World War II Films

- Wings Over Brazil
- Aeronautics--Brazil
- Shows progress in aviation made by Brazil during World War II.
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- Negro Colleges in Wartime
- African American universities and colleges; African Americans--Education; World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war
- Shows wartime activities carried on in 1943 at Tuskegee Institute, Howard University, Hampton Institute, and other African American colleges.
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- Air Raid Warden
- Air raid wardens; Civil defense--United States
- Shows a typical air raid warden performing his specific duties. He visits friends and neighbors offering friendly advice, and when the air raid warning is sounded, he is efficient and helpful.
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- Army Air Forces Pacific
- Air Warfare; Air defenses--United States
- Reports Gen. H.H. Arnold's plea for a strong postwar Air Force; explains that wartime supremacy was the result of merger of aviation, naval, and ground force power; and includes scenes of the war over Wake, Philippines, Burma, Saipan, Okinawa, and...
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- AAF Report (Army Air Forces Report)
- Air warfare; Air defenses--United States
- This is an official report by General H.H. Arnold, Commander General, Army Air Forces.
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- Day of Battle
- Aircraft carriers; World War, 1939-1945
- Story of how an aircraft carrier was built and subsequently destroyed in a battle in the South Pacific.
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- Germany invades Austria!
- Austria--History--1938-1945; Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938
- Consists of newsreel footage of Germany's invasion of Austria in 1938. Also shows refugees, crowds and a Hitler cavalcade, and the reactions of European and American leaders.
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- Conquest of the Night
- Boats and boating--Electronic equipment; World War, 1939-1945--Radar; Radar
- An introduction to the numerous electronic devices aboard ship designed to detect the presence of the enemy, locate his exact position, and correctly aim guns so as to achieve a hit. Gives details of the cost of winning the war, using radar and its...
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- These are the Men
- Bombing, Aerial; Industries--United States; World War, 1939-1945;
- Nazi leaders Hitler, Goebbels, Goering and Hess are shown debasing the minds of German youth. The film demonstrates the dangers of propaganda.
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- Case of the Tremendous Trifle, The
- Bombing, Aerial; Industries--United States; World War, 1939-1945;
- 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. Includes battle sequences showing the pin-point bombing of a ball bearing plant in Schweinfurt.
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- Henry Browne Farmer
- Browne, Henry; African American farmers; African American soldiers; World War, 1939-1945--African Americans; World War, 1939-1945--Manpower
- Shows a representative Afro-American farm family doing its part in agricultural war production, while a son is training with the 99th Pursuit Squadron near Tuskegee, Ala. Narrator, Canada Lee; composer, Gene Farrell.
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- Town, The
- City and town life--Indiana--Madison; Madison (Ind.)--Social life and customs
- Shows life in an American town, Madison, Ind., and explains the democratic characteristics of the social and civic life of the people.
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- It's Your America
- Civics
- Emphasizes the returning soldier's responsibilities for preparing himself for the job of running his country in such a way that the things he fought for will be achieved.
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- Work of the Rescue Unit, The
- Civil defense--Equipment and supplies; Rescue work
- Shows what personnel is needed for the rescue unit, what its equipment is, and how it works in moving persons buried under bombed buildings.
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- Air Raid Warden's Report
- Civil defense--United States
- 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.
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- Control Center
- Civil defense--United States
- Shows the basic principles of control center operation, which directs civilian defense in an air raid.
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- Ready On The Home Front
- Civil defense; Air raid wardens
- Presents the general aims of the civilian defense program during World War II. Describes the training and duties of the air raid warden.
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- Hungry Minds
- Education--Europe; Intellectual cooperation; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage
- A documentary report of intellectual starvation in Nazi occupied countries. Points out that schools are lost in the rubble of homes, hospitals, and churches, and children gather knowledge of the world from the black markets and refuse dumps. ...
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- When Work Is Done
- Housing--Alabama--Sylacauga; Sylacauga (Ala.)--Social life and customs
- Tells how Sylacauga, Alabama, a small town crowded with war plant workers in 1944, solved its housing and recreation problems.
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- New Fire Bomb, A
- Incendiary bombs
- Shows how the British fight a new type of explosive fire bomb.
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