18701. Women at war (10:08)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Hemingway, Mary Welsh, 1908-1986
Summary:
Produced for an American audience, the film explores the role of women in the war effort and thanks America for sending relief bundles to the victims of the London Blitz. Shows British women caring...

18702. Women in Defense (11:12)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Work of American women in the war effort: in scientific research, in industries taking the place of men, and in volunteer work--making bandages, contributing to blood banks, etc. Commentary by Kat...

18703. Words for battle (07:54)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Summary:
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasi...

18704. 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...

18705. Zapotec village (19:52)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Sergei M. Eisenstein; William F. Kruse; Egon Mauthner
Summary:
Documentary film by Sergei M. Eisenstein, famous Russian movie producer, about the Zapotec Village in Mexico. Made by special arrangement with Upton Sinclair, American author and politician.

18707. 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 ...

18708. And so they live (24:16)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Documents the tragic poverty of families in the southern mountains, the poor land, the lack of proper diet, inadequate housing, absence of sanitation, and the complete lack of adaptation of the sch...

18709. Argentina (people of Buenos Aires) (10:56)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Earle K. James
Summary:
Buenos Aires, the commercial, financial, and industrial hub of predominantly agricultural Argentina. A grain broker and a packing plant employee, with the family of the latter, are introduced as re...

18710. 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...

18711. 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...

18712. Boy in court (10:38)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Shows how intelligent probation can change a boy's attitude and conduct. In company with his gang, Johnny steals a car, which is wrecked during the excitement of their get-away. What might have h...

18713. Children of China (11:19)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films, inc.; L. C. Goodrich
Summary:
Presents episodes from the home, school, and play life of children in a representative Chinese village. Traditional patterns of Chinese family life are portrayed. School training in loyalty to pa...

18714. Children of Switzerland (11:14)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; Arthur I. Gates; Celeste C. Peardon
Summary:
Presents characteristic activities of a boy and girl living in the Swiss Alps. Follows them through the Alpine village as they watch the tourists and visit shops where clocks and woodcarvings are s...

18715. Chile : people of the country estates (11:07)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films; Indiana University. Audio-Visual Center
Summary:
Shows Chilean mountains, deserts, glaciers, mines, ports, pastoral areas, and an estate in the agricultural Central Valley. Here the role of the estate is seen in relation to the visiting owner and...

18716. Control of body temperature (11:00)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Erpi Classroom Films Inc.; A.J. Carlson; F.J. Mullin
Summary:
Explains the regulation of body-temperature. Contrasts constant temperatures of warm-blooded animals with fluctuating temperatures of cold-blooded ones. Reveals the relationship of body heat to ene...

18718. Finding your life work (20:52)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Opens with a picture of a boy fishing and quickly leads up to the fact that, in getting a job, the baits required are personality, training, and experience. Then follows a discussion of these poin...

18719. Goofer trouble (07:20)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Elvey, Maurice, 1887-1967
Summary:
"Short fictional film asking people to keep under cover during air raids. A group of English and Canadian fighter pilots report the number of German planes they have each shot down. The rivalry bet...

18720. 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...