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World War II Historical Film Collection
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| Collection Name | World War II Historical Film Collection |
| View Collection at | http://libx.bsu.edu/collection.php?CISOROOT=%2FWWIIHistFilm |
| Description | This collection consists of short films and news clips, primarily in black and white, documenting Allied operations and activities during WWII. In addition to footage of campaigns in Europe and in the Pacific, the films document activities on the homefront, including the efforts of African American colleges and farmers, the relocation and internment of Japanese civilians, and the victory garden program sponsored by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. |
| Topics Included | Aerial photography; Aeronautics; African American soldiers; Air defenses; Air raid wardens; Air Warfare; Aircraft carriers; Bombing, Aerial; Chemical warfare; Civics; Civil defense; Czechoslovakia; Germany ; Imperialism; Incendiary bombs; Japan; ; Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; M3 tank; Merchant marine--United States; Military hospitals; Newsreels; Nurses; Nutrition; Patriotism; Peace; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; Photography, Military; Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945; Propaganda; Rationing; Reconstruction (1939-1951); Sabotage; Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943; ; Tanks (Military science) ; United Nations; United States; United States. Army; United States. Cadet Nurse Corps; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945 |
| Organization | Ball State University |
| Type of Organization | Academic library |
| City | Muncie |
| State | Indiana |
| Country | United States |
| Primary Sources | 16mm Films |
| Format of Digital Files | wmv |
| Project Support | Funding for CONTENTdm, the digital content management system used for the Digital Media Repository, was made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Alexander M. Bracken Library and the estate of Judith Cobb. |
| Date Published | 2005-04-01 |
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