PUBLIC DOMAIN MOVIE FROM 1946 TO 1950

California Picture Book - 1946 Pictorial travelogue of California, using a variety of stock footage. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Castle Films Audio/Visual: Si, B&W Run Time: 11:35 File Size: 43.756     Immigration - 1946 Reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to show the economic, political and religious motives for immigration. Contains scenes of Ellis Island and New York City in the early 20th century. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc. Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 10:22 File Size: 32.743     Making of a Shooter - 1946 This Kodachrome film shows how a teenage boy learns to become a safe and accurate shooter. Famous riflemen appearing include Ned Lilly, Dick Shaughnessy, Thurman Randle, and Fred Armstrong. Sponsor: Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization Audio/Visual: Sd, C Run Time: 24:10 File Size: 78.085     Special Delivery - 1946 Airplanes and missions of the U.S. Army Air Forces, emphasizing Operation Crossroads (the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests). Sponsor: U.S. Army Air Forces Producer: U.S. Army Air Forces Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 11:49 File Size: 39.675     Tale of Two Cities, A - 1946 How the atomic bomb destroyed the people and cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Sponsor: U.S. War Department Producer: U.S. War Department Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 12:02 File Size: 37.826     Telephone and Telegraph - 1946 Telecommunications workers in the analog era. Sponsor: Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. Producer: Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc. Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 10:32 File Size: 34.269     Amateur film Travel-Cities - 1947 Home movie showing travels to key U.S. tourist destinations, mostly by air. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Unknown Audio/Visual: Si, B&W/C Run Time: 09:21 File Size: 29.759     Hare and the Tortoise, The - 1947 Dramatized version of Aesop's fable starring farm animals, including an owl, a fox, a goose, a rooster, a raccoon and a hare. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 10:22 File Size: 34.166     Adventures of Junior Raindrop, The - 1948 Delinquent raindrop explains the need for good watershed management. Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Producer: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Audio/Visual: Sd, C Run Time: 07:28 File Size: 24.123     Place to Live, A - 1948 Problem of housing for senior citizens. Sponsor: National Social Welfare Assembly, National Committee on the Aging Producer: Dynamic Films Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 24:02 File Size: 52.527     Things People Want, The - 1948 Distinctive sales training film on the hierarchy of human needs, starring a young John Forsythe. Sponsor: Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corporation Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 19:36 File Size: 59.932     English Children: Life in the City - 1949 Typical events in the daily life of an English urban family just after World War II. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 10:30 File Size: 34.767     Angry Boy (Part I) - 1950 Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings. Sponsor: Mental Health Film Board and State of Michigan Producer: Affiliated Film Producers Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 17:04 File Size: 54.731     Angry Boy (Part II) - 1950 Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings. Sponsor: Mental Health Film Board and State of Michigan Producer: Affiliated Film Producers Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 13:20 File Size: 41.552     Chance to Play, A - 1950 Promotes recreation (especially under nighttime lighting) as the answer to boredom, juvenile delinquency and social pathologies. Sponsor: General Electric Company in cooperation with the National Recreation Association Producer: March of Time Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 18:05 File Size: 61.286     Eskimos: Winter in Western Alaska - 1950 Typical activities of Alaskan Eskimo life throughout a long winter. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Machetanz (Frederick and Sara) Audio/Visual: Sd, C Run Time: 08:03 File Size: 26.052     Golden Harvest...Fifty Years of Calpak Progress - 1950 History of a company involved in the California canning industry, with excellent footage of agribusiness and cannery operations dating back to the turn of the century. Incorporates the 1933 film "Out of the Spirit of '49," produced for the same sponsor. Director: Dave Butler. Writer: Phil Smith. Sponsor: California Packing Corporation (Del Monte) Producer: California Packing Corporation, Industrial and Public Relations Department Audio/Visual: Sd, C Run Time: 18:02 File Size: 65.279     Overcoming Fear - 1950 How Bill overcomes his fear of the water through understanding its sources. Sponsor: N/A Producer: Coronet Instructional Films Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W Run Time: 11:50 File Size: 39.672