World War II Films

- Campus On The March
- Universities and colleges--United States
- Shows wartime activities in colleges and universities of the United States in preparing students for war in 1942.
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- Men and the Sea
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations; Merchant mariners--United States; Merchant marine--United States
- Shows how U.S. merchant seamen were trained in seamanship, signaling, gunnery, radio operation, etc. during World War II.
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- Suggestion Box
- World War, 1939-1945--United States; Suggestion systems
- Explains how seemingly minor ideas can improve wartime production.
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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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- Black Marketing
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; Black market--United States
- Dramatization of a typical case taken from the files of the Office of Price Administration, showing the operation of a black market and its defeat by cooperative efforts of the public and law-enforcement officials.
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- Gardens of Victory
- World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States
- Shows the wartime need for vegetable gardens in every American community. "Sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens magazine."
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- Wings Over Brazil
- Aeronautics--Brazil
- Shows progress in aviation made by Brazil during World War II.
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- Right of Way
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies; World War, 1939-1945--Transportation;
- 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 shortages in wartime.
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- Farmer At War
- World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
- Tells how Lancaster County, Pennsylvania farmers managed by longer hours and neighborhood cooperation to increase their production of food during World War II.
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- Wartime Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Gives nutritional rules to be followed when eating in factories, restaurants, and cafeterias.
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- Army Nurse, The
- United States. Army Nurse Corps; Nurses
- Describes the life of the Army nurse, from combat duty to leisure activities.
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- Challenge To Democracy
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians
- Shows how the United States government handled 110,000 persons of Japanese descent who were evacuated from the Pacific coast by the Army in 1942 and transferred to barrack cities.
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- Prices Unlimited
- Rationing; Price regulation--United States
- Presentation of what would happen to prices if there were no rationing and price controls.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Calls That Cure
- Telephone--United States; Military hospitals--United States
- 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 home how to handle these important calls.
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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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- Youth Farm Volunteers
- United States. Dept. of Agriculture; United States. Federal Extension Service; World War, 1939-1945--Manpower
- Shows how the Extension Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture helped recruit and place young people from towns and cities on farms during World War II to combat farm labor shortage.
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