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1940 Census
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Explains the purposes and values of the census and briefly relates its history. Describes the responsibility of enumerators and dramatizes one's experience with a woman reluctant to answer his questions. Editors, punch card machine operators, and statisticians work at compiling reports. Director William L. Austin...
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produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Description
Explains the purposes and values of the census and briefly relates its history. Describes the responsibility of enumerators and dramatizes one's experience with a woman reluctant to answer his questions. Editors, punch card machine operators, and statisticians work at compiling reports. Director William L. Austin speaks on enumerator's abilities.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Bureau of the Census, William L. Austin, fl. 1940
Date Published / Released
1940
Publisher
United Nations. Department of Global Communications
Speaker / Narrator
William L. Austin, fl. 1940
Topic / Theme
Demographic statistics, Census, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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1940 Census of Agriculture
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Explains to enumerators the meaning of certain elements of a schedule and shows, in dramatizations, how correct information is obtained and recorded. Includes agricultural scenes illustrating kinds of farms, partial and total crop losses, causes of losses (dust, flood, grasshoppers, frost), and livestock.
Sample
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Description
Explains to enumerators the meaning of certain elements of a schedule and shows, in dramatizations, how correct information is obtained and recorded. Includes agricultural scenes illustrating kinds of farms, partial and total crop losses, causes of losses (dust, flood, grasshoppers, frost), and livestock.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Bureau of the Census
Date Published / Released
1940
Publisher
United Nations. Department of Global Communications
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Demographic statistics, Census, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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1940 Census of Housing
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Explains to enumerators how answers to certain questions should be recorded. Consists mostly of dramatizations of enumerators obtaining information and filling out schedules. Includes views of various kinds of habitation to be included in or excluded from the census.
Sample
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 11 mins
Description
Explains to enumerators how answers to certain questions should be recorded. Consists mostly of dramatizations of enumerators obtaining information and filling out schedules. Includes views of various kinds of habitation to be included in or excluded from the census.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Bureau of the Census
Date Published / Released
1940
Publisher
United Nations. Department of Global Communications
Topic / Theme
Demographic statistics, Housing, Census, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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1940 Census of Population
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 10 mins
Instructs enumerators how to secure and record relevant census information, particularly regarding employment. Shows, in dramatizations, how certain facts are elicited and recorded. Includes scenes illustrating various kinds of living quarters and employment.
Sample
produced by United States. Bureau of the Census (District of Columbia: United Nations. Department of Global Communications, 1940), 10 mins
Description
Instructs enumerators how to secure and record relevant census information, particularly regarding employment. Shows, in dramatizations, how certain facts are elicited and recorded. Includes scenes illustrating various kinds of living quarters and employment.
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Bureau of the Census
Date Published / Released
1940
Publisher
United Nations. Department of Global Communications
Topic / Theme
Employment, Demographic statistics, Census, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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America in the 20th Century, 78, World War II
produced by Media Rich Communications, in America in the 20th Century, 78 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2004), 1 hour 7 mins
While the United States chose a course of isolationism in the aftermath of World War I, escalating aggression in Europe and Asia threatened world stability. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was thrust into a conflict that would span the globe and trigger political, social and military re...
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produced by Media Rich Communications, in America in the 20th Century, 78 (Chesterton, IN: Media Rich Learning, 2004), 1 hour 7 mins
Description
While the United States chose a course of isolationism in the aftermath of World War I, escalating aggression in Europe and Asia threatened world stability. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was thrust into a conflict that would span the globe and trigger political, social and military repercussions that would resonate through the twentieth century.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Media Rich Communications
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Media Rich Learning
Series
America in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Benito Mussolini, 1883-1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Joseph Stalin, 1879-1953, Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Topic / Theme
Nazism, War, Wartime economy, Battle of Midway, June 3-6, 1942, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, World War II, 1939-1945, Yalta Conference meets, February 1945, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
© 2004 Media Rich Communications LLC
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The American Citizens Handbook
edited by Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889- (American University, 1941), 416 page(s)
General Audience
Sample
edited by Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889- (American University, 1941), 416 page(s)
Description
General Audience
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Contributor
Joy Elmer Morgan, 1889-
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
American University
Topic / Theme
Citizenship, Patriotism
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American Experience, Civilian Conservation Corps
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010), 53 mins
Interweaving rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans, this film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.
Sample
produced by WGBH Educational Foundation, in American Experience (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2010), 53 mins
Description
Interweaving rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans, this film tells the story of one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
American Experience
Topic / Theme
Government aid
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Public Broadcast Service
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CHAPTER VIII: SERVICE IN WASHINGTON
written by Nancy Brinton Shea, 1898-; in The Army Wife (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1941), 169-180
Women (Adults)
Sample
written by Nancy Brinton Shea, 1898-; in The Army Wife (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1941), 169-180
Description
Women (Adults) Girls & Young Women
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Author / Creator
Nancy Brinton Shea, 1898-
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
Harper and Brothers
Topic / Theme
Military customs, National government
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A Better Minnesota
produced by United States. Work Projects Administration (District of Columbia: United States. Work Projects Administration, 1937), 9 mins
On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes an...
Sample
produced by United States. Work Projects Administration (District of Columbia: United States. Work Projects Administration, 1937), 9 mins
Description
On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and build...
On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and building construction begins. Shows WPA exhibits at the 1936 State Fair and fair ground improvements made by the WPA. County roads are graded and surfaced.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Work Projects Administration
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
United States. Work Projects Administration
Topic / Theme
Government programs, Employment opportunities, Trade and Commerce, Political and Social Movements, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Big Picture, Episode 332, Whites of Their Eyes
in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 332 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1955), 28 mins
In a historical survey which spans the 181 years of the American republic, the program describes how the citizen responds to the call to arms when it is necessary to defend his family and country.
Sample
in Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (RG111), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records, in Big Picture, Episode 332 (District of Columbia: United States. Army Pictorial Service, 1955), 28 mins
Description
In a historical survey which spans the 181 years of the American republic, the program describes how the citizen responds to the call to arms when it is necessary to defend his family and country.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stuart Queen
Date Published / Released
1955
Publisher
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Series
Big Picture
Speaker / Narrator
Stuart Queen
Topic / Theme
International relations, Invasions, Military personnel, Military reserve troops, War, Cold War, 1945-1989, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, World War II, 1939-1945, American History, Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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