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- The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
- The Pacific was a key battle ground during World War II. Combat here changed the tides of the war.
- The Auschwitz trial began on November 24, 1947, in Kraków, when Polish authorities (the Supreme National Tribunal) tried 40 former staff of the Auschwitz concentration camps. The trials ended on December 22, 1947.
- America learns the value of wartime preparedness in de Rochemont's study of World War I's effect on average citizens.
- English / American / Norwegian propaganda film. The film was produced in the USA / UK during the war, with participating Norwegians as actors and extras in the most roles.
- A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
- A newsreel made to condemn the militarization, oppressiveness, and ideology of the Nazi regime - using reedited stock footage of Nazi rallies in both Germany and the United States, with added narration to drive home its points.
- Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
- Based on the title of General Eisenhower's book, combat film from from World War II. This was the first documentary series produced for television.
- To answer the title question, eighty-two of every 100 Americans were in 1947, according to the C.E.Hooper survey (the forerunner of the Neilsens)...listening to network radio, that is. Performers, and their radio programs, such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fred Allen, 'Fibber McGee and Molly'(Jim and Marian Jordan)are shown while on the air, plus network news commentators, quiz programs, soap operas and the musical programs of the day are shown and discussed. When the narrator closed this one with his usual "Time Marches On" pronouncement, most involved here were not looking at television as any threat to Radio just a few short years down the road time was marching on.
- Youth crime doubled after the US entered World War II. Children left at home after school, free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults.
- World War II historian John Curatola rates eight battle scenes in movies and television for realism. He discusses the accuracy of World War II battle scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), starring Tom Hanks; "Dunkirk" (2017), featuring Tom Hardy; and "Band of Brothers" S1E3 (2001), with Damian Lewis. He also comments on the weaponry used in "Fury" (2014), with Brad Pitt; "Patton" (1970); and "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). Curatola analyzes the tactics displayed in "The Forgotten Battle" (2020) and "Defiance" (2008), starring Daniel Craig.
- The history of the Corps, from Colonial times to the present day (1942, that is). The film's midsection details the arduous training procedure of the Few and the Proud at Parris Island and elsewhere. Finally, wartime newsreel footage is adroitly blended with dramatized re-enactments to illustrate the contributions - and the utter necessity-of the marines in WW II.
- This documentary short is part of The March of Time series. This one is about priest Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing setting up and running a Boys' Home in post-war Italy.
- A survey of the condition of the nation as Congress convenes in Washington, D.C. Congressial leaders make a few brief statements. The narrator then talks of a survey, by Fortune Magazine, regarding the citizens concept of the state of a nation that appears to be digging out of the Gteat Depression. But, basically, it is an in-house commercial for "Fortune Magazine", also published by Time, Inc., the publisher of "Time" and "Life" magazines.
- Segments: "Poland and War," "Dogs for Sale," and "U.S. Dust Bowl."
- The reason for the hard Nazi-resistance to the Allied invasion of Tunis has been revealed to officials of the MARCH of TIME,whose film "Africa- Prelude to Victory (V. 09, No. 5, December 4, 1942) covers both the planning and execution of the great Allied Military Maneuver in North Africa. It is this: Nazis captured by the United Nations forces express the greatest shock at being fed decent food.These prisoners are arrogant and domineering. Their first shock comes when they learn the United States citizens are not starving, as they had been told by their officers and Berlin propaganda. When they hear that Stalingrad has not fallen they refuse to believe it as they have been told. But they learn. They learn.
- Part of the March of Time series, this episode (Volume 11, Number 11) focuses on a new sociological phenomenon - the teen-age girl. She is recognized as unique, with a mind of her own and not necessarily prone to following in her mother's foot-steps. Industry now recognizes this sector of society as a potentially lucrative market, the result being that magazines, beauty products and clothes are all being designed with the teen-age girl in mind. New music is central to their activities, and there is also an increasing demand for photogenic teen-agers as models.
- This third entry of The March of Time shorts, produced by the publishers of Time and Life Magazines, explores the munitions game of Sir Basil Zaharoff, closing with a shot of white-crossed cemeteries across Europe filled with the war-dead from World War One, and then cuts to Louisiana to cover, as the narrator explains, the ludicrous exhibitions of Louisiana's Huey Long. Time's cameras go to Mexico to project the religious persecution in that country that has driven Catholoc priests to holding church services in mountain caves, and ends on the charter granted to Trans-Pacific Air that points the way to future international commerce.
- A look at the rise of the record industry from its primitive beginnings to the unveiling of the formats that would revolutionize the world of popular music.
- A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.
- This edition of "The March of Time" details in on the issue of Holland and its Far East colonies as a problem of world importance. It shows how Holland, a small European country ruled by a monarchy, is having difficulty in ruling her Asiatic colonies. It shows that the Dutch, at home, are making gigantic efforts to erase the effects of WW II, but are having difficulties without the wealth of the Dutch East Indies. It then views the conflict that is rising between the Dutch and the newly-formed government of the Republic of Indonesia. A current view of a map of Asia compared to the map in 1947 stresses the point that time, indeed, does march on.
- A glimpse into New York theatre life; includes shots of Rex Harrison in "Anne of the Thousand Days" and of Charles Boyer in "Red Gloves."
- This edition of the March of Time series takes a brief look backwards at where the world has come in the first 50 years of the century, and then presents a number of prominent people who state their views of the next fifty years of the 20th century. Among those shown are labor leader Walter Reuther, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Omar Bradley, and A-Bomb scientist Robert Oppenheimer. Harry Pollitt, leader of the Communist Party in Britain, predicts that all roads will lead to world-wide Communism.
- Part of the March of Time series, this episode (Volume 6, Number 5) from December 1939 focuses on the potential risks and growing conflict in the Far East. While much of the USA is focused on the war raging in Europe (which the US had yet to join) it is noted that the Japanese invasion of China has caused far more deaths to date. It describes Japan as a major military force in the region and focuses on the danger it places on the British in Hong Kong for example. It correctly predicts that those British forces in the region would be unlikely to withstand an attack in force by the Japanese as they can no longer rely on getting additional troops and Naval vessels given Britain's commitment in the European theater. American bases in the region are then reviewed including Guam, where the entire island is administered by the U.S. Navy and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which, they claim, will be impenetrable by 1942.
- The March of Time arches into Texas and discovers oil wells, cattle ranchers, mountains, prairies, forests, lakes, beaches, universities, and no small amount of financial wheeler-dealers in the big cities. Amon C. Carter, published of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and Karl Hoblitzelle, president of the Interstate Theater Circuit and among those interviewed.
- This "March of Time" entry examines the many problems, both human and economic, that faced the Allies in their respective zones of Germany -- USA, England and Russia -- following the end of World War II, and the Allied occupation of what was left of the country following the Nazi reign of Adolf Hitler. The Cold War issues had not yet fully surfaced, so this entry, with fleeting glances into each Zone of the time, traced what economic recovery had been made by the end of 1946, and how the average German citizen of 1946 was living...or getting by.
- Part of The March of Time series, this episode (Volume 13, Number 1) deals with the question of whether people are happy. Despite new technology and labor saving devices everywhere, people seem to have no more time on their hands and in many ways seem unhappier. The correspondence with advice columnist such as Dorothy Dix, seems to be growing. Health and fitness advocates, like Charles Atlas, have a booming business as people search for something that will make them feel better. Fortune tellers and self-styled counselors on the radio are popular but, in the opinion of doctors, dangerous.
- Other than newsreels, this is the first film (feature or short), relating to the United States' entry into World War II, released after the Japanese sneak-attack on Pearl Harbor. It, in addition to newsreels clips from the cowardly bombing of Pearl Harbor, is comprised of clips from previous "March of Time" shorts such as "Crisis in the Pacific," (Hong Kong's defensive preparations); "Spoils of Conquest" (dealing with the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies); and "The Phillipines - 1898-1941."
- Part of the March of Time series, this episode (Volume 12, Number 2) focuses entirely on the beauty industry in the USA. With spending of over $1 billion (in 1945) on cosmetic products, it has evolved into a major commercial enterprise. Packaging has proved to be a very important factor in sales and some $50 million per year is spent on advertising. The FDA look out for harmful products and Federal Trade Commission keeps an eye out for misleading claims. Spas and country resorts, where you can rest and relax, are gaining popularity for those who can afford it as are slenderizing salons and gymnasiums. Hairstyling has become an even bigger business. It's not only women who spend money on beauty products as some $300 million per year is spent by men.
- A report on the Strategic Air Command of the U. S. Air Force aboard a giant B-36 on a simulated intercontinental bombing mission. After glimpses of air bases in Nebraska,Texas and England, the camera records the activities with the B-36 bomber---the efficiency of the crew and how they work, eat and relax on a 9,000-mile dry-run mission, that is as grim as the real thing.
- Part of the March of Time series, this edition (Volume 10, Number 1) from 1945 deals with the issue of Palestine. With World War II at an end, the issue of Jewish migration to the region was again at the forefront. Great Britain was mandated to keep the peace in Palestine and had as far back as 1917 pledged to support a homeland in the region for the Jewish people. At the time, Arabs outnumbered Jews by approximately 2 to 1 but in many areas, the half-million Jews made great strides in turning a desert into a garden with agriculture a mainstay. Industry, such as boat building, was also coming into its own. On the Arab side, countries in the region have made it quite clear that any attempt to increase Jewish immigration to the region would lead to an armed response.
- The next-to-last March of Time (Volume 17, Number 5) short distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation examines the 1950-51 crisis in Iran,"that could plunge the world into a third global conflict. One phrase examines the struggle between the Iranian Nationalists and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company for control of the nation's vast oil deposits, as part of a general revolt of the Moslem populace against foreign domination, England primarily. The short discusses the possibility that the USSR my exploit the unrest, seize Iran itself and then spread out to the middle and far-east Muslim countries.
- This March-of-Time entry presents a kaleidoscopic analysis of the hardships facing the Filipino people at the end of World War II. In contrast to the scenes of war's devastation are flashbacks reviewing the culture, heritage and prosperity formerly enjoyed by the Islands. It also includes newsreel shots of General Douglas MacArthur and the then-Major Dwight D. Eisenhower at work in the Phillipines in pre-war days. Current segments include sequences of revived activity, the difficulties brought on by economic instability, and President Osmena's efforts in the United States on behalf of the Phillipines people.
- The subject deals with Europe's problem of economic recovery, following WWII, and the struggle against the expanding pressure by Russia. The film shows that the Communists lost their first test of strength in France when Premier Robert Schuman succeeded in breaking the Communist-agitated strikes. Life in present-day France (1948), with its economic and political stress, is exemplified by a typical Parasian family that wants neither the extreme Left nor the extreme Right. They prefer the middle-of-the-road party led by Robert Schuman. The conclusion is that The Marshall Plan (designed by and named after U. S. Army General George C. Marshall) will stabilize European economics.
- This edition of the March of Time series (Volume 12, Number 11) deals with the growing problem of alcoholism ins the USA. It emphasizes that alcoholics are not bad people but have an addiction which is beyond their control. It shows the work going on at Yale University on alcoholism and addiction and tries to dispel many of the myths that surround the subject. It then turn to a relatively new organization that seems to be having great success in helping alcoholics beat their habit: Alcoholics Anonymous. Using their 12-step programs and having reformed alcoholics act as counselors for those in need of help has worked well.
- This edition of the March of Time views the tactics the Russians have used to build up their strength in Europe, following World War Two, and the actions the United States is using, the Marshall Plan and arms aid to form a bulwark against Sovier aggression. Officers of the combined army of the North Atlantic Treaty nations (NATO)are shown being schooled in the use of American arms and coordinated tactics by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Post-World War II Mexico is shown as struggling to become a leader in South and North American affairs, while highlights of its history, a blend of revolutions and fiery elections is shown. It also studies the people of the country, with its old-world atmosphere and cultures, but most of the footage is devoted to its current (1946) political scene. Prominent government officials and leaders, such as Lazaro Cardenas, Ezequiel Padilla, and Manuel Avila Camacho are shown.
- This introductory episodes previews the performers and topics that the series covers.