A List of U. S. WAR INFORMATION FILMS
' OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION / / Bureau of Motion Pictures Washington, D. C. April 1943
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OFFICE OF EDUCATION. 1 OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION Bureau of Motion Pictures_ 3 COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS_ 12 UNITED STATES NAVY Recruiting Division_ 15 United States Coast Guard_ 16 United States Marine Corps_ 18 UNITED STATES ARMY Recruiting and Induction Service_ 20 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE_ 22 OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE_ 24 FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY National Youth Administration_ 25 U. S. Public Health Service_ 26 TREASURY DEPARTMENT_ 27 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Mines_ 28 OFFICE OF THE BITUMINOUS COAL CON¬ SUMERS’ COUNSEL_ 28
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1. Note the method of distribution and the name and address of the distributor under which the film is listed. Write directly to that distributor. 2. Note that conditions for borrowing prints are listed for each group of films. 3. In practically all cases, exhibitors are asked to pay transportation charges to and from points of exhibition. 4. It is best to give an alternate choice of films if possible, and an alternate date. Definite dates must be given. Be sure that your first choice and alternate films are both from the same agency or distributor. 5. Try to make your requests for films at least 3 weeks in advance. 6. Specify whether you need 16 or 35 mm. films. All of the films listed are sound productions. Do not attempt to run a 16 mm. sound picture on a silent projector. 7. If there is no express office in your town, please indicate the nearest town which does have express service. 8. Please return films promptly. Borrowers are held responsible for any damage. n
% 4 • Office of Education Where to obtain films: Distributed on sales basis by Castle Films, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (also Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California). Film libraries are encouraged to purchase prints so that they may be made available on a rental basis to interested groups. Who may buy: General public. Loan of prints: From film libraries on rental basis. Purchase: Write to Castle Films, Inc., for a price list. Aviation Training Films
1-135 Aircraft Engines—Types, Mecha¬ velopment and Characteristics of nisms, and Oiling Systems Atmospheric Waves 1-136 Aircraft Engines—Elements of 1-290 Celestial Navigation—Part I— Electricity as Applied to Ignition Introduction and Location of Celestial Systems Points 1-137 Aircraft Engines—Carburetion 1-204 Celestial Navigation—Part II— 1-174 Aircraft Hydraulic Systems—- Principles of Celestial Navigation— Part I—BC-1 Airplane Position Finding on the Earth 1-211 Airplane Structures—Part I— 1-245 Aerial Navigation—Part I— Structural Units—Materials and Maps and the Compass Loads for Which Designed 1-327 Aerial Navigation—Part IV— 1-212 Airplane Structures—Part II— Radio Aids Wing Construction 1-328 Aerial Navigation—Part V—Air¬ 1-213 Airplane Structures—Part III— ways Flying Fuselage Construction MN-83a-BG Celestial Navigation— 1-214 Airplane Structures—Part IV— The Earth Control Surfaces MN-83b-BG Celestial Navigation— 1-215 Airplane Structures—Part V— Charts Alighting Gear MN-83c-BG Nautical Astronomy 1-323 Airplane Structures—Part VI— 1-474 Airplane Radio Antennas—The Manufacturing Methods Creat ion and Behavior of Radio Waves 1-312 Airplane Structures—Part VII— 1-160 Aerodynamics—Air Flow Static Testing 1-161 Aerodynamics—Forces Acting on 1-566 Servicing the Aviation Spark an Air Foil Plug MN-40a-AH The WEFT System of 1-246 Aircraft Propellers—Part I— Aircraft Identification—Basic Char¬ Principles and Types acteristics 1-451 Aircraft Propellers—Part VII— MN-40b-AH The 3-Point System of Hamilton Hydromatic Propeller— Identification of Surface Vessels Theory and Operations MN-40c-AH Identification of Air and 1-162 Airplane Hydraulic Brakes—Part Surface Vessels—The WEFT System I— Principles of Operation of Aircraft Identification—Special 1-305 Airplane Hydraulic Brakes—Part Characteristics II— Types, Construction, and Action MN-66-J Doping Technique 1-133 Modern Weather—Theory and MN-70-J Useful Knots Structures of Storms—Part I—Pri¬ MN-73-J Flashing Light Signals mary Circulation MN-142-J Drilling in Metal, Wood, or 1-134 Modern Weather—Theory and Plastics Structures of Storms—Part II—De¬ MN-201a-P Close Order Drill
1 Industrial Training Films Precision Measurement Shipbuilding Skills—Continued
1. The Steel Rule 25. Innerbottom Sections: 2. The Micrometer Sub Assembly of a Closed Floor 3. Fixed Gages Sub Assembly of an Open Floor 4. Vernier Scale 26. The Innerbottom: Setting up Floors 5. Height Gages and Test Indicators and Longitudinals The Engine Lathe 27. Side Frames: Sub Assembly of a Web Frame 6. Rough Turning Between Centers 28. Deck Girders: Sub Assembly 7. Turning Work of Two Diameters 29. The Deck: Setting a Web Frame 8. Cutting a Taper with Compound and a Transverse Beam Rest and Taper Attachment 9. Drilling, Boring and Reaming Work 30. The Bulkhead: Laying Off the Held in Chuck Boundary Stiffeners, Water Lines, 10. Cutting an External National Fine and Buttock Lines Thread 31. The Bulkhead: Laying Off and 44. Turning a Taper with Tailstock Set Fitting a Centerline Stiffener Over 32. The Bulkhead: Setting a Trans¬ 45. Cutting an External Acme Thread verse Watertight Bulkhead Into the Hull The Milling Machine 33. Deck Plates: Regulating and Set¬ 11. The Milling Machine ting 12. Cutting Key ways 13. Straddle and Surface Milling to Bench Work Close Tolerances 14. Straddle Milling 34. Cutting Threads With Taps and 15. Plain Indexing and Cutting a Spur Dies Gear 35. Scraping Flat Surfaces 36. Fitting and Scraping Small Bearings Vertical Boring Mill 37. Reaming With Straight Hand 16. Rough Facing, Turning and Drill¬ Reamers ing on a Vertical Turret Lathe 38. Reaming With Taper Hand Ream¬ 17. Rough Facing, Boring and Turning ers a Shoulder 39. Centering Small Stock 18. Facing, Turning, Boring, Grooving, 40. Laying Out Small Castings Chamfering on a Vertical Turret 41. Fundamentals of Filing Lathe Using Two Heads
The Shaper Single Point Cutting Tools 19. Cutting a Keyway on End of a 42. Fundamentals of Side Cutting Tools Finished Shaft 43. Fundamentals of End Cutting Tools 20. Machining a Cast Iron Rectangular Block 21. Machining a Tool Steel V Block The Sensitive Drill
The Radial Drill 46. Drilling a Hole in a Pin 22. Drilling and Tapping Cast Steel 23. Drilling to a Layout and Spotfacing The Vertical Drill Cast Iron 47. Locating Holes, Drilling and Tap¬ Shipbuilding Skills ping in Cast Iron 24. Preparing and Setting a Keel Block 48. Countersinking, Counterboring, and and Bottom Cradle Spot Facing 2 Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures
Where to obtain films: From distributors listed below. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Distributors are permitted to make a service charge to the user not to exceed 50^ for the first subject and 25^ for each additional subject included in a single shipment. (An exception is TARGET FOR TONIGHT, for which a service charge not to exceed $2.50 is permitted.) Transportation costs are additional. Purchase: Write to Castle Films, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (also Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California), for price list of subjects available for purchase. 35 mm. Prints: Write directly to the Office of War Information Film Unit, 35 West 45th Street, New York City. (Note that 35 mm. prints are not available for all subjects.)
♦Aluminum (1 reel, 9 minutes, 16 and ♦Building a Tank (2 reels, 20 minutes, 35 mm., sound, 1941). A behind- 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). The the-scenes story of our most strategic speed-up of the tank production pro¬ metal, the importation of bauxite, its gram, including technical details transmutation into alumina and regarding construction and processes thence into aluminum sheeting and involved in the manufacture of the subsequently into fighting planes. M-3 medium tank. Campus on the March (1 reel, 19 min¬ The Arm Behind the Army (1 reel, 10 utes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1942). The Wartime activities being carried on in stakes of American labor and Ameri¬ American colleges and universities. can industry in this war—freedom, Across the screen march young men security, life itself. An official War and women being prepared for war Department film, produced by the today and for peace tomorrow. ' Signal Corps of the U. S. Army. Democracy in Action (1 reel, 11 minutes, Bomber (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and 35 16 mm., sound, 1942). Food and the mm., sound, 1941). The manufac¬ farmer’s role in winning the war. A ture, speed, and power of the B-26 U. S. Department of Agriculture Army bomber. Commentary spe¬ presentation of democratic methods cially written by Carl Sandburg. being used to increase the production “As a production it ranks with the of milk, meat, and grain. finest documentary films ever made.” Divide and Conquer (1 reel, 14 minutes, —Hollywood Reporter. 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). The Nazis at work deliberately spreading ♦Building a Bomber (2 reels, 20 minutes, hate and fear, distrust and confusion 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). An among the French people. A sober educational exposition on the build¬ and dramatic reminder that this war ing of the B-26 Army bomber, of is being fought on civilian as well a" considerable interest to engineering military fronts. Produced by War¬ schools, vocational groups, and edu¬ ner Brothers. cational organizations eager to learn how our skyfighters are made. * Not available from all distributors.
3 Dover, (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 mm., factual record of the many sounds sound, 1942). The spirit of England, and sights of wartime Britain—from of the people of England, offensive- the roar of Spitfires to the shouting of minded with Commandos raiding children—and an eloquent tribute to Nazi strongholds, soldiers rehearsing the everyday people of England. tank tactics, the R. A. F. roaring Produced by the Crown Film Unit for overhead bound for German targets. the British Ministry of Information. Narrated by Edward R. Murrow, Manpower (1 reel, 8 minutes, 16 and 35 CBS radio commentator. mm., sound, 1942). The need for *Henry Browne, Farmer (1 reel, 11 men and women in war industries. minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1942). A Problems and confusions now existing, simple down-to-earth story of a and the methods being used to recruit, Negro family in wartime—what they train, and retrain the workers neces¬ are doing individually and collectively sary for Victory. Introduced by to win the war. Produced by the Paul V. McNutt. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Men and the Sea (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 Narrated by Canada Lee. mm., sound, 1942). Training the Home on the Range (1 reel, 11 minutes, men who man our cargo ships carry¬ 16 mm., sound, 1942). The Western ing food, munitions, and supplies range country and its importance in throughout the world. Presented by the war—mutton and wool, beef and the United States Maritime Commis¬ leather necessary for Victory. A sion and dedicated to American U. S. Department of Agriculture merchant seamen. tribute to the men of the workaday *Negro Colleges in Wartime (1 reel, 8 West—honest, independent, tough. minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1943). War¬ Japanese Relocation (1 reel, 9 minutes, time activities being carried on in 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1943). Ameri¬ America’s Negro colleges, from Army can democracy at work moving 100,000 classes in automotive mechanics to Japanese, two-thirds of them Ameri¬ scientific experimentation in labora¬ can citizens, from the Pacific Coast to tories. inland settlements in Arizona, Colo¬ *Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing rado, and Wyoming. Line reel, 3 minutes, 16 and 35 Keeping Fit (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and mm., sound, color). Walt Disney’s 35 mm., sound, 1943). Absenteeism, familiar characters, Minnie Mouse today one of the Nation’s number one and Pluto, show how every housewife problems, is the theme of this film. can help to defeat the Axis by saving Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, fats and greases to be made into Andy Devine, Irene Hervey, and explosives. other familiar players present enter¬ The Price of Victory (1 reel, 13 minutes, tainingly the five simple rules of 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). With health that can reduce this problem. candor and conviction, Henry A. Produced by Universal Pictures. Wallace, Vice President of the United Lake Carrier (1 reel, 9 minutes, 16 and States, explains the ideals we are 35 mm., sound, 1942). Transporta¬ fighting for and the price we must pay tion of iron ore from the Mesabi for Victory. ranges of Minnesota across the Great Lakes to the steel mills of Gary, Ring of Steel (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and Pittsburgh, and Youngstown. Nar¬ 35 mm., sound, 1942). A tribute to rated by Fredric March. the American soldiers who have pro¬ tected our country from 1776 to 1943, Listen to Britain (2 reels, 20 minutes, 16 forging $ “ring of steel” around mm., sound, 1942). A remarkable American democracy. Narrated by •Not available from all distributors. Spencer Tracy.
4 Safeguarding Military Information (1 The Thousand Days (2 reels, 21 minutes, reel, 10 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., 16 mm.,sound, 1943). Canada has been sound, 1942). Dramatic exposition at war since September 1939—over 3 of the results of careless talk—a ship years, a thousand days. What changes torpedoed, a train wrecked. The have taken place in Canada during this need for secrecy by soldiers and time? What does Canada’s experience civilians. Produced by the Signal forecast for us in the United States? Corps of the U. S. Army in coopera¬ These questions are answered dramat¬ tion with the Motion Pictures ically in this motion picture. Made Academy of Arts and Sciences. by Associated Screen Studios. Salvage (1 reel, 7 minutes, 16 and 35 U. S. News Review: Issue No. 1 (2 reels, mm., sound, 1942). The need for 21 minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1942). salvaging metals, rubber, and greases An official Government motion-pic¬ to be turned into materials of war. ture review of war information. Narrated by Donald Nelson, Chair¬ Six subjects are included in the first man, War Production Board. “You issue: Women at war, the Presi¬ have hidden treasure in your home— dent’s war flag, Malta, increased more precious to your country than coal production, war in the Pacific, gold.” and wartime harvests. Song Shorts (% reel, 3 minutes each, 16 U. S. News Review: Issue No.2 (2 reels, and 35 mm., sound, 1942): 19 minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1943). Anchors Aweigh This issue covers five subjects: Un¬ The Caissons Go Rolling Along necessary travel, mobile laundry for Keep ’Em Rolling front line troops, the Alcan Highway, Marines’ Hymn jungle fighting in New Guinea, and Stirring songs sung “off screen” the Marines’ Hymn. against backgrounds of appropriate Western Front (2 reels, 21 minutes, action scenes. For audience partici¬ 16 mm., sound, 1942). China’s heroic pation, words of the songs are super¬ fight and desperate struggle against imposed. the war lords of Japan. A tribute to ♦Spirit of ’43 (1 reel, 6 minutes, 16 and the courage and tenacity of the people 35 mm., sound, color, 1943). Donald of China—fighting with us in the Duck, confronted by the problem we battle for freedom. all face of spending for the Axis or Winning Your Wings (1 reel, 18 minutes, saving for taxes, learns what his taxes 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). Lt. will buy and makes his choice. A James Stewart of the Army Air Walt Disney film. Forces explains the work of the air Tanks (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and 35 force, the requirements for enlist¬ mm., sound, 1942). Manufacture ment, and the reasons for volunteer¬ and performance of the M-3 Army ing. Produced by Warner Brothers tank. Narrated by Orson Welles. and presented by the U. S. Army “In telling the tale of how the M-3 Air Forces. “Probably the most medium tank is assembled, tested, and inspiring film of its sort yet re¬ shipped overseas, all the component leased.”—Chicago Daily News. factors are fused into an outstanding ♦Women in Defense (1 reel, 10 minutes, reel.”—Film Daily. 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). An ♦Target for Tonight (5 reels, 48 minutes, exposition of the various roles women 16 mm., sound). A thrilling true story are assuming in the war effort. Prin¬ of a bombing raid over Germany by cipal sequences show women of sci¬ the R. A. F. “The finest picture to ence, women in industry, and women in come out of the war.”—Quentin the voluntary services. Commentary Reynolds in Collier’s. “Quickens the written by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt pulse and cheers the heart.”—New and narrated by Katharine Hepburn. York Times. •Not available from all distributors.
5 DISTRIBUTORS
Alabama: Audiofilms Company Birmingham Public Schools 262 Scenic-Piedmont Dept, of Visual Education Oakland, California Birmingham, Alabama Oakland Public Schools Wilfred Naylor Visual Education Dept. 1907 North Fifth Avenue Oakland, California Birmingham, Alabama County of San Diego tUniversity of Alabama County Visual Education Dept. Extension Division 1813 Adams Avenue Tuscaloosa, Alabama San Diego, California Arizona: San Diego City Schools tUniversity of Arizona Visual Instruction Center Extension Division San Diego, California Tucson, Arizona Photo and Sound, Inc. Arkansas: 153 Kearny Street fArkansas State Teachers College San Francisco, California Dept, of Public Relations Conway, Arkansas fY. M. C. A. Motion Picture Bureau California: 351 Turk Street tUniversity of California San Francisco, California Extension Division Colorado: Berkeley, California tUniversity of Colorado Bell and Howell Company Bureau of Visual Instruction 716 North LaBrea Avenue Boulder, Colorado Hollywood, California Akin and Bagshaw, Inc. Board of Education 1425 Williams Street Visual Education Service Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California Denver Public Schools County of Los Angeles Department of Research and Voca Superintendent of Schools tional Education 808 N. Spring Street Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California Ideal Pictures Corporation William M. Dennis 1739 Oneida Street 2506J4 W. Seventh Street Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California tUniversity of Denver Films, Inc. Film Center 1709 W. Eighth Street Denver, Colorado Los Angeles, California
Ideal Pictures Corporation Connecticut: 2408 W. Seventh Street Hebert Studios, Inc. Los Angeles, California 53 Allyn Street Hartford, Connecticut University of California Extension Division tUniversity of Connecticut 813 S. Hill Street Audio-Visual Aids Center Los Angeles, California Storrs, Connecticut
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6 Delaware: Idaho: tMilton H. Hill, Inc. fUniversity of Idaho 922 Shipley Street Extension Service Wilmington, Delaware Boise, Idaho
District of Columbia: University of Idaho Bell and Howell Company Southern Branch 1221 G Street, N. W. Univ. Educational Film Library Washington, D. C. Pocatello, Idaho
fPaul L. Brand Illinois: 816 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. fBell and Howell Co. Washington, D. C. 1801 Larchmont Avenue Chicago, Illinois District of Columbia Public Schools Visual Instruction Department College Film Center Washington, D. C. 84 East Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois Florida: Gordon S. Cook Films, Inc. 1126 S. E. Fourth Street 64 East Lake Street Fort Lauderdale, Florida Chicago, Illinois
fUniversity of Florida fldeal Pictures Corporation Department of Visual Instruction 28 East Eighth Street Gainesville, Florida Chicago, Illinois
. fldeal-Southern 16mm Pictures Co. Russell C. Roshon 705 Exchange Building 188 West Randolph Street Jacksonville, Florida Chicago, Illinois
Southern 16mm Pictures Co. fY. M. C. A. Motion Picture Bureau 172 N. E. 96th Street 19 South LaSalle Street Miami, Florida Chicago, Illinois
Georgia: fUniversity of Illinois Board of Education Visual Aids Service Audio-Visual Aids Dept. Champaign, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia Western Illinois State Teachers College fDistributors Group, Inc. Western Cooperative Library 756 W. Peachtree, N. W. Macomb, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia Indiana: Reagan Visual Education Co. flndiana University Rhodes Building Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids Atlanta, Georgia Bloomington, Indiana
Russell C. Roshon Modern Talking Picture Service Rhodes-Haverty Building 615 North Illinois Street Atlanta, Georgia Indianapolis, Indiana Stevens-Ideal Pictures Corp. Ball State Teachers College 89 Cone Street, N. W. Teaching Materials Service Atlanta, Georgia Muncie, Indiana
fUniversity System of Georgia Burke’s Motion Picture Co. Division of General Extension 428% Lincoln Way West Atlanta, Georgia South Bend, Indiana
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514167°—43 2 7 fDennis Film Bureau, Inc. Maine: 29 East Maple Street tUniversity of Maine Wabash, Indiana Cooperative Film Association Orono, Maine Iowa: flowa State College Stanley Dana Corporation Visual Instruction Service Portland, Maine Ames, Iowa Maryland: Pratt Sound Film Service Kunz Motion Picture Service Cedar Rapids, Iowa 219 West Franklin Street fEastin 16mm Pictures Co. Baltimore, Maryland Davenport, Iowa t Stark Films fState University of Iowa Howard and Centre Streets Bureau of Visual Instruction Baltimore, Maryland Iowa City, Iowa Massachusetts : Kansas: Boston University Fort Hays Kansas State College School of Education Extension Division Boston, Massachusetts Hays, Kansas Cinema, Inc. f University of Kansas 234 Clarendon Street Bureau of Visual Instruction Boston, Massachusetts Lawrence, Kansas f Commonwealth of Massachusetts Central Visual Education Service Department of Education Broadview Hotel Building Boston, Massachusetts Wichita, Kansas J. H. Dunlop Company Kentucky: 172 Newberry Street fD. T. Davis Company Boston, Massachusetts 231 West Short Street Lexington, Kentucky f Visual Education Service, Inc. 131 Clarendon Street f University of Kentucky Boston, Massachusetts Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids Lexington, Kentucky Michigan: fUniversity of Michigan Louisiana: Bureau of Visual Education Southwestern Louisiana Institute Ann Arbor, Michigan Film Service Lafayette, Louisiana Cosmopolitan Film Libraries, Inc. Louisiana State Normal College 3248 Gratiot Avenue Film Service Detroit, Michigan Natchitoches, Louisiana W. D. Engleman Company Harfilms, Inc. 701 West Warrren 600 Baronne Street Detroit, Michigan New Orleans, Louisiana Minnesota: Orleans Parish School Board Elliott Film Company Division of Audio-Visual Aids 72 Glenwood Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana Minneapolis, Minnesota
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute fFilm Preview, Inc. Film Service 1504 Hennepin Avenue Ruston, Louisiana Minneapolis, Minnesota
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8 Russell C. Roshon t Campbell Films 535 Andrus Building Manhattan, Montana Minneapolis, Minnesota Nebraska: tUniversity of Minnesota ■[University of Nebraska Bureau of Visual Instruction Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids Minneapolis, Minnesota Lincoln, Nebraska
Department of Education Modern Sound Pictures, Inc. Coordinator War Emergency Activi¬ 1219 Farnam Street ties Omaha, Nebraska St. Paul, Minnesota New Hampshire: Mississippi: [University of New Hampshire State Board of Education Photo-Visual Service War Film Coordinator Durham, New Hampshire Jackson, Mississippi A. H. Rice and Company Missouri: P. O. Box 205 South East Missouri State Teachers Hollis, New Hampshire College New Jersey: Cooperative Film Library Audio-Film Libraries Cape Girardeau, Missouri 656 Bloomfield Avenue fUniversity of Missouri Bloomfield, New Jersey Visual Education Service Board of Education Columbia, Missouri Dept, of Library and Visual Aids Kansas City Public Schools Newark, New Jersey Dept, of Visual Instruction [The Princeton Film Center Kansas City, Missouri 410 Nassau Street [Kansas City Sound Service Co. Princeton, New Jersey 926 McGee Street Kansas City, Missouri New Mexico: [University of New Mexico Russell C. Roshon Extension Division Midland Building Albuquerque, New Mexico Kansas City. Missouri New York: Board of Education Board of Education Educational Museum Visual Education Department St. Louis, Missouri Buffalo, New York Pictosound Movie Service Buchan Pictures 4416 Donovan Avenue 79 Allen Street St. Louis, Missouri Buffalo, New York Russell C. Roshon Bell and Howell Company Louderman Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza St. Louis, Missouri New York, New York Swank Motion Pictures Brandon Films, Inc. 620 North Skinker Avenue 1600 Broadway St. Louis, Missouri New York, New York Montana: King Cole’s Sound Service, Inc. [State of Montana Department of Public Instruction 203 East 26th Street New York, New York Helena, Montana
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9 f Films, Inc. Ohio: 330 West 42d Street Ralph V. Haile and Associates New York, New York 215 Walnut Street Cincinnati, Ohio t Walter O. Gutlohn, Inc. 25 West 45th Street Cincinnati Public Schools New York, New York Visual Aids Exchange Institutional Cinema Service, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio 1560 Broadway Manse Film Library New York, New York 1521 Dana Avenue Mogull’s Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio 68 West 48th Street fCleveland Public Library ' New York, New York 325 Superior Avenue fNew York University Film Library Cleveland, Ohio Washington Square Cleveland Public Schools New York, New York Educational Museum Russell C. Roshon Cleveland, Ohio 2506 RKO Building Sunray Films Company Radio City 2108 Payne Avenue New York, New York Cleveland, Ohio Bertram Willoughby Pictures 1600 Broadway (Twvman Films, Inc. New York, New York 29 Central Avenue Dayton, Ohio fY. M. C. A. Motion Picture Bureau 347 Madison Avenue Board of Education New York, New York Visual Education Department Toledo, Ohio fjohn E. Allen, Inc. 6 George Street fCousino Visual Education Service Rochester, New York 2854 Scottwood Avenue Board of Education Toledo, Ohio Dept, of Visual & Radio Education Oklahoma: Rochester, New York East Central State College fSvracuse University District Coordinator-War Films Educational Film Library Ada, Oklahoma Syracuse, New York tUniversity of Oklahoma Ideal Motion Picture Service Visual Education Department 393 St. John’s Avenue Norman, Oklahoma Yonkers, New York Camera Shoppe North Carolina: 2301 Classen Boulevard tUniversity of North Carolina Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bureau of Visual Instruction Chapel Hill, North Carolina jOklahoma Visual Education Service National Film Service 1100 N. W. 22d Street 14 Glen wood Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Raleigh, North Carolina Oregon: North Dakota: Oregon State System of Higher Edu¬ (•North Dakota Agricultural College cation Department of Correspondence Study Dept, of Visual Instruction Fargo, North Dakota Corvallis, Oregon
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10 Films, Inc. Tennessee: 314 S. W. Ninth Avenue [University of Tennessee Portland, Oregon Division of University Extension Knoxville, Tennessee Owens-Ideal Pictures Drawer H Ideal Pictures Corporation Portland, Oregon 18 South Third Street Memphis, Tennessee Portland Public Schools Dept, of Visual Education Russell C. Roshon Portland, Oregon 88 Madison at Main
Pennsylvania: Memphis, Tennessee tKunz Motion Picture Service Texas: 1319 Vine Street [Texas Visual Education Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 305 West 10th Street Russell C. Roshon Austin, Texas Fox Theatre Building [University7 of Texas Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Visual Instruction Bureau School District of Philadelphia Austin, Texas Dept, of Visual Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [West Texas State Teachers College Bureau of Public Service ■[Pennsylvania College for Women Canyon, Texas PCW Film Service Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania National-Ideal Pictures, Inc. 2204 Main Street Pittsburgh Public Schools Dallas, Texas Department of Visualization Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Russell C. Roshon Gulf States Building Russell C. Roshon Dallas, Texas 520 State Theater Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [Y. M. C. A. Motion Picture Bureau 1700 Patterson Avenue [Pennsylvania State College Dallas, Texas Audio-Visual Aids Service State College, Pennsylvania [Texas Technological College Kunz Motion Picture Service Department of Visual Instruction Uniontown, Pennsylvania Lubbock, Texas
Utah: Rhode Island: Department of Public Schools [Brigham Young University Visual Education Bureau of Visual Instruction Providence, Rhode Island Provo, Utah
Vermont: South Carolina: [University of South Carolina [University of Vermont Audio-Visual Aids Bureau Robert Hull Fleming Museum Columbia, South Carolina Burlington, Vermont
South Dakota: Virginia: [University of South Dakota [Commonwealth of Virginia Extension Division State Board of Education Vermillion, South Dakota Richmond, Virginia
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11 Washington: Washington—Continued. Central Washington College of Tacoma-Pierce County Film Library Education Central School Building Office of Visual Education Tacoma, Washington Ellensburg, Washington West Virginia: fState College of Washington University of West Virginia Bureau of Visual Teaching Film Division Library Pullman, Washington Morgantown, West Virginia King County Schools
310 County-City Building Wisconsin: Seattle, Washington fUniversity of Wisconsin Rarig Motion Picture Company Bureau of Visual Instruction 5514 University Way Madison, Wisconsin Seattle, Washington Photoart House Seattle Public Schools 844 N. Plankinton Avenue Supervisor of Visual Education Milwaukee, Wisconsin 810 Dexter Avenue Seattle, Washington Wyoming: Spokane Public Schools tUniversity of Wyoming Dept, of Audio-Visual Education Cooperative Film Library Spokane, Washington Laramie, Wyoming
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Where to obtain films: Front distributors listed below and those marked (f) on pages 6-12. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Distributors are permitted to make a service charge to the user not to exceed 50^ for the first subject and 25£ for each additional subject included in a single shipment. Purchase: Not for sale.
A Line From Yucatan (1 reel, 16 mm., Argentine Primer (2 reels, 16 mm., sound). Planters on Mexico’s famed sound). Introductory study of Ar¬ peninsula meet the opportunity to gentina, with emphasis on educational provide sisal hemp when war closes and economic trends. sources in the Pacific. Argentine Soil (2 reels, 16 mm., sound). Impressive evidence of the richness of Americans Ail (2 reels, 16 mm., sound). Argentine natural resources. After Story of the young people who live the unusual panorama of Buenos and w'ork and play between the Straits Aires we pass to the open spaces of Magellan and the Rio Grande River. where we see vast herds of wild Intended to give the people of the horses, sheep, and cattle; then inspect United States a better understanding magnificent cataracts and rivers, the of their little-known fellow Americans cultivation of mate, tobacco, cotton, to the South. Produced and nar¬ and fruit. Last wTe see an agricultural rated by Julien Bryan. fair with prize bulls on parade.
tAlso distribute films of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs listed on pages 12-14
12 Brazil (1 reel, 16 mm., sound). A pic¬ Jungle Quest for the Great Stone Heads ture of three great cities—Rio de (3 reels, 16 mm., sound). Discovery Janeiro, Santos, and Sao Paulo—and of long buried heroic sculpture left by of the Amazon River Valley. the Olmees of the state of Vera Cruz. Brazil Gets the News (1 reel, 16 mm., Mexican Moods (1 reel, 16 mm., sound, sound). The activities of the edi¬ color). Scenes of incidental occur¬ torial and technical departments of a rences in Mexico—silversmiths at great modern newspaper in Sao Paulo. work, a performance of a gay dance, a song sung by one of Mexico’s foremost Buenos Aires and Montevideo (1 reel, stars, and a colorful pageant on the 16 mm., sound). Many aspects of history of the country. life in the Argentine capital and Mexico Builds a Democracy (2 reels, glimpses of Uruguay’s chief city and 16 mm., sound). Work of the its gay carnivals. Mexican Government in bringing Colombia (1 reel, 16 mm., sound). The education to its Tarascan people. old port of Barranquilla and the fine Monuments of Ancient Mexico (4 reels, old towns of Bogota and Cartagena, 16 mm., sound). The title of this and Colombia’s charming country- film is self-explanatory. It is especial¬ side. ly adapted for students of archaeol¬ Colombia, Crossroads of the Americas ogy and anthropology. (2H reels, 16 mm., sound). An Orchids (1 reel, 16 mm., sound, color). excellent informational picture of The story, magnificently illustrated in South America’s northernmost color, of orchids and other tropical country. Shows extensively the na¬ flora in South America. tion, from the lowlands, over the Our Neighbors Down the Road (4 reels, Andes to Bogota, with its natural 16 mm., sound). An automobile resources and its people. tour, much of it on the Pan-American Down Where North Begins (2 reels, 16 Highway, from Caracas to the Straits mm., sound, color). Most effective of Magellan. features of landscapes, buildings, and Pan American Bazaar (1 reel, 16 mm., life in Ecuador. sound, color). Motion pictures of the Pan-American Fair held at Macy’s Fiesta of the Hills (1 reel, 16 mm., Department Store in New York City. sound). A Mexican fiesta picture Patagonian Playground (1 reel, 16 mm., produced by Ralph Gray. sound). The scenic beauty and sum¬ Fire and Water (1 reel, 16 mm., sound). mertime fun of Argentina’s Nahuel The Lenten Fiesta at Taxco, where Huapi Park, on the eastern slope of dancers of the True Cross perform to the Andes. the noise of exploding firecrackers. People of Two Worlds (1 reel, 16 mm., Also, Almalaya del Rio, where Apache sound, color). A brief study of dances accompany the blessing of the Yucatan, ancient and modern, with headwaters of the River Lerma. emphasis on the Mayan Indians, their High Spots of a High Country (2 reels, old civilization and as they are now. 16 mm., sound). The people of Roads South (2 reels, 16 mm., sound). Guatemala and their volcanic coun¬ Educational and entertaining film try, with its romantic old cities, its showing the various means of trans¬ markets and farms. portation in the Latin American Introduction to Haiti (1 reel, 16 mm., countries. sound, color). A visit to Port-au- Sky Dancers of Papantla (1 reel, 16 mm., Prince and the city of Cap Haitien in¬ sound). Mexico’s unique Corpus cluding a trip to the ruins of the Christi festival, which culminates in remarkable buildings erected by Henri the headlong descent of dancers from Christophe, self-styled king of Haiti. a pole.
13 Sundays in the Valley of Mexico (1 Treasure Trove of Jade (4 reels, 16 mm., reel, 16 mm., sound). Things to do sound). Further discoveries, includ¬ and see on Sundays near Mexico ing the largest collection of early City—from viewing pyramids to American jade ever found. modern dancing. Venezuela (1 reel, 16 mm., sound). The Bounteous Earth (1 reel, 16 mm., The capital city of Caracas and the sound). Dances accompanying the port of La Guaira, sugar plantations, blessing of the animals on Candlemas and colonial forts and trails. Day in the City of Cholula (City of Venezuela Moves Ahead (3 reels, 16 Churches). The violent rites at mm., sound). A comprehensive por¬ Tlocotalapan, where a young bull is trayal of the country, including its set at large to be baited by the entire modern buildings, radio stations, community. schools and classes in English. Also The Day is New (1 reel, 16 mm., the life of the sturdy Andean Indians. sound). A day in the life of the Excellent maps describe the march of Mexican people, picturing their varied Bolivar over the Andes. Produced daily activities, from dawn to night. by Julien Bryan. The Hill Towns of Guatemala (1 reel, Walt Disney Sees South America (4 16 mm., sound). The fascinating life reels, 16 mm., sound). A motion of several small towns perched on the picture diary of Walt Disney’s survey slopes of an extinct volcanic mountain. of the Latin American countries. This is Ecuador (2 reels, 16 mm., Wooden Faces of Totonicapan (1 reel, sound). Aspects of economic and 16 mm., sound). Guatemalan fiestas, social life of the country, and its including the breath-taking climax of strategic position in connection with Chichicastenango’s famous 8-day cele¬ the Panama Canal Zone. bration.
DISTRIBUTORS
The following depositories distribute the films listed above. For other dis- tributors see those marked (f) on pages 6-12.
Westcott, Slade and Balcom Co. New Jersey State Museum 95-99 Empire Street Trenton, New Jersey Providence, Rhode Island Ohio State Department of Education Columbus, Ohio National School Supply Co., Inc. 515 West Broad Street State Department of Education Richmond, Virginia Baton Rouge, Louisiana
14 United States Navy Recruiting Division
JJ here to Obtain films: Nearest U. S. Navy Recruiting Station listed below. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale.
American Sea Power (1 reel, 11 min¬ advantages to be gained by enlisting utes, 16 mm., sound, 1941). Two- in the Navy. Narration by Lowell ocean Navy—commentary by Lowell Thomas. Thomas. Shipboard routine—reveille Navy Ratings (series of 12 reels, 3 to taps. minutes, each, 35 mm., sound, 1942). Eyes of the Navy (2 reels, 20 minutes, Answering the question “What kind 16 mm., sound, 1940). Training avia¬ of a job can I get in the Navy?” tion personnel—ashore and afloat. Air operations with the U. S. Fleet. Repair, Supply, and Relief (2 reels, 22 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, First Line of Defense (1 reel, 11 minutes, 1939). Activities of the Base Force. 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1940). Fleet maneuvers at sea. Service in Submarines (1 reel, 10 I Am the American Bluejacket (1 reel, minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 3)4 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1938). Training personnel for sub¬ 1942). What a sailor does. marine duty. Men Make the Navy—The Navy Submarines at Sea (1 reel, 11 minutes, Makes Men (2 reels, 22 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1940). Sub¬ 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). The marine operations at sea.
DISTRIBUTORS
U. S. Navy Recruiting Stations
Albany, New York, Post Office Building Cincinnati, Ohio, Court House and Baltimore, Maryland, Post Office Build¬ Post Office Building ing Cleveland, Ohio, Old Post Office Build¬ Birmingham, Alabama, Post Office and ing Court House Building Columbia, South Carolina, First Na¬ Boise, Idaho, Capitol Securities Build¬ tional Bank Building ing Columbus, Ohio, Old Post Office Build¬ Boston, Massachusetts, New Court ing House and Post Office Building Dallas, Texas, Post Office and Court Buffalo, New York, Post Office Building House Charleston, West Virginia, Post Office Annex Denver, Colorado, U. S. Customs House Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2000 Capitol Des Moines, Iowa, Old Post Office Avenue Building Chicago, Illinois, Plymouth Court Build¬ Detroit, Michigan, New Federal Build¬ ing, 321 South Plymouth Court ing
10 Helena, Montana, Gold Block Building Omaha, Nebraska, Baird Building, 1704 Houston, Texas, Post Office Building Douglas Street Indianapolis, Indiana, Post Office Build¬ Philadelphia, Penncylvania, Blackburn ing Building, 13 South 13th Street Jackson, Mississippi, Post Office Build¬ Phoenix, Arizona, Heard Building ing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Old Federal Jacksonville, Florida, Post Office Build¬ Building ing Portland, Maine, Federal Court House Kansas City, Missouri, U. S. Court Annex House Portland, Oregon, Elks Temple, 620 S. Little Rock, Arkansas, Donaghey Trust W. Broadway Building, 621 Main Street Providence, Rhode Island, Old Indus¬ Los Angeles, California, Post Office and trial Trust Building Court House Louisville, Kentucky, Post Office Build¬ Raleigh, North Carolina, Federal Build¬ ing ing Macon, Georgia, Post Office Building Richmond, Virginia, Parcel Post Build¬ Manchester, New Hampshire, Beacon ing, 11th and Main Streets Building Salt Lake City, Utah, Post Office Build¬ Memphis, Tennessee, Falls Building, ing 24-26 North Front Street San Diego, California, Post Office Build¬ Miami, Florida, Postal Building ing Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Plankinton San Francisco, California, Federal Office Building Building Minneapolis, Minnesota, Federal Office Santa Fe, New Mexico, New City Hall Building Building Nashville, Tennessee, U. S. Court Seattle, Washington, Mann Building, House 1411# Third Avenue New Haven, Connecticut, Chamber of Springfield, Illinois, State Register Commerce Building Building, 613 East Monroe Street New Orleans, Louisiana, U. S. Customs Springfield, Massachusetts, Post Office House Building New York, New York, International St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. Court and Telephone Building Customs House Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Post Office Toledo, Ohio, Commercial Building Building Washington, D. C., City Club Building United States Coast Guard
Where to obtain films: Nearest District Coast Guard Officer listed below, or the Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D. C. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale.
Cadet Cruise (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and aboard a Coast Guard Cutter visiting 35 mm., sound, 1940). Illustrates foreign lands. the life and work of the Cadet while attending the Coast Guard Academy Carry the Fight (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 at New London, Connecticut, and and 35 mm., sound). This picture while on a Cadet training cruise tells of the work of the Coast Guard
16 Cutters on Convoy duty, and at the Men of the Coast Guard (2 reels, 30 same time emphasizes the important minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1940). job being done by civilians here in A general film depicting the more im¬ America in supplying our fighting portant activities of the Service, with men and allies overseas. special emphasis on training.
Coast Guard Academy, The (2 reels, 17 Mississippi Blackout (1 reel, 10 min¬ minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1940) utes, 16 and 35 mm., sound). This (2 reels, 22 minutes, 16 mm., color, film describes the work of the Coast sound, 1942). Illustrates the various Guard in the Mississippi River area, activities comprising student life at in blacking out the river lights to safe¬ the Coast Guard Academy at New guard the rivers and industrial towns London, Connecticut. Drills, study from enemy air attack. periods, training in small boats, ma¬ Offshore Patrol (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 chine shops, living quarters, sports, and 35 mm., sound, 1940). Shows and special activities are depicted. the work of the Coast Guard men Coast Guard Auxiliary (1 reel, 10 min¬ aboard sea-going cruising cutters. utes, 16 and 35 mm., sound). Tells Scenes show actual patrol in the something of the organization and North Atlantic and life aboard a ship patrol work of the members and ves¬ on weather patrol station. sels of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Semper Paratus reel, 4 minutes, 16 working in cooperation with the and 35 mm., sound). This short uses regular Service. the Official marching song of the Inland Waterways (1 reel, 15 minutes, Coast Guard instead of narration to 16 mm., silent, color). Shows the show a recruit being inducted into general work of Coast Guard Cut¬ Service, some of the high lights of his ters on our inland waterways, particu¬ training, and some of the unusual larly the Missouri, Ohio, and Missis¬ duties which he may be called upon to sippi Rivers. perform while he is in Service. DISTRIBUTORS District Coast Guard Officers
1st Naval District, 1401 Custom House, 9th Naval District, 1700 Keith Building, Boston, Massachusetts 1620 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
3d Naval District, 42 Broadway, New 9th Naval District, 232 Old Custom York, New' York House, 8th and Olive Streets, St. 4th Naval District, 803 Custom House, Louis, Missouri Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10th Naval District, San Juan, Puerto 5th Naval District, Box 540, New Post Rico Office Building, Norfolk, Virginia 11th Naval District, Federal Building, 6th Naval District, 149 Wentworth Long Beach, California Street, Box 855, Charleston, South 12th Naval District, 425 Custom House, Carolina San Francisco, California 7th Naval District, Dupont Building, 13th Naval District, 550 Federal Office Miami, Florida Building, Seattle, Washington 8th Naval District, 327 Custom House, Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 13th Naval District, Ketchikan, Alaska
9th Naval District, Custom House, 610 14th Naval District, Honolulu, Terri¬ South Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois tory of Hawaii
IT United States Marine Corps
Where to obtain films: Nearest Marine Corps Recruiting Office listed below. If not available there, they may be secured from the Officer in Charge, Photographic Section, Marine Corps Schools, Department RF-3, Quantico, Virginia. Such requestors are asked to state the city wherein the Recruiting Office is located to which the original request was directed.
Who may borrow: Patriotic, charitable, or educational organizations.
Loan of prints: Free.
Purchase: Not for sale
These films are loaned subject to the following regulations: 1. Requests should be directed to the Officer in Charge, Marine Corps Recruit¬ ing Office nearest the requestor. Request must be signed by an officer of the Marine Corps, public official, or an official of a patriotic, charitable, or educational organization who will assume financial responsibility for the film and guarantee its proper exhibition and prompt return. If films are not available at a Recruiting Office, they will be furnished upon re¬ quest to the Officer in Charge, Photographic Section, Marine Corps Schools, Department RF-3, Quantico, Virginia. 2. Films are not loaned for commercial, private, or home use. 3. Requests should be made at least 2 weeks prior to the expected showing date. No charge is made for the loan of films, but the requestor must bear transportation costs. Films must be returned the day following the showdng, and must be in one shipment. 4. The borrower agrees to prevent the copying of the film, either wholly or in part, while in his possession. 5. Films cannot be used on a program where admission or fees are charged, unless shown in licensed theaters as parts of regular programs. 6. Further loans will be denied to organizations failing to return promptly, or to pay for damage to film while in their possession.
Candidates 04 reel, 2 minutes, 16 and Leathernecks on Parade (1 reel, 10 35 mm., sound, 1942, trailer). De¬ minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, color, signed to encourage applications for 1942). Shows Marine Corps at work, entrance into Officer Candidates on maneuvers, at sea, and on parade. Class. Marine Corps News, Vols. I and II Candidates Class (2 reels, 16 minutes, (1 reel, 10 minutes each, 16 and 35 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1941). Candi¬ mm., sound, 1942). Newsreels of dates Class training for reserve com¬ current activities of the Marine Corps. missions in the Marine Corps. Marines Have Landed, The (1 reel, 10 Flying Marines 04 reel, 2 minutes, 16 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). and 35 mm., sound, trailer). Depicts Covers general activities of the aviation training in the Marine Corps. Marines. From Ships of the Air (1 reel, 8 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1941). Para- Pass in Review (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 troop training for Marines at Lake- and 35 mm., sound, 1942). Current hurst, New Jersey. activities of the Marines.
18 Sharpshooting Marines 04 reel, 2 min- Soldiers of the Sea (2 reels, 18 minutes, utes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, trailer). 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1939). Gen- Depicts Rifle Range activities. eral information on Marine Corps training.
DISTRIBUTORS
Marine Corps Recruiting Stations
Albany, New York, 411 Post Office Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 358 Post Building Office Building Augusta, Maine, City Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota, Metropolitan Birmingham, Alabama, 210 Farley Life Building Building Nashville, Tennessee, 23 U. S. Court Boston, Massachusetts, 736 New Post House Office Building New Orleans, Louisiana, 337 New Federal Building Buffalo, New York, 420 U. S. Court New York, New York, 803 Federal House Office Building Butte, Montana, 28 West Granite Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 326 Post Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha Office Building Hotel Orlando, Florida, 907 Florida Bank Chicago, Illinois, 706 U. S. Court House Building Cincinnati, Ohio, 242 Post Office Build¬ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1005 New ing Custom House Cleveland, Ohio, 520 Federal Building Phoenix, Arizona, 255 Security Building Dallas, Texas, 400 U. S. Terminal Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 311 Old Fed¬ Annex eral Building Denver, Colorado, 107 Old Custom Portland, Oregon, 208 Court House House Raleigh, North Carolina, 310 Post Office Des Moines, Iowa, 105 Federal Building Building Detroit, Michigan, 257 New Federal Salt Lake City, Utah, 230 Federal Building Building Houston, Texas, 209 Scanlan Building San Francisco, California, 46 Federal Indianapolis, Indiana, 406 Ivresge Build¬ Office Building ing Savannah, Georgia, Post Office Building Jackson, Mississippi, 236 West Capitol Seattle, Washington, 433 Federal Office Avenue Building Kansas City, Missouri, 243 U. S. Springfield, Massachusetts, Room 200. Court House 1694 Main Street Little Rock, Arkansas, 8-12 City Hall St. Louis, Missouri, 194 U. S. Court Los Angeles, California, G-35 U. S. Post House Office and Court House Syracuse, New York, 317 New Post Louisville, Kentucky, 1412 Heyburn Office Building Building Washington, D. C., 304 Post Office Macon, Georgia, 453 Cherry Street Building
19 United States Army
Recruiting and Induction Service
Where to obtain films: Nearest Main Army Recruiting Station listed below. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale.
Air Army (1 reel, 6 minutes, techni¬ Service With the Colors (1 reel, 12 color) . minutes, technicolor). Army on Wheels (1 reel, 8 minutes, The Tanks Are Coming (1 reel, 12 technicolor). minutes, technicolor). Guardian of the Colors (1 reel, 12 Wings of the Army (1 reel, 15 minutes, minutes, technicolor). technicolor). Here Comes the Cavalry (1 reel, 12 Wings of Steel (1 reel, 12 minutes, minutes, technicolor). technicolor). Look to Lockheed for Leadership (1 reel, Winning Your Wings (2 reels, 18 15 minutes, technicolor). minutes, black and white).
DISTRIBUTORS
Main Army Recruiting Stations
First Service Command, Headquarters, Boston, Massachusetts
Portland, Maine, 463A Congress Street Providence, Rhode Island, 40 Fountain Manchester, New Hampshire, 32 W'ater Street Street Hartford, Connecticut, 555 Asylum Rutland, Vermont, 38Vi Center Street Street Boston, Massachusetts, 1065 Common¬ Springfield, Massachusetts, Post Office wealth Avenue Building
Second Service Command, Headquarters, Governors Island, New York
New York, New Y'ork, 480 Lexington Trenton, New Jersey, Post Office Build¬ Avenue ing Alban}-, New Yrork, 323 Federal Building Newark, New Jersey, Post Office Build¬ Syracuse, New York, 355 Federal ing Building
Third Service Command, Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, Court Square Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 305 Old Post Building Office Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 325 Market Richmond, Virginia, Post Office Build¬ Street ing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 607 Cus¬ toms House, 2d and Chestnut Streets
20 Fourth Service Command, Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia
Jacksonville, Florida, 250 Post Office Charlotte, North Carolina, Post Office and Court House Building Building Montgomery, Alabama, 519 Post Office Building
Fifth Service Command, Headquarters, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio, 315 Old Post Office Indianapolis, Indiana, 431 Federal Building Building Cincinnati, Ohio, 4th and Vine Streets Charleston, West Virginia, 11 Capitol Street
Sixth Service Command, Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, 166 W. Van Buren Detroit, Michigan, 631 Federal Building Street Kalamazoo, Michigan, 12 Post Office Peoria, Illinois, 1701 Main Street Building Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 234 North Broadway
Seventh Service Command, Headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska
St. Louis, Missouri, 624 New Federal Des Moines, Iowa, 115 Old Federal Building Building Kansas City, Kansas, Wyandotte Court Minneapolis, Minnesota, 182 Federal House Office Building Omaha, Nebraska, 224 Post Office Denver, Colorado, 104 Old Customs Building Building, 16th and Arapahoe Streets
Eighth Service Command, Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Lubbock, Texas, 1114 Tenth Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 331 Federal Dallas, Texas, 502 Federal Building Building Houston, Texas, 232 Old City Hall Little Rock, Arkansas, 308J4 W. 3d Building Street San Antonio, Texas, Builders Exchange New Orleans, Louisiana, 429 Carondlet Building, Pecan and St. Marys Streets Street Santa Fe, New Mexico, 217 Post Office Building
Ninth Service Command, Headquarters, Fort Douglas, Utah
San Francisco, California, 444 Market Salt Lake City, Utah, 223 Ness Building Street Seattle, Washington, 609 Stewart Street. Los Angeles, California, 1755 Post' Lloyd Building Office and Court House Butte, Montana, Old High School Build¬ Portland, Oregon, 323 Main Post Office ing Building Phoenix, Arizona, 507 Luhrs Building ,
21 U. S. Department of Agriculture
Where to obtain films: The depository in your State listed below or write the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Motion Picture Serv¬ ice, Washington, D. C. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Nominal service fee. Free to Department employees and State extension workers for use in their work. Purchase: Write to Castle Films, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City (also Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California), for a price list.
Democracy in Action (1 reel, 11 minutes, Shows the youth of many lands and 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). Shows different races engaged in youth ac¬ the vast agricultural resources of tivities; explains our own youth move¬ this country; the democratic pro¬ ment in the 4-H Clubs, representing cedures followed by farmers in carry¬ the great basic industry of agriculture, ing out the AAA farm program; how its spread into many foreign lands, these procedures are helping farmers and the results and significance of to produce more of the foods needed work and training of 4-H Club in the war program. members. Farm Front (1 reel, 11 minutes, 16 and The Tree In a Test Tube (1 reel, 10 35 mm., sound, 1941). A documen¬ minutes, 16 mm., sound, color, 1942). tary picture telling the story of the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy show American farmer in national defense. the many things the average man It points out the relation of his work uses which are made of wood. The to the American ideal of the United Forest Products Laboratory at Madi¬ States as a land of opportunity for son, Wisconsin, has been developing all, and shows how he is working with new and better uses for wood, industry to safeguard the American thereby releasing metals, etc., for war Freedoms. needs. Shows some of the tests to For Health and Happiness (1 reel, 9 which these products are subjected minutes, 16 mm., silent and sound, before they are offered for public or color, 1941). Discusses the vital military war use. bearing good nutrition has on human Wood for War ()4 reel, 5 minutes, 16 health and happiness. Shows scenes mm., sound, color, 1942). Showe of well-nourished children from in¬ many of the new uses of wood in war fancy to youth, and the food groups manufacturing and construction for that contribute to all-around devel¬ civilian and military purposes. opment. Stresses the especial need for forest- On the Road to Tomorrow (1 reel, 10 fire prevention in wartime to save minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1941). manpower and timber. DISTRIBUTORS
Alabama, Extension Service, Alabama Arkansas, Department of Public Rela¬ Polytechnic Institute, Auburn tions, Arkansas State Teachers’ Col¬ Alaska, Extension Service, University of lege, Conway Alaska, College California, Extension Division, Univer¬ Arizona, Extension Division, University sity of California, Berkeley (serves of Arizona, Tucson northern California); Extension Divi-
22 sion, University of California, 815 Nebraska, University Extension Di¬ South Hill Street, Los Angeles (serves vision, University of Nebraska, Lin¬ southern California) coln Connecticut, Audio-Visual Aids Center, Nevada, Extension Division, University University of Connecticut, Storrs of Nevada, Reno Colorado, Bureau of Visual Instruction, New Hampshire, Extension Service, University of Colorado, Boulder University of New Hampshire, Dur¬ Delaware, New Jersey State Museum, ham State House Annex, Trenton, New New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Jersey State House Annex, Trenton Florida, Department of Visual Instruc¬ New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico, tion, General Extension Div., Uni¬ Santa Fe versity of Florida, Gainesville New York, Extension Service, College of Georgia, Division of General Extension, Agriculture, Ithaca University System of Georgia, 223 North Carolina, Bureau of Visual In¬ Walton Street, N. W., Atlanta; also struction, University of North Caro¬ Extension Service, College of Agri¬ lina, Chapel Hill culture, Athens North Dakota, Department of Informa¬ Idaho, Extension Service, College of tion, North Dakota Agricultural Col¬ Agriculture, University of Idaho, lege, Fargo Boise Oregon, Department of Visual Instruc¬ Illinois, Visual Aids Service, University tion, Oregon Agricultural College, of Illinois, Urbana Corvallis Indiana, Bureau of Visual Instruction, Oklahoma, Extension Service, A. & M. Extension Division, Indiana Univer¬ College, Stillwater sity, Bloomington Pennsylvania, PCW Film Service, Penn¬ Iowa, Visual Instruction Service, Iowa sylvania College for Women, Pitts¬ State College, Ames burgh Kansas, Bureau of Visual Instruction, University Extension Division, Uni¬ Puerto Rico, Extension Service, Uni¬ versity of Kansas, Lawrence versity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Kentucky, Department of Visual Aids, Rhode Island, Extension Service, Rhode University of Kentucky, Lexington Island State College, Kingston Louisiana, Extension Service, Louisiana South Carolina, Extension Division, State University, Baton Rouge University of South Carolina, Co¬ Maryland, Extension Service, Univer¬ lumbia sity of Maryland, College Park South Dakota, Extension Division, Uni¬ Massachusetts, Extension Service, Col¬ versity of South Dakota, Vermillion; lege of Agriculture, Amherst also Extension Service, South Dakota State College of Agriculture, Brook¬ Michigan, Extension Service, University ings of Michigan, Ann Arbor; also State Extension Service, Michigan State Tennessee, Division of University Ex¬ College, East Lansing tension, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Mississippi, Extension Service, Missis¬ sippi State College, State College, Texas, Visual Instruction Bureau, Uni¬ Mississippi versity of Texas, Austin; also Ex¬ Missouri, University Extension, Uni¬ tension Service, A. & M. College of versity of Missouri, Columbia Texas, College Station Montana, Extension Service, Montana Utah, Extension Division, State College A. & M. College, Bozeman of Agriculture, Logan
23 Vermont, Robert Hull Fleming Mu¬ West Virginia, The Library, University seum, University of Vermont, Bur¬ of West Virginia, Morgantown lington Wisconsin, Bureau of Visual Instruction, Virginia, Audio-Visual Education, State University of Wisconsin, Madison Board of Education, Richmond Washington, Extension Service, State Wyoming, Cooperative Film Library, College of Washington, Pullman University of Wyoming, Laramie Office of Civilian Defense Where to obtain films: From Regional Civilian Defense Office for your State listed below. Who may borrow: Civilian defense groups. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Write to Visual Training Section, Office of Civilian Defense, Washington, D. C., for authorization. A New Fire Bomb (1 reel, 7 minutes, 16 wrarden and showrs how he carries on mm., sound, 1942). Shows the new during a raid. explosive fire bomb in action and The Control Center (4 reels, 40 minutes, tells how' the British fight it. 16 mm., sound, 1943). A detailed An Air Raid Warden’s Report (1 reel, 10 exposition of the operation of a con¬ minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1943). A trol center, showing the functions of training film emphasizing the im¬ each of the important workers at the portance of and careful attention to center and hovr those functions are the detailed report as the air raid integrated. warden’s first job during an instance. The Rescue Unit (2 reels, 15 minutes, 16 The Air Raid Warden (2 reels, 20 min¬ mm., sound, 1942). A training film utes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). showing the w'ay a rescue unit prop¬ Dramatizes the duties of an air raid erly plans and carries on its work. DISTRIBUTORS
Region I (Connecticut, Maine, Massa¬ Region IV (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Mississippi, North Carolina, South Island, Vermont): Carolina, Tennessee): Mr. Joseph M. Loughlin, Dir. Mr. Charles H. Murchison, Dir. First Civilian Defense Region Fourth Civilian Defense Region 17 Court Street Candler Building Boston, Massachusetts Atlanta, Georgia Region II (Delaware, New York, New Region V (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Jersey): West Virginia): Mr. George S. Van Shaick, Dir. Mr. Dan T. Moore, Dir. Second Civilian Defense Region Fifth Civilian Defense Region Chanin Building, Room 807 1530 Standard Building 122 East 42d Street Cleveland, Ohio New' York, New York Region VI (Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon¬ Region III (District of Columbia, sin) : Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia): Mr. Edward J. Condon, Dir. Mr. Rowland K. Adams, Dir. Sixth Civilian Defense Region Third Civilian Defense Region Room 1429 1554 Baltimore Trust Building 222 West Adams Street Baltimore, Maryland Chicago, Illinois
2L Region VII (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Region IX (Arizona, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington): Wyoming): Mr. James C. Sheppard, Dir. Mr. Joseph D. Scholtz, Dir. Ninth Civilian Defense Region Seventh Civilian Defense Region 1355 Market Street 808 City National Bank Building San Francisco, California Omaha, Nebraska
Region VIII (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas): Mr. R. E. Smith, Dir. Eighth Civilian Defense Region 5th Floor, Mercantile Bank Building Dallas, Texas
Federal Security Agency National Youth Administration
Where to obtain films: Regional Youth Administrators of the Na¬ tional Youth Administration listed below. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale.
Training Women for War Production white and Negro, by the National (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 mm., sound, Youth Administration. Shows scenes color, 1942). Illustrates how the of “experience on the job” which en¬ National Youth Administration’s pro¬ ables thousands of youth to obtain duction training program is preparing work in private industry. thousands of women for war indus¬ Youth, Jobs, and Defense (1 reel, 12 tries in such occupations as machine minutes, 16 mm., sound, color, 1941). tool operation, mechanical inspec¬ Depicts briefly how the NY"A is pro¬ tion, assembly work, radio, as wTell as viding young people with practical in health and hospital work. Com¬ experience and training for jobs in mentary by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose¬ war industries—some of the 400,000 velt. NYA youth who have gone into pri¬ Work Centers for Victory (1 reel, 12 vate employment in the last 12 months minutes, 16 mm., sound, color, 1941). are shown at work in a large aircraft Shows the many work experience plant. Melvyn Douglas provides the opportunities afforded boys and girls, commentary.
The following film was produced by the Illinois National Youth Administration and may be borrowed by writing to the Regional Youth Administrator, Room 1211, New Post Office Building, 435 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Youth on the Industrial Front (2*4 reels, 25 minutes, 16 mm., sound, 1941). Show's boys in training in radio, machine shops, and automotive experience. Also boys actually on the job in the production of war materials.
25 DISTRIBUTORS
Regional NYA Officers
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da¬ York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, kota, Nebraska, Iowa: Connecticut: Chester B. Lund, Adm. Leon J. Kowal, Adm. 44 East 6th Street 10 Post Office Square St. Paul, Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania: Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas: John N. Patterson, Adm. Miss Anne Laughlin, Adm. Perry Building Dierks Building 16th and Chestnut Streets 10th Street and Grand Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kansas City, Missouri District of Columbia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland: Glenn S. Callaghan, Adm. Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas: Atlas Building, Quarrier Street J. C. Kellam, Adm. 714 Brown Building Charleston, West Virginia Austin, Texas Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio: Orin W. Kaye, Adm. 4300 Euclid Avenue Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Cleveland, Ohio Colorado: Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois: William W. Gartin, Adm. Miss Mary S. Anderson 208 Equitable Building 1211 New Post Office Building 17th and Stout Streets 435 West Van Buren Street Denver, Colorado Chicago, Illinois Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Caro¬ California, Washington, Oregon, Ne¬ lina, Tennessee, Mississippi: vada, Arizona: Boisfeuillet Jones, Adm. W. G. Frischknecht, Adm. 10 Forsyth Street Building 333 Montgomery Street Atlanta, Georgia San Francisco, California U. S. Public Health Service Where to obtain films: Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. (KNOW FOR SURE is an exception. Read directions regarding this film carefully.) Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Write to the Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., for authorization.
About Faces (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 and Fight Syphilis (1 reel, 10 minutes; and 1 35 mm., sound, 1941). Entertaining reel, 20 minutes; 16 and 35 mm., subject on dental health. Follows sound, 1943). Ten-minute version “Danny” from the cradle to his emphasizes the individual’s role in induction in the Army, stressing the combating syphilis—blood tests, importance of dental care. avoiding exposure, proper treatment.
26 the danger of quacks. Twenty-min¬ Help Wanted (2 reels, 26 minutes, 16 ute version includes the community's mm., sound). General presentation of job—education, providing clinics and the basic principles of first aid, the follow-up workers, and the cost of circulatory system, improvised tourni¬ supporting the blind, the insane, and quets, use of bandages, treatment for the unemployables crippled by shock, burns, artificial respiration, syphilis. Specify version desired splints. Produced by Johnson & John¬ when ordering film. son in cooperation with the U. S. Public Health Service.
Prints of the following film have been made available to all State Health Offices from which they may be borrowed. It will be shown exclusively under the super¬ vision and authority of local health departments. Know for Sure (Venereal Disease) (1 reel, 20 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). A very frank treatment, FOR MALE AUDIENCES ONLY, particularly for men in camps and war industries. Deals with prophylaxis, diagnosis, and clinical treatment. Also gives attention to follow-up treatment, sources of infec¬ tion, and community control. Made in Hollywood, produced by Darryl Zanuck, directed by Lewis Milestone, for the U. S. Public Health Service. Treasury Department
Where to obtain films: Through offices of the State Administrators of the War Savings Staff. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale.
Bonds at War (1 reel, 10 minutes, 16 retailers, this film details the progress mm., sound). Shows various types of the war savings program from its of fighting equipment and material, inception to January 1943 with pointing out that the purchase of war special emphasis upon the activities bonds made this equipment possible, of retail stores. and in many instances showing the amount of War Bonds necessary to The Price of Freedom (1 reel, 11 min¬ buy a particular piece of equipment. utes, 16 mm., sound). Showing the Demonstrates how this equipment is establishment of the pay-roll savings used on our various fronts. plan in a large industrial plant, this On the War Bond Front (1 reel, 6 min¬ film motivates the purchase of bonds utes, 16 mm., sound). Prepared and stamps by visualizing the things particularly for showing to groups of we are fighting to maintain.
27 Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines
Where to obtain films: Write to Louis F. Perry, Supervising En¬ gineer, Graphic Services Section, Bureau of Mines Experiment Station, 4800 Forbes Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a list of films and depositories. Obtain films from the depository nearest you. Who may borrow: Governmental agencies, educational institutions, engineering and scientific societies, civic and business associations, clubs, churches, and other responsible organizations. Loan of prints: Free. Borrower pays transportation charges. Purchase: Write to Mr. Morton F. Leopold, Supervising Engineer, Motion Picture Production Section, Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. The Bureau of Mines has many films, both sound and silent, in both 16 and 35 mm. widths, depicting mining operations and related manufacturing processes. They show where minerals are found and how they are extracted from the earth, manufactured or refined into useful everyday products, utilized, and conserved. The films deal with such minerals and mineral products as aluminum, asbestos, abrasives, acetylene, coal, concrete, copper, glass, iron, steel, lead, gasoline, petro¬ leum, nickel, sulphur, and related subjects. Many of these films are made specif¬ ically for training purposes associated with training activities of the war agencies. Numerous additional films are now in production pertaining to the metallurgical and petroleum industries. These films are produced and circulated under the direction of Allan Sherman, Chief, Information Division, Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. The cost of production is paid by cooperating industrial concerns. The pictures are free of trade-marks, trade names, or other direct advertising material. Production is in charge of M. F. Leopold, Supervising Engineer, Motion Picture Production Sec¬ tion, Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. Address inquires concerning production and revision to him. A complete library of all pictures is maintained at the office in Pittsburgh. For the convenience of borrowers distant from Pittsburgh, copies of certain films are deposited at subdistributing centers, selected with regard to accessibility. Office of the Bituminous Coal Consumers’ Counsel
Where to obtain films: Office of the Bituminous Coal Consumers’ Counsel, Post Office Box 483, Washington, D. C. Who may borrow: Any responsible group or organization. Loan of prints: Free. Purchase: Not for sale. Coal for Victory (l/2 reel, 5 minutes, 16 and 35 mm., sound, 1942). Necessity and directions for conserving coal for war production.
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