01 January 1940 Factual 13 mins
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement.
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Myron McCormick as Narrator (voice)
Willard Van Dyke Director
United States 01 January 1940
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Rumination on the joy of war.
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07 September 1940
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31 May 1940
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch.
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Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
28 May 1940
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers.
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British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.
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Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade.
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