Videoteca

Mind Your Military Manners: Military Etiquette and Grooming 1971
Describes proper selection of clothes, table manners, ordering in a restaurant, introductions, dating etiquette, and etiquette at a formal reception.

Look Like a Winner: Military Etiquette and Grooming 1971
Explains the important points of good grooming. Covers cleanliness, health habits, hair styling, cosmetics, and tailoring.

Pleasure of Your Company: Military Etiquette and Grooming 1970
Describes proper selection of clothes, table manners, ordering in a restaurant, introductions, dating etiquette, and etiquette at a formal reception.

Civil Disturbances: Principles of Control 1968
Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other security forces to control, disperse, and arrest civilians who are involved in a riot, demonstration, or protest.

The Vote 1963
Emphasizes the importance of servicemen exercising their right to vote. Explains special provisions built into the voting statutes which enable men in the service to have their say in national and state elections. Shows how voting laws have been developed and refined over the years.

Easy to Get 1947
U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.

Let There Be Light 1946 star_border 7.4
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.

The Army Nurse 1945
This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion that they provide on a daily basis. The film also shows the many different conditions they have to deal with in and out of work during wartime.

Angel in Overalls 1945
This film was developed to show US Lockheed P-38 production line workers the Lightning in a wide variety of roles. The dramatic framing for the piece involves a straggling B-24 that is saved from certain destruction by the arrival of "Angels in Overalls" -- P-38s. You'll see all aspects of Lightnings in action. There's a cameo by Air Corps P-38 ace of aces Dick Bong too.

War Comes to America 1945 star_border 6.8
The seventh and final film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight World War II propaganda film series. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.

San Pietro 1945 star_border 6
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

Your Job in Germany 1945 star_border 5.5
Your Job In Germany is a short film made for the United States War Department in 1945 just before Victory in Europe Day (VE). It was shown to US soldiers about to go on occupation duty in Germany. The film was made by the military film unit commanded by Frank Capra and was written by Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss.

The Enemy Strikes 1945
Documentary short film depicting the breakthrough of Von Rundstedt's German forces in Europe and how complacency on the American homefront may have contributed to near-disaster for the Allies.

Welcome Home 1945
America prepares to welcome and employ the 12 million service men and women who are coming home from war.

The Line Is Busy 1944
Short announcement promoting the 6th War Loan by urging viewers to buy War Bonds. Shows the importance for War workers to keep on the job: a man receives a letter from his recently wounded brother on the front lines, who has undergone an amputation. As he reads the letter, his carefree girlfriend telephones from a nightclub attempting to persuade him to take the night off from his wartime civilian job.

Just for Remembrance 1944
This somber WWII War Bond promotional film shows the activities of the Quartermaster Effects Depot in Kansas City, Missouri. Here, some of the hundreds of thousands of personal effects for the deceased — wrapped in 2000 bundles each month — were processed, to be sent back to grieving families.

Liberation of Rome 1944
Documentary short film depicting the successful Allied advance into Rome, freeing it from German control during World War II.

Have You Killed a Japanese Soldier Today? 1944
Official War Office Film No. 1099. Propaganda film detailing Japanese atrocities against the Chinese and Americans. Stressing the importance of industry in the war effort.