific Relations, this film answers such vital questions as: How large in the Japanese Empire? Is Japan self-sufficient in food? What is Japan's nava...

53. Land use on the flood plain (17:09)

Date:
1975 (Creation date: 1975)
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Summary:
Examines the relationship between flooding and land use. Explains that the proximity to transportation, energy, and fertile soil has often outweighed the dangers of flood, and offers dams, levies, ...

54. Limestone (12:34)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Explains and simulates the formation of sedimentary rock, focusing on the importance of limestone as a natural resource. Locates limestone quarries on the map and shows how the stone is quarried in...

55. London fire raids : 29th-30th December 1940 (11:42)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Walker, Bob Danvers
Summary:
Describes the first fire raid on the City of London on the night of December 29, 1940. Opening sequences in the film are taken from the roof of St. Paul's Cathedral. They show the London fire briga...

56. Man enough for the job (25:32)

Date:
1961
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Summary:
Tells how a boy, his sister and his family find happiness when they move to a rural area and become interested in the 4-H Club. Shows how the boy progresses from total disinterest to becoming a lea...

57. Marlin to the fly (22:37)

Date:
1969
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Summary:
Documents the late Dr. Webster "Doc" Robinson's historic fishing trip off the coast of Baja California, Mexico in May of 1963, on which he became the first angler to catch a striped marlin using an...

58. Mountains (09:35)

Date:
1967
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Illustrates some of the characteristics of mountains, including peaks, ranges, and systems. Explains map symbols, effects of mountains on weather, and the economic importance of mountains. Includes...

59. Movement in classical dance : the pelvic area (12:25)

Date:
1980
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Summary:
Demonstrates how to position and move the pelvis area during classical dance, following safe and correct principles. Slow-motion and live-action scenes illustrate a variety of body movements in eac...

60. Negro colleges in war time (08:28)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Presents the wartime activities of four African American colleges--Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Prairie View College in Texas, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Hampton Institute in Virg...

61. New Harmony : an example and a beacon (28:22)

Date:
1971
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Traces the history and significance of New Harmony, Indiana, from its communal origins to its contemporary renaissance as an historic landmark. Explains that when the Harmonists moved from Indiana ...

62. On the war bond front : a Treasury Department report to the retailers of America (06:16)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Department of the Treasury.
Summary:
Presents a recent history of the war savings program from its inception in July 1941 to January, 1943, with special emphasis on the activities of retail stores and the payroll savings plan.

63. Our enemy-- the Japanese (20:08)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965
Summary:
"Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murde...

64. Out of bed into action (15:36)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army Air Forces. First Motion Picture Unit
Summary:
This film outlines the convalescent training program for hospitalized U.S. airmen in World War II. It is designed to acquaint the convalescent with the program in which he will take part. Patients ...

65. Paratroops (09:00)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Summary:
"A quick overview of the weeks spent in learning to jump, tumble, and fall, in practice jumping from a tower and from a dummy plane, in packing the parachute one's life depends on, in learning to j...

66. Peace comes to America (10:46)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Summary:
Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war. Features appearances by President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Tre...

67. 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...

68. Pincers on Japan (18:58)

Date:
1944 (Creation date: 1943)
Main contributors:
National Film Board of Canada
Summary:
"Canada's place in the strategy of Pacific warfare is the subject of this wartime film. Convoys, carrying the sinews of war, steam out from her ports, while along her western coast lookouts and pat...

69. Placing the right man on the job (12:28)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Dramatized cases of five different workers, unsatisfactory in particular jobs, who are reassigned to other jobs more suitable to their abilities and capacities.

70. Projecting ideas on the overhead projector (17:16)

Date:
1960
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Summary:
Outlines the advantages of the overhead projector as a visual aid to learning in classrooms, in business, and in industry. Shows the great variety of uses of the equipment, with opaque, translucent...

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

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...

72. Ready on the home front (23:56)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Constable, J. M.
Summary:
Presents the general aims of the civilian defense program during World War II. Describes the training and duties of the air raid warden. Closes with a proclamation by Governor Schricker.

73. Reaming with straight hand reamers (19:42)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Shows types of reamers; how to check the size of reamers; and how to ream straight holes with straight-fluted helical-fluted, and adjustable-blade reamers.

74. 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...

75. Report from Russia (08:00)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures.
Summary:
Tells of the energy, the courage, and the efforts of the Russians behind the front lines in World War II. Shows the holding and striking power of Russia.

76. Right of way (07:35)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Eastman, Joseph B. (Joseph Bartlett), 1882-1944
Summary:
Follows a troop train, a freight train, and a truck rushing to deliver men and supplies to a ship convoy in 1943. Explains the reasons for transportation delays and the shortage of goods in wartime...

77. 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...

78. Rough facing, turning and drilling (on a vertical turret lathe) (30:44)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Shows how to operate the controls of a vertical turret lathe, set up tools in the main turret head, rough-face and rough-turn an aluminum casting, and drill the center hole.

79. Salvage (07:15)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959
Summary:
A message from Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, urging Americans to save metals, rubber, and greases for the World War II effort.

80. Scotland speaks (20:21)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Taylor, Donald, 1911-1966
Summary:
Survey of the part played by Scotland in the national war effort including farming, coal mining, and shipbuilding.

81. 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.

82. 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...

83. Sicily, key to victory (20:48)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Canada. National War Finance Committee
Summary:
"A record of the achievements of the Canadian Army's First Division in the Sicilian campaign of World War II, a campaign that breached the walls of Axis Europe. It also shows how this campaign was ...

84. Siege (09:50)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Bryan, Julien H. (Julien Hequembourg), 1899-1974
Summary:
Presents a vivid record, uncensored by military authorities, of the 1939 siege and fall of Warsaw.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. Suggestion box (09:04)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Explains how seemingly minor ideas can improve wartime production. Encourages workers to provide resourceful suggestions that, if tested and approved, can be circulated to factories around the coun...

88. Survival of the fittest (16:41)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Grashin, Mauri
Summary:
Shows the function of the physical training program of the Army Air Forces during World War II. Starts by celebrating the exploits of Army Air Force war heroes. The main story is a fictional story ...

89. Tanks a defense report on film (10:01)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Summary:
Shows the manufacture and performance of the M-3 Army tank.

90. Target Berlin (17:14)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Borneman, Ernest, 1915-
Summary:
"The story of the Lancaster airplane, the first large bomber built in Canada. Shown are the workers involved in its construction, and the crew who ferried it overseas, as well as the combat crew wh...

91. Target invisible (08:32)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
Summary:
Illustrates the use of radar on a bombing mission over Japan, and explains the work of the radar operator in the bomber's crew.

92. Target lights (17:36)

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...

93. Texas star (10:31)

Date:
1957
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Demonstrates through slow motion and natural photography the positions and movements of the "Texas Star." Opens with a group of eight dancers performing the introduction to the dance. Shows each pa...

94. The battle of brains (12:23)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Hawes, Stanley, 1905-1991
Summary:
"This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile tactics with the immobility of trench warfare...

95. The calls that cure (11:08)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
DeVoe, Ralph G. (Ralph Godwin), 1883-1966.
Summary:
Shows the telephone center and the bedside telephone service in a U.S. Army hospital. Discusses the beneficial effects on the soldiers of receiving telephone calls from home and advises families at...

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

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...

97. The children see it thru (07:51)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Fletcher, Yvonne, 1917-
Summary:
A British production made as a fund raising appeal to American audiences to aid British children affected by the Blitz. The film depicts the hardships of life during wartime for children and discus...

98. The Constitution and censorship (28:52)

Date:
1957
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v. Wilson challenging the constitutionality of New York State's fil...

99. The corn belt (16:56)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Shows the importance of corn as an economic commodity. Illustrates the nature of the corn belt of the United States by utilizing sixty-one widely scattered locations. Emphasizes the role of corn a...

100. The dairy belt (16:01)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Compares two dairy farms--one in Southeastern Wisconsin and the other in Central New York State. Shows the land use and cultural practices which reflect adaptation to such elements of the physical...