2. 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 the whole British people counteracts the loss of one ship. An emphasis is put on "The importance of salvage to the flow of goods; [and] various examples of useful materials commonly thrown away."--War Films, Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943.

3. The gardens of victory (08:00)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Associated Sales Co.
Summary:
Shows the wartime need for vegetable gardens in every American community.

4. 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 who took it on its first flight over Berlin."--National Film Board of Canada website.

5. 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.

6. The story with two endings (09:09)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Buchman, Harold
Summary:
Discusses the possible inflation and unemployment to come after World War II as happened after World War I. Emphasizes rationing and thrift as weapons to combat inflation before it occurs.

7. View of the Soviet world. (11:59)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
Summary:
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and reporter, interviewed before leaving Moscow, briefly tells of the civilian defense work he witnessed. Scenes showing how the Russians are carrying out their pledge of "All for Victory!" including efforts in huge metallurgical plants, the oil industry, the rapid harvest, nurses drilling, and Red Cross work.

8. Heart and circulation (10:26)

Date:
1937
Main contributors:
Carlson, Anton J. (Anton Julius), 1875-1956., Erpi Picture Consultants, Incorporated
Summary:
Portrays how heart and blood vessels circulate blood throughout the body. Animated drawings depict the nature of the circulatory system and muscular and valvular heart action. Reveals factors affecting the rate of heart beat, flow of blood from a severed artery, and the effect of severing the cervical nerve. Through cinemicrography discloses capillary blood flow. For high school, college, and adult groups.

9. 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, February, 1943, 5). This American newsreel portrays the attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath of the strike. Includes footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's December 8th "Infamy" speech in front of a joint session of Congress.

10. Washington in war time (09:46)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Castle, Eugene W.
Summary:
A review of life in our nation's capital operating under the stress of war. Reports on the sudden increase in the city's population during wartime. Shows President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull receiving visiting dignitaries, including Winston Churchill and Vyacheslav Molotov. Brief appearances and addresses by the following: Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson, War Conservation Board Chairman Paul V. McNutt, General George C. Marshall, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox , Admiral Ernest Joseph King, Commissioner of Education Dr. J.W. Studebaker, California Congressman Thomas Rolph, and General James Doolittle. Concludes with an address by President Roosevelt to the 28 Allied nations.