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w-001 Walking to School
Safety film aimed at very young children on the subject of pedestrian safety.
Run time: 09:58 B&W
w-002 Wartime Nutrition
Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition.
Run time: 10:21 B&W
w-003 Wastage of Human Resources
How crippling disease, avoidable accidents, crime, war, old age, alcoholism and poor living conditions waste human lives and their potential. This film grew out of the effort to build a better world out of the devastation of World War II.
Run time: 10:17 B&W
w-004 Water
John Kieran explains in his inimitable style the basics of water, sustainer of life.
Run time: 09:49 B&W
w-005 The Way You Want it
Promotional film aimed at car customers. The film focuses on the toughness of Chevrolet cars and the pleasantness and excellent quality of the repair staff at your local dealership.
Run time: 08:24 B&W
w-006 Ways to Settle Disputes
Everyday incidents at school and at play teach Alice, Jerry and Eddie to resolve conflicts by compromise, by obeying rules, by finding facts, or finding opinions.
Run time: 10:06 B&W
w-007 We Drivers
Early driving safety film showing good and bad sides of a driver's mind.
Run time: 10:30 B&W&Color
w-008 We Learn About the Telephone
A young man sketches a generic human (“Mr. Man”) who takes us back through history to show us how humans developed a need to communicate and the devices to do so. Then shows us how telephones enable the modern mid-Sixties world.
Run time: 22:32 Color
w-009 We the People
A 1940 Republican National Committee film for candidate Wendell Wilke is largely an attack on Franklin D. Roosevelt for daring to run for a third term.
Run time: 15:13 B&W
w-010 We Use Power
Uses small models to explain how power is generated to run machines.
Run time: 10:53 Color
w-011 We Work Again
How the New Deal benefits African Americans.
Run time: 10:58 B&W
w-012 A Welcome Guest in the House
Tribute to television as servant of the public in the Cold War era.
Run time: 23:39 B&W
w-013 The Welding Operator
Methods of welding and occupational prospects for welders.
Run time: 10:47 B&W
w-014 What About Drinking?
Open-ended discussion on teenage drinking.
Run time: 11:19 B&W
w-015 What About Juvenile Delinquency?
Jim leaves the gang after it attacks his father, and joins other teenagers at City Hall to argue against the imposition of a curfew.
Run time: 11:27 B&W
w-016 What About Prejudice?
Pioneering film that encourages youth to look into themselves for the causes of prejudice.
Run time: 11:29 B&W
w-017 What About School Spirit?
School spirit and its social function for teenagers.
Run time: 14:35 B&W
w-018 What is Business?
Business produces Mother's pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop-up toaster into which the bread goes.
Run time: 09:49 B&W
w-019 What is Money?
Following the journey of a five-dollar bill through many transactions, the film shows how money functions as a standard of value and future payment, a storehouse of value and a convenient medium of exchange.
Run time: 10:32 B&W
w-020 What It Means To Be an American
Much discussion about how Americans can feel free to speak openly without fear. Stresses value of cooperation and independence.
Run time: 22:03 Color
W-021 What Makes a Battle?
Strategy and successes of the Marshall Islands battle in World War II.
Run time: 15:34 B&W
w-022 What Makes a Fine Watch Fine?
History and practice of precision watch making at the Hamilton factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Run time: 20:42 B&W
w-023 What Makes A Good Party?
Shows teenagers how to plan and attend a party, suggesting games to play and songs to sing ("Jimmy Crack Corn").
Run time: 10:33 B&W
w-024 What Makes Us Tick
Cartoon promoting the stock market as the engine of America's prosperity.
Run time: 11:35 B&W&Color
w-025 What Mr. Bell Had in Mind
Aimed at salesmen concerning appropriate use of the telephone. Its two main points: 1) use the phone to identify prospects, not to sell, and 2) try to come across as a normal person, not an overbearing salesman.
Run time: 10:51 B&W
w-026 What to Do in a Gas Attack
Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties.
Run time: 14:16 B&W
w-027 What to Do on a Date
A high school senior learns how and where to ask a girl for a date, where to take her for a good time, and how to avoid spending too much money or being bored by commercialized amusements.
Run time: 10:45 B&W
w-028 What You Should Know About Biological Warfare
How can we protect ourselves against the threats of germs and toxins? Cold War America gears up to fend off threats from unconventional bio-weapons.
Run time: 07:18 B&W
w-029 What's It to You?
Dramatic demonstration of the properties and uses of Mylar.
Run time: 23:56 Color
w-030 Wheels Across Africa
Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars.
Run time: 51:34 B&W
w-031 Wheels of Progress
Operations of the Rock Island Lines. Includes shots of high-speed "Rocket" freight trains; the operation of classification yards; and scenes of agricultural and industrial areas served by the railroad.
Run time: 19:02 Color
w-032 When the Circuit Breaks: America's Energy Crisis
Explains that all forms of energy have circuit breakers; when demand exceeds supply, the circuit breaks; when several circuits break at the same time, we have an energy crisis. Examines the traditional sources of energy, looks at the present to show how demand is steadily gaining on supply, and looks to the future to see what new sources of energy show the greatest promise. Expresses the ambivalence with which Americans and their government have addresses sustainable energy issues.
Run time: 27:35 Color
w-033 When Work is Done
War plant workers flood the town of Sylacauga, Alabama, and the town constructs facilities and organizes activities to make them feel welcome.
Run time: 08:55 B&W
w-034 When You Are a Pedestrian
Pedestrians and motorists share the responsibility for accident prevention. Filmed on the streets and sidewalks of Oakland, California, and on a tabletop with model cars and dolls representing pedestrians.
Run time: 09:55 B&W
w-035 When You Grow Up
Film for middle-school children about vocational choices and opportunities in the U.S. Great shots of early 1970s children and adults pursuing everyday activities.
Run time: 11:22 Color
w-036 When You Know
The parallels between safe flying and safe driving. With footage of Army Air Force cadets studying Morse Code, having their reaction time and depth perception tested, and doing classroom work.
Run time: 8:31 B&W
w-037 Where Does It Get You?
Temperance film showing how alcohol impairs agility, stamina and judgment: the qualities necessary for successful living.
Run time: 16:18 B&W
w-038 Where the Mountains Meet the Sea
Introduces the city of Santa Monica, showing its amenities and the lives of its residents.
Run time: 27:31 B&W
w-039 Where the Sun Reigns
Tour of the scenic Miami-Dade County area. With many views of attractions at ground level and from a helicopter.
Run time: 13:32 B&W
w-040 Which Way This Time?
Shows how disastrous inflation during and after World War II was prevented by government controls. Depicts the depressions and misery that post-war inflations have caused.
Run time: 09:37 B&W
w-041 White Ammunition
How milk is made, transported and processed.
Run time: 24:34 B&W
w-042 White Magic
The physics, science and applications of light.
Run time: 07:35 B&W
w-043 White Wonder
Salt, its extraction and uses in national defense, industry, agriculture, and the home. A feast of late-1950s imagery of everyday life, culture and industry.
Run time: 27:37 Color
w-044 Who Are the People of America?
Explains how the United States came to be a diversely populated nation.
Run time: 10:06 B&W
w-045 Who Shall Reap?
Insects or humans? Weeds, diseases, and other pestilence that confound farmers and threaten the world’s food supply.
Run time: 28:01 Color
w-046 Who's Right?
Dramatization of the experience of a young married couple whose quarrels undermine their happiness and prevent the development of adult love based on mutual understanding.
Run time: 18:07 B&W
w-047 Why Braceros?
Produced to justify the bracero farm labor program to the general public, especially American citizens in California who felt threatened by the influx of workers over the border from Mexico.
Run time: 18:53 B&W
w-048 Why Kill the Goose: The Profit System
Sings the praises of the American profit system, arguing that profits, although much smaller than generally believed, make possible a continuing stream of technological advances and new and better products which contribute to the rising living standards.
Run time: 11:17 B&W
w-049 Why Play Leap Frog?
Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power.
Run time: 09:39 Color
w-050 Why Study Home Economics?
Two teenage girls learn how a knowledge of homemaking can contribute to the enrichment of life.
Run time: 09:18 B&W
w-051 Why Study Science?
Family discusses how the study of science can help son and daughter make intelligent decisions on problems they will confront in the world.
Run time: 11:50 B&W
w-052 Why Vandalism?
Life of a teenage outsider; what makes him that way and how his anger flares into violence.
Run time: 16:15 B&W
w-053 Why We Respect The Law
Ken and three friends steal boards to make backstop for baseball field. Ken suffers from guilt and sees family lawyer who helps him develop respect for laws. Ken then helps other boys settle accounts with the construction company. Explains the importance of law in keeping order in a society. Shows that respect for the law is developed by a realization that law represents accumulated wisdom, that it is in harmony with laws of nature and that it is necessary to prevent trouble.
Run time: 12:53 B&W
w-054 Wings for Roger Windsock
A story about Little Roger, who loves airplanes; the main point is that air travel is changing everything about modern life for the better.
Run time: 14:46 B&W
w-055 Winning Against Odds
Caterpillar Tractor Co. presents this WWII-era story of their program to hire handicapped workers. There's an overview of how the program works, followed by brief bios of about 20 men.
Run time: 10:47 B&W
w-056 The Wise Use of Credit
Teaches about consumer credit through the use of a "Learning Machine".
Run time: 11:24 B&W
w-057 With No One To Help Us
Documentary demonstrating how the formation of a food-buying club by a group of Newark welfare mothers brought about a necessary change in the community.
Run time: 21:45 B&W
w-058 WJR: One of a Kind
Story of radio station WJR, Detroit. Many shots with local radio personalities in studio and people listening to the radio at home, in the ballpark at work and outdoors.
Run time: 22:13 Color
w-059 Wonderful World
A travelogue film with the thesis that people everywhere have their own unique ways of living the "good life".
Run time: 43:10 Color
w-060 The Wonderful World of Wash 'n' Wear
Synthetic fabrics plus electric laundry equipment make washday a pleasure.
Run time: 22:30 Color
w-061 Wood For War
Forest production and its strategic importance during wartime.
Run time: 06:24 Color
w-062 The Woodworker
Woodworking in mills, construction and cabinet-making.
Run time: 10:42 B&W
w-063 A Word to the Wives
How two women trick a husband into buying a new kitchen.
Run time: 13:28 Color
w-064 Working Dollars
Animated explanation of how the stock market works, told through the story of an Everyman named Mr. Finchley
Run time: 10:44 Color
w-065 Working Together: A Case History in Labor-Management Cooperation
Union and management cooperate in a Hoboken, N. J. pencil factory.
Run time: 22:38 B&W
w-066 World at War
Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II.
Run time: 43:18 B&W
w-067 World at Your Call
This film deals with the wonders of long-distance telephone communications.
Run time: 09:24 Color
w-068 The World Through Stamps: The Stories Behind Postage Stamps
Great moments in aviation history as told through postage stamps.
Run time: 12:50 B&W
w-069 Wreckless
A Jam Handy "comedy" short sponsored by Chevrolet that touts modern car design's impact on safe driving.
Run time: 17:20 B&W
w-070 Writing Better Social Letters
While a teenage brother and sister write a thank-you note to their grandmother after visiting her on vacation, we learn the five parts of a friendly letter and more about why and how to write one.
Run time: 10:30 Color
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