Start Over Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

7601. Thom McAn Shoes "Duke & Dutchess" (00:59)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Thom McAn
Summary:
An advertisement for Thom McAn's line of The Duke and The Duchess footwear, in which two sets of feet (one wearing Duke shoes and the other wearing Duchess shoes) flirt with one another. Submitted...

7603. The dairy belt (1:07:31)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Thomas F. Barton; Daisy M. Jones; Roger Niemeyer
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 ...

7604. The Blazing Trail (1:20:51)

Date:
1921
Main contributors:
Thornby, Robert, 1889-1953; Philbin, Mary.; Rich, Lillian, 1900-1954
Summary:
Young doctor Bradley Yates has been trying to come up with a serum to counteract blood poisoning, with no results. Exhausted, he takes a rest in the Blue Ridge Mountains and stays in a small mounta...

7605. Tic Tac Mints "Ballerina Bang" (00:31)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Tic Tac
Summary:
An advertisement for Tic Tac mints in which a series of people (young ballerinas, men on a jog, and women at a gym) sing a jingle to the camera about how the product gives one a "bang out of life."...

7606. Timex "Ski Torture Test" (01:30)

Date:
1965
Main contributors:
Timex
Summary:
An advertisement for a Timex wrist watch in which a male narrator, standing on a mountain in Banff, describes a 'torture test' while another man attaches a Timex Marlin watch to the side of a ski a...

7607. Tip Top Lucky Cakes "Circus" (00:54)

Date:
1960 to 1961
Main contributors:
Tip Top
Summary:
An advertisement for Tip Top packaged cakes in which an animated boy talks to his grandmother about the product while she gets trapped in a metal cage with a person in a gorilla costume. Submitted ...

7608. Tip Top Bread "Love Story" (01:02)

Date:
1960 to 1961
Main contributors:
Tip Top Bread
Summary:
An advertisement for Tip Top packaged bread in which a woman serves the bread to her husband and son. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.

7609. Deep Magic "Jane Morgan" (01:05)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Toni
Summary:
An advertisement for Deep Magic Dry Skin Conditioner by Toni in which singer Jane Morgan extols the product on the set of a musical advertisement rehearsal. Morgan addresses the camera and speaks a...

7610. Tonka : factory (00:31)

Date:
1976
Main contributors:
Tonka
Summary:
An advertisement for Tonka toy trucks in which the toys are arranged to resemble an overhead helicopter shot of a factory parking lot. A narrator describes the Tonka factory in Mound, MN as the "tr...

7611. Tonka Toys "Elephant" (00:31)

Date:
1975
Main contributors:
Tonka
Summary:
An advertisement for Tonka toys in which a male narrator holding a toy truck addresses the camera about a previous Tonka commercial in which a child claimed their toy was broken by an elephant step...

7612. Tonka Toys [unknown title] (01:07)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Tonka
Summary:
An advertisement for Tonka toy trucks in which two identical twin boys look over the toys in a shop and daydream about using them in an outdoor construction field. A jingle plays about how much boy...

7613. Totes Stretch Boots "Puddles" (00:33)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Totes
Summary:
An advertisement for Totes stretch boots in which a man struggles to move through a large water puddle at a street corner without getting wet. An offscreen male narrator describes the flexibility a...

7614. Toys 'R Us "New Markets" (00:33)

Date:
1978
Main contributors:
Toys 'R Us
Summary:
A cartoon family of giraffes sing a song advertising the new Toy'R Us store that is opening in town.

7615. Toys R Us "Time of Year" (00:31)

Date:
1977
Main contributors:
Toys R Us
Summary:
A cartoon family of giraffes drive to a Toy R Us amongst a Christmas winter landscape. A Christmas jingle plays in the background.

7616. Transogram "Flintstones Window Whacker" (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Transogram
Summary:
An advertisement for Transogram's Flintstones Window Whacker game in which a young boy teaches a caveman and a talking ape to play the game by throwing balls at the toy's fake windows. Submitted fo...

7617. Transogram "Seven-Up Strategy Game" (01:01)

Date:
1962
Main contributors:
Transogram
Summary:
An advertisement for Transogram's Seven-Up strategy board game in which a jingle set to the tune of the song "Shortnin' Bread" plays over shots of a family playing the game. An offscreen narrator d...

7618. Tri-State Religious Overseas Aid "Religious Overseas Aid" (01:03)

Date:
1961
Main contributors:
Tri-State Religious Overseas Aid
Summary:
Poor children ask in their native language for help. Footage is shown of people’s plight around the world. The commercial concludes with the narrator asking the viewers to donate to their respectiv...

7619. Triumph [Unknown Title] (00:56)

Date:
1960
Main contributors:
Triumph
Summary:
A husband and wife stand back-to-back as the announcer says that they think they have the perfect marriage but they now have another love. She walks outside to see the car in front of the house, th...

7620. 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...

7621. Trushay "Five Women" (01:02)

Date:
1963
Main contributors:
Trushay
Summary:
An advertisement for Trushay lotion in which a male narrator extols the moisturizing qualities of the product for women sensitive to cold, sun, or detergents. Slow-motion shots of oil droplets are ...

7622. Tuf Work Boots "Fashion Parade" (01:02)

Date:
1973
Main contributors:
Tuf
Summary:
A British advertisement for Tuf work boots in which a group of blue-collar working men perform a mock fashion show runway displaying various boots under the brand. An offscreen male narrator states...

7623. 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.

7624. 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 ...

7625. 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...

7626. 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...

7627. 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...

7628. 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...

7629. 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.

7630. 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.

7631. 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...

7632. 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...

7633. 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.

7634. 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....

7635. 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...

7636. 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...

7637. 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...

7638. 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...

7641. 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...

7642. 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...

7643. 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...

7644. 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.

7645. 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...

7646. 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...

7647. 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...

7648. 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...

7649. 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...

7650. 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 ...

7651. 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...

7652. Iwo Jima (03:27)

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

7653. 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...

7655. 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.

7656. 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...

7657. 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...

7658. 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 ...

7659. 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...

7660. 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 ...

7661. 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.

7662. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead (09:55)

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

7663. 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.

7664. 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...

7665. 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.

7666. 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...

7667. 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...

7668. 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...

7669. 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...

7670. 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...

7671. 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.

7672. 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...

7673. 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...

7674. Crops For Combat (09:35)

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

7675. 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...

7676. 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...

7677. 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 ...

7678. Hidden Weapons (10:31)

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

7679. 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...

7680. 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...

7681. 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...

7682. 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...

7683. 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...

7684. 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...

7685. 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 ...

7686. 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...

7687. 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...

7688. 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...

7689. 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...

7691. 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...

7692. 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.

7693. 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...

7694. 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.

7695. 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...

7696. 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.

7697. 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...

7698. 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...

7699. 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.