Motion pictures, 1940-1949 (part 8 of 12)

PETE ROLEUM AND HIS COUSINS. Petroleum Industry Exhibition, Inc., color.

Credits: Production and scenario, Joseph Losey; animation, Charley Bowers; music, Hanns Eisler; photography, Harold Muller; editor, Helen Van Dongen.

PETE SMITH'S SCRAPBOOK. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 850 ft., sd., sepia. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Film editor, Philip Anderson.

PETE THE PIPER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PETER RABBIT'S ADVENTURES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, si., b&w, 8mm.

Summary: Shows what happens to Peter when he leaves home to eat the farmer's lettuce.

PETRA. World Window, Inc., London, c1938. Distributed by United Artists. 1 reel, sd., color. (World Window Series, no. 6)

Credits: Producers, E. S. and F. W. Keller; director and film editor, Hans Nieter; music, Ludwig Brav; photography, Jack Cardiff. Technicolor.

PETROLEUM. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Lester E. Klimm, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (World Energy Resources Series)

PETROLEUM. SEE Erdoel.

PETTICOAT LARCENY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. 61 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Ben Holmes; screenplay, Jack Townley, Stuart Palmer; music, Roy Webb; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; editor, Harry Marker.

PETTICOAT POLITICS. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd. (The Higgins Family)

Credits: Associate producer, Robert North; director, Erle C. Kenton; original screenplay, Ewart Adamson, Taylor Caven; music director, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Edward Mann.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943–44. 2 reels each. Based on the cartoon character created by Leon Falk and Ray Moore. © Columbia Pictures Corp.

Credits: Director, B. Reeves Eason; screenplay, Leslie J. Swabacker, Morgan B. Cox, Victor McLeod, Sherman Lowe.

1. The Sign of the Skull. © 24Dec43; LP12529.

2. The Man Who Never Dies. © 31Dec43; LP12537.

3. A Traitor's Code. © 7Jan44; LP12560.

4. The Seat of Judgment. © 15Jan44; LP12567.

5. The Ghost Who Walks. © 22Jan44; LP12583.

6. Jungle Whispers. © 29Jan44; LP12608.

7. The Mystery Well. © 5Feb44; LP12779.

8. In Quest of the Keys. © 12Feb44; LP12617.

9. The Fire Princess. © 19Feb44; LP12632.

10. The Chamber of Death. © 26Feb44; LP12641.

11. The Emerald Key. © 5Mar44; LP12648.

12. The Fangs of the Beast. © 12Mar44; LP12780.

13. The Road to Zoloz. © 17Mar44; LP12684.

14. The Lost City. © 24Mar44; LP12691.

15. Peace in the Jungle. © 31Mar44; LP12714.

THE PHANTOM COWBOY. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer and director, George Sherman; original screenplay, Doris Schroeder; music director, Cy Feuer; photography, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM EMPIRE. SEE Radio Ranch.

THE PHANTOM FILLY. SEE Home in Indiana.

PHANTOM KILLER. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, A. W. Hackel; director, William Beaudine; screenplay, Karl Brown; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM LADY. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd. Based on the novel by William Irish.

Credits: Associate producer, Joan Harrison; director, Robert Siodmak; screenplay, Bernard C. Schoenfeld; music director, Don George; photographer, Elwood Bredell; film editor, Arthur Hilton.

PHANTOM OF CHINATOWN. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Paul Malvern; director, Phil Rosen; original story, Ralph Bettinson; screenplay, Joseph West; photographer, Fred Jackman, Jr.; film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

PHANTOM OF 42nd STREET. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 6 reels, sd. Based on the novel by Jack Harvey and Milton Raison.

Credits: Associate producers, Martin Mooney, Albert Herman; director, Albert Herman; screenplay, Milton Raison; music, Karl Hajos; film editor, Hugh Winn.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1943. 10 reels, sd., color. Based on the composition by Gaston Leroux.

Credits: Producer, George Waggner; director, Arthur Lubin; screenplay, Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein; music director, Edward Ward; cameraman, Hal Mohr. Technicolor.

PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. Based on Red Harman's comic "Red Ryder."

Credits: Associate producer, R. G. Springsteen; director, Lesley Selander; original screenplay, Earle Snell, Charles Kenyon; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM PINTO. Ellkay Productions, c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Richard C. Kahn.

THE PHANTOM PLAINSMEN. c1942. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. Based on an original story by Robert Yost. Based on characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, John English; screenplay, Robert Yost, Barry Shipman; music score, Cy Feuer; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editor, William Thompson.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PHANTOM RAIDERS. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. (A Nick Carter Adventure)

Credits: Producer, Frederick Stephani; director, Jacques Tourneur; original story, Jonathan Latimer; screenplay, William R. Lipman; music score, David Snell; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig.

THE PHANTOM RIDER. c1945–46. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each, sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; [no. 1–6], 26Oct45; LP13678; no. 7–12, 8Jan46; LP106.

Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer Bennet, Fred Brannon; original screenplay, Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Lynn Perkins, Barney Sarecky; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff Bell, Harold R. Minter.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Avenging Spirit.

2. Flaming Ambush.

3. Hoofs of Doom.

4. Murder Masquerade.

5. Flying Fury.

6. Blazing Peril.

7. Gauntlet of Guns.

8. Behind the Mask.

9. The Captive Chief.

10. Beasts at Bay.

11. The Death House.

12. The Last Stand.

THE PHANTOM SPEAKS. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Donald H. Brown; director, John English; original screenplay, John K. Butler; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, William Bradford; film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PHANTOM SUBMARINE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Ralph Cohn; director, Charles Barton; story, Augustus Muir; screenplay, Joseph Krumgold; music director, M. W. Stoloff; photography, Barney McGill; film editor, William Lyon.

THE PHANTOM THIEF. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1946. 7 reels, sd. Based upon the character created by Jack Boyle.

Credits: Producer, John Stone; director, D. Ross Lederman; story, G. A. Snow; screenplay, Richard Wormser, Richard Weil; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

PHANTOM VALLEY. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: In attempting to bring peace to warring ranchers and homesteaders, the Durango Kid discovers that the leader of the troublemakers is a young girl trying to obtain by murder all the lands in Phantom Valley.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Ray Nazarro; original screenplay, J. Benton Cheney; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Virginia Hunter, Ozie Waters and his Colorado Rangers.

PHANTOMS INC. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Harold Young; original story, Brainerd Duffield; screenplay, Edward Bock; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Harry Komer.

THE PHARMACIST. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

PHIL THE FLUTER'S BALL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 12 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the play by Philip Barry.

Credits: Producer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz; director, George Cukor; screenplay, Donald Ogden Stewart; music score, Franz Waxman; film editor, Frank Sullivan.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Eastman Kodak Co., c1942. 954 ft. Revised.

Appl. author: George W. Hoke.

THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC. SEE The March of Time, 1946.

THE PHILIPPINES 1898–1946. SEE The March of Time, v. 6, no. 10.

PHILMONT ADVENTURE. Boy Scouts of America, c1949. 1,275 ft., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The significance of the phrase "Scouting in the out-of-doors" is illustrated by the activities of the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.

PHILO VANCE RETURNS. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 64 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, William Beaudine; original screenplay, Robert E. Kent; music, Albert Glasser; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Gene Fowler, Jr.

Cast: William Wright, Terry Austin, Leon Belasco.

PHILO VANCE'S GAMBLE. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 62 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Basil Wrangell; original story, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; screenplay, Eugene Conrad, Arthur St. Claire; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, W. Donn Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Terry Austin, Frank Jenks, Tala Birell.

PHILO VANCE'S SECRET MISSION. Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1947. 58 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Howard Welsch; director, Reginald Le Borg; original screenplay, Lawrence Edmund Taylor; film editor, W. Donn Hayes.

Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell.

PHONEY BALONEY. Screen Gems, Inc., c1945. 670 ft., sd., color. (A Fox and Crow)

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Sid Marcus; animation, Paul Sommer, Ben Lloyd; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PHONOGRAPH. Gateway Productions, Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. (The Pirro Series, no. 10)

Summary: Pat shows his puppet, Pirro, how to play records on the phonograph.

Credits: Directed and written by Alvin J. Gordon.

PHONY CRONIES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,492 ft., sd.

Credits: Producers, Del Lord, Hugh McCollum; direction, story, and screenplay, Harry Edwards; film editor, Burton Kramer.

PHONY EXPRESS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,562 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Del Lord; story and screenplay, Elwood Ullman, Monty Collins.

PHOTO FRENZY. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (This Is America, no. 5)

Summary: A film on photography that shows technical procedures, members of a camera club on a field trip, and some of the masterpieces that camera enthusiasts produce.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Larry O'Reilly; script, Jerome Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; editor, David Cooper.

PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY. Eastman Kodak Co. 44 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Presents to photo-lithographers the advantages that result from using Kodak products.

Appl. author: Lloyd Reber.

PHOTOGRAPHY. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF NORMAL MENSTRUATION. Schering Corp., c1948. 29 min., color, sd., 16mm.

Summary: A scientific presentation of the basic physiology of menstruation. A film for the medical profession to be used as a review of the subject for professional groups and as an aid in the instruction of students.

Appl. author: Norman L. Heminway.

PIANO MOONER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 1,572 ft., sd.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Harry Edwards; story and screenplay, Harry Langdon; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

PIANO RHYTHM. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Screenliner, no. 1)

Summary: Presents Jan August who plays "Malaguena" and "Nola" and Kitty Kallen who sings "Kiss Me Sweet."

Credits: Producer, Burton Benjamin; director, Herman Fuchs; editor, Isaac Kleinerman.

PIANO SERENADE. Distributed by Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

PICK A PECK OF PLUMBERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1944. 1,575 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Felix Adler.

PICKLE PUSS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PICKLED PUSS. Screen Gems, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (Color Rhapsody, no. 133)

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Cal Howard; animation, Grant Simmons, Paul Sommers, Morey Reden.

PICKUPS PAY OFF. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by General Motors Corp., Chevrolet Division. 1 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Shows the diversified uses that can be made of a 1949 Chevrolet pickup truck.

PICNIC PANIC. Screen Gems, Inc., c1946. 857 ft., sd., color, 35mm. (A Color Rhapsody)

Credits: Direction and story, Bob Wickersham; animation, Chick Otterstrom, Paul Sommer; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w with color sequences. Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde.

Credits: Producer, Pandro S. Berman; direction and screenplay, Albert Lewin; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Ferris Webster.

PICTURE PIONEER. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 35mm. (Person-Oddity, no. 153)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; script, Frank Kelly; narration, Douglas Browning.

PICTURESQUE MASSACHUSETTS. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 844 ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photography, William Steiner. Technicolor.

PICTURESQUE PATZCUARO. c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 846 ft., sd., color. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer, Wilfrid Cline. Technicolor.

PIE IN THE EYE. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Warner Bros.

Summary: A slapstick comedy adapted from the old Mack Sennett comedies.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Art Gilmore; film editor, DeLeon Anthony.

PIED PIPER. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

THE PIED PIPER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 7,859 ft. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute.

Credits: Director, Irving Pichel; written for the screen by Nunnally Johnson; music, Alfred Newman.

THE PIED PIPER OF BASIN STREET. c1944. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Lantz Swing Symphony) (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walt Lantz; director, James Culhane; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Verne Harding, Pat Matthews; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

PIER 13. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 5,970 ft., sd. Based on a story by Barry Conners and Philip Klein.

Credits: Director, Eugene Forde; screenplay, Stanley Rauh, Clark Andrews; music director, Cyril J. Mockridge.

PIERRE OF THE PLAINS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the play by Edgar Selwyn.

Credits: Producer, Edgar Selwyn; director, George B. Seitz; screenplay, Lawrence Kimble, Bertram Millhauser; music score, Lennie Hayton; film editor, George White.

PIG FOOT PETE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIG MEAT THROWS THE BULL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PIGEON PATROL. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walter Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Alex Lovy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Ralph Somerville; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

PIGS AND ELEPHANTS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The characteristics and habits of domestic pigs, of foreign relatives of the domestic pig, of hippopotami, and of African and Indian elephants.

Credits: Collaborators, Eliot C. Williams, Donald M. Hatfield.

PIGS IN A POLKA. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1949. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Blue Ribbon Cartoon) A re-release.

PIGSKIN PASSES. Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Warner Bros.

Summary: Spectacular plays from outstanding football games of the past and present.

Credits: Directed and written by Robert Youngson; narrator, Dan Donaldson; editor, Albert Helmes.

PIGSKIN SKILL. Loew's Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pete Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Summary: Presents the skill and talents of football players who have brought fame to the Los Angeles Rams.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, Carl Dudley; film editor, Joseph Dietrick.

PIGTAIL PILOT. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd. (Person-Oddity, no. 138)

Credits: Producers, Joseph O'Brien, Thomas Mead; narrator, Irwin Darlington.

LA PILA SIMPLE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Spanish version of "The Primary Cell."

THE PILGRIM LADY. c1946. Presented by Republic Pictures. 7 reels, sd., 35mm.

Credits: Associate producer, William J. O'Sullivan; director, Lesley Selander; original screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Richard Cherwin; cinematographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PILGRIM PORKY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, Norman McCabe.

A PILGRIMAGE TO AMSTERDAM FOR THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, 1948. 900 ft., color, 16mm.

Summary: Scenes of a trip from New York to the meeting of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam, including views of Paris, London, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.

Credits: Produced, photographed, and narrated by Edwin L. Whisler.

A PILHA ELÉTRICA. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., in collaboration with Morris Meister, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Portuguese version of "The Primary Cell."

PILLOW OF DEATH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Wallace Fox; original story, Dwight V. Babcock; screenplay, George Bricker; photographer, Jerry Ash; film editor, Edward Curtis.

PILLOW TO POST. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 92 min., sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From the stageplay by Rose Simon Kohn.

Credits: Producer, Alex Gottlieb; director, Vincent Sherman; screenplay, Charles Hoffman; music, Frederick Hollander; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Jerome Moross; film editor, Alan Crosland, Jr.

THE PIL'O MONEY PENCIL; or, THE PAY-OFF PENCIL. c1940. 1 reel.

PILOT NO. 5. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 7 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Producer, B. P. Fineman; director, George Sidney; original story and screenplay, David Hertz; music score, Lennie Hayton; film editor, George White.

PILOTING. Springer Pictures, Inc. for the United States Navy.

Appl. author: John H. Obold.

PIN GAMES. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 4)

Summary: An explanation of different types of bowling; scenes of bowling at Worcester, Massachusetts, and of the bowling stars and champions, Michael Litrenta, Elizabeth Barger, Ralph Keeney, and Joe Norris.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; narrator, Red Barber; editor, David Cooper.

PIN MARIN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PIN UP GIRL. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 7,450 ft., sd. Based on a story by Libbie Block.

Credits: Director, Bruce Humberstone; screenplay, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Earl Baldwin; music directors, Emil Newman, Charles Henderson.

PIN-UP POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

PIN-UPS ON PARADE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

A PINCH IN TIME. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 16 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Hugh Herbert is mistaken for a pearl thief.

Credits: Producer, Hugh McCollum; director, Del Lord; screenplay, Edward Ullman; film editor, Henry DeMond.

Cast: Hugh Herbert.

PINKY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 102 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's novel, "Quality."

Summary: A drama dealing with the racial question as it affects a light-skinned Negress who returns to the South after being accepted as a white girl in Boston.

Credits: Producer, Darryl F. Zanuck; director, Elia Kazan; screenplay, Philip Dunne, Dudley Nichols; music director, Alfred Newman; film editor, Harmon Jones.

Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael.

PINKY TOMLIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Leslie Roush; written by Justin Herman; photographers, George Webber, J. Burgi Contner.

PINOCCHIO. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 10 reels. From the story by Collodi.

PINS AND CUSHIONS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd. (Paul Douglas' Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music score, L. DeFrancesco; photographer, Jack Kuhne; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

THE PINTO BANDIT. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1944. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Alfred Stern; direction and original screenplay, Elmer Clifton; music director, Lee Zahler; photographer, Edward Kull; film editor, Charles Henkel, Jr.

THE PINTO KID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, Fred Myton; film editor, Mel Thorsen.

PIO PIO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PIONEER DAYS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer and director, Harry S. Webb; story, Forrest Sheldon; screenplay, Bennett Cohen; photographer, Edward Kull; film editor, Robert Golden.

A PIONEER HOME. Coronet, c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A general view of pioneer life showing the furnishings and physical surroundings of the home, the hard work and simple pleasures of family life. For primary and intermediate grades.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Viola Theman.

PIONEER JUSTICE. PRC Pictures, Inc., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Thomas; director, Ray Taylor; original screenplay, Adrian Page; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: "Lash" La Rue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, Jennifer Holt.

THE PIONEERS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd. From the novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

Credits: Producer, Edward Finney; director, Al Herman; screenplay, Charles Andersen; music score and direction, Frank Sanucci; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Fred Bain.

THE PIONEERS. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PIONEERS OF THE FRONTIER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Nelson; original screenplay, Fred Myton; film editor, James Sweeney.

PIONEERS OF THE PLAINS. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With teacher's handbook.

PIONEERS OF THE WEST. c1940. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. Based on the characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Harry Grey; director, Lester Orlebeck; original screenplay, Jack Natteford, Karen DeWolf, Gerry Geraghty; music score, Cy Feuer; photography, Jack Marta; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIP-EYE, PUP-EYE, POOP-EYE AND PEEP-EYE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Seymour Kneitel; animation, Seymour Kneitel, George Germanetti.

PIPE DREAMS. Distributed by Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd. A Filmcraft production.

Credits: Producer and director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PIPE OF PLENTY. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. 811 ft., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Demonstrates how the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company serves the community, and features the planning and construction of a new pipe line.

THE PIRATE. Loew's Inc., c1948. 102 min., sd., color, 35mm. An MGM picture. Based on the play by S. N. Behrman.

Summary: In this musical comedy, with the setting laid in a mythical Caribbean seaport, a clever traveling actor and his troupe detect the disguise of a pirate and rescue a maiden from his power.

Credits: Producer, Arthur Freed; director, Vincente Minnelli; screenplay, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich; music director, Lennie Hayton; film editor, Blanche Sewell.

Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen.

THE PIRATES OF CAPRI. Film Classics, Inc., c1949. 94 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: An historical adventure drama filmed in Italy about a nobleman who secretly leads the people of Naples to revolt against the tyrannical Bourbon rule in 1799.

Credits: Producer, Victor Pahlen; director, Edgar G. Ulmer; story and adaptation, G. A. Colonna, George Moser, B. Valeri; screenplay, Sidney Alexander; music, Nina Rota; film editor, R. Lucidi.

Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Mariella Lotti, Rudolph Serato, Alan Curtis.

PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIE. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 57 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Howard Bretherton; story, Berne Giler; screenplay, Doris Schroeder, J. Benton Cheney; music director, Paul Sawtell; editor, John Lockert.

PIRATES ON HORSEBACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd. Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford.

Credits: Producer, Harry Sherman; director, Lesley Selander; screenplay, Ethel La Blanche, J. Benton Cheney; photography, Russell Harlan; film editor, Sherman A. Rose.

PIRATE'S TREASURE. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. for the Coca-Cola Company, c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: After digging madly all over the beach, the pirates find a treasure chest containing ice-cold Coca-Cola. An animated cartoon.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA. c1943. 7 reels, sd. Based on the song by Al Dexter.

Credits: Associate producer, Eddy White; director, Frank Woodruff; original story, Arthur Caesar, Edward Dein; screenplay, Edward Dein, Fred Schiller; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Tony Martinelli.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PISTOL PACKIN' NITWITS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 1,558 ft., sd.

Credits: Direction and screenplay, Harry Edwards; story, Edward Bernds, Harry Langdon.

PISTOL PACKIN' PAPA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PITCH A BOOGIE WOOGIE. Lord-Warner Pictures, Inc., c1948. 4 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Musical short, with a brief plot that offers an opportunity for slapstick.

Credits: Director, William Lord.

PITCHIN' IN THE KITCHEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,671 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Clyde Bruckman.

PITCHIN' WOO AT THE ZOO. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Bill Turner, Jack Ward.

PITFALL. Regal Films, Inc. Released through United Artists Corp., c1948. 85 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Jay Dratler.

Summary: A crime melodrama in which an insurance agent, bored with the routine of domesticity and business, seeks excitement and finds disaster.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Bischoff; director, Andre de Toth; screenplay, Karl Kamb; music director, Louis Forbes; film editor, Walter Thompson.

Cast: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel.

PITTSBURGH. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 10 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Robert Fellows; director, Lewis Seiler; original story, George Owen, Tom Reed; screenplay, Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed; music director, Charles Previn; photography, Robert DeGrasse; film editor, Paul Landers.

THE PITTSBURGH KID. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 8 reels, sd. Based on a novel by Octavus Roy Cohen.

Credits: Associate producer, Armand Schaefer; director, Jack Townley; screenplay, Earl Felton, Houston Branch; music director, Cy Feuer; photographer, Reggie Lanning; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PIXIE PICNIC. Walter Lantz Productions, c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Musical Miniatures)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff; animation, Verne Harding, Fred Moore; music, Darrell Calker.

PLA-LADY. 1 reel, 16mm.

Summary: Performed by children under eight years of age who imitate the actions of their elders when they dress and rehearse for a musical show and attend a banquet.

Credits: Produced and written by William M. Riddick.

PLAIN FACTS. American Social Hygiene Association, c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Narrator, Walter Clarke.

PLAIN FACTS. SEE La Escueta Verdad.

PLAIN TURNING ON THE METAL WORKING LATHE. Burton Holmes Films, Inc. for South Bend Lathe Works, c1941. 1 reel, sd. Based on the handbook "How To Run a Lathe."

Appl. authors: John J. O'Brien, Russel E. Frushour.

PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY. c1946. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Joseph Kane; original story, Michael Uris, Ralph Spence; screenplay, Richard Wormser; music, George Antheil; music director, Cy Feuer.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PLAN FOR DESTRUCTION. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w.

Credits: Director, Edward Cahn; original story and screenplay, Karl Kamb, John C. Higgins; music score, Nathaniel Shilkret; film editor, Harry Komer.

PLANE DAFFY. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1944. 7 min., sd., color. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Director, Frank Tashlin; story, Warren Foster; animation, Cal Dalton; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

PLANE GOOFY. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Terrytoon)

Credits: Director, Eddie Donnelly; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib. Technicolor.

PLANER AND SHAPER OPERATION. Film Productions Co., c1941. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Roy Arthur Clapp.

PLANES OF THE U. S. NAVY. Time, Inc., c1942. 2 reels.

PLANES WITHOUT PILOTS, sd., 16mm.

PLANNING FOR GOOD EATING. Walt Disney Productions, for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, c1946. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (Health for the Americas)

Summary: A film showing that variety in diet is necessary for good health.

PLANT A LITTLE GARDEN IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTATION MELODIES. Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd. (Featurette)

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, LeRoy Prinz; screenplay, Jack Scholl.

A PLANTER OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (1740–1765) Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

PLANTS AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF HOUDRY. The Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Houdry Process Corp. 1–1/2 reels, sd. Narration in Russian.

PLASTIC ART. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

PLASTIC ART. SEE Escultura.

PLASTICS. Caravel Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel each, 16mm. © Caravel Films, Inc.

1. Origin and Synthesis of Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP434.

2. Methods of Processing Plastics Materials. © 1Feb46; MP435.

3. Compression Molding. pt. 1: Preparing the Charge and Loading the Mold. © 1Feb46; MP436.

5. Transfer Molding, Molding a Part with Inserts. © 1Feb46; MP437.

6. Semi-Automatic and Hand Molding of Intricate Parts. © 1Feb46; MP438.

7. Injection Molding. pt. 1: Setting Up the Press and Molding a Part. © 1Feb46; MP439.

9. Finishing Molded Parts. © 1Feb46; MP440.

10. Machining Laminated Plastics. © 1Feb46; MP441.

THE PLASTICS INVENTOR. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd., color. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

Credits: Director, Jack King; story, Jack Hannah, Dick Shaw; animation, Don Towsley, Bill Justice, Paul Allen, Brad Case; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLAY AND PLENTY. SEE Variety Views, no. 162.

PLAY BALL, SON! Herb Lamb Productions, Inc., c1946. 3 reels, sd. & si., 16mm. Based on the book by Bert V. Dunne.

PLAY GIRL. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 77 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Frank Woodruff; story and screenplay, Jerry Cady; music director, Paul Sawtelle; editor, Harry Marker.

PLAY IN THE SNOW. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1945. 1 reel.

PLAY TIME POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PLAYBILL. Presented by Chevrolet. sd.

PLAYFUL PELICAN. Walter Lantz Productions, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Walter Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Jack Cosgriff; animation, Ed Love, Ken O'Brien; music, Darrell Calker.

THE PLAYFUL PEST. Screen Gems, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Paul Sommer; story, Sam Cobean.

PLAYGIRL POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

THE PLAYGIRLS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd. (Melody Masters Band)

Credits: Director, Jean Negulesco.

PLAYGROUND SAFETY. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Vivian Weedon.

PLAYING BY EAR. Loew's Inc., c1946. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Pete Smith Specialty) An MGM picture.

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director, David O'Brien; screenplay, David Barclay, Joe Ansen; music, Max Terr; film editor, Joseph Dietrick.

PLAYING GROWNUPS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 min., sd., color.

Credits: Technicolor.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PLAYING IN THE PARK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PLAYING THE PIED PIPER. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 641 ft., sd. (Fable, no. 14)

Credits: Director, Lou Lilly; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

PLAYING WITH NEPTUNE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; continuity, Russ Sheilds; described by Ed Thorgersen.

PLAYLANDS OF MICHIGAN. Loew's Inc., c1949. 9 min., sd., color, 35mm. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks) An MGM picture.

Summary: Views of the wonders of Michigan's resort towns, rivers, and lakes.

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; photographer, Virgil Miller; music arranger, Joseph Nussbaum.

PLAYMATES. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 96 min., sd.

Credits: Producer and director, David Butler; story, James V. Kern, M. M. Musselman; screenplay, James V. Kern; music, James Van Heusen; music director, Roy Webb; music arrangements, George Duning; editor, Irene Morra.

PLAYMATES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

PLAYMATES FROM THE WILD. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

PLAYTIME IN HAWAII. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Ed Thorgersen's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Truman Talley; music score, L. DeFrancesco; photography, Al Brick; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLAYTIME IN RIO. Vitaphone Corp., c1948. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Sports Parade) Warner Bros.

Summary: Rio de Janeiro is the setting of this film in which golf, swimming, soccer, horse racing, and the rigorous training of members of the Brazilian police force are featured.

Credits: Narration, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley; film editor, L. Lindsay.

PLAYTIME IN SCANDINAVIA. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: At Soliden, the summer capital of Sweden, King Gustav, nonagenarian sportsman, plays croquet, and his subjects enjoy the favorite summer sports of Sweden—gymnastics, swimming, and skiing. Scenes of the yacht race for Kattegat Cup, between Swedish and Norwegian boats, are included.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; director, Earl Allvine; narrator, Mel Allen; music score, L. deFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

PLAYTIME'S JOURNEY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1946. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone's Sports Review)

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Mel Allen; music, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Russ Sheilds.

PLEASE ANSWER. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1 reel, sd., sepia. (What's Your I.Q., no. 3) (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Roy Rowland; screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film editor, Ferris Webster.

PLEASE TAKE A LETTER, MISS BROWN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PLEASED TO MITT YOU. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 2 reels.

Credits: Director, Jules White; story and screenplay, Ewart Adamson, Clyde Bruckman.

PLEASUREBOUND IN CANADA. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 797 ft., sd. (A Columbia Tour, series 3, no. 7)

Credits: Narrator, John Martin; editor, Harry Foster.

PLEDGE TO BATAAN. The Vitaphone Corp., c1945. 20 min., sd., color.

Credits: Producer, Gordon Hollingshead; director, David Griffin; narration, Ralph Schoolman, Charles L. Tedford; narrator, Truman Bradley. Technicolor.

PLENTY BELOW ZERO. c1943. Presented by Columbia. 653 ft., sd., color. (A Color Rhapsody) (Fox and Crow)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Bob Wickersham; story, Leo Salkin; animation, Howard Swift; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE PLOT TO KILL ROOSEVELT. Selected Films, Inc., England. Released in the U. S. by United Artists Corp., c1948. 83 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Originally entitled "Teheran."

Summary: A ficticious melodrama about an English war correspondent who thwarts a Persian plot to murder Roosevelt at the Teheran Conference in 1943.

Credits: Director, William Freshman.

Cast: Derek Farr, Marta Labarr, Manning Whiley, Pamela Stirling, John Slater.

PLUMBING. c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

THE PLUNDERERS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1948. 87 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: A U.S. Cavalry officer, having disguised himself as a badman, apprehends a desperado and his gang. Sioux Indians attack the party and kill the outlaw, thereby relieving the officer of the unhappy task of hanging him. Setting, the West of 1870.

Credits: Associate producer-director, Joseph Kane; original story, James Edward Grant; screenplay, Gerald Geraghty, Gerald Adams; music, Dale Butts; music director, Morton Scott; film editor, Arthur Roberts.

Cast: Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Adrian Booth, Forrest Tucker, George Cleveland.

PLUTO AND THE ARMADILLO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO AT THE ZOO. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO, JUNIOR. Walt Disney Productions, c1942. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S BLUE NOTE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Jack Huber; animation, Jerry Hathcock, George Kreisl, George Nicholas, Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace. Technicolor.

PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S FLEDGLING. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric Gurney; animation, Phil Duncan, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Jack Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S HOUSEWARMING. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Jerry Hathcock, Marvin Woodward, Blaine Gibson.

PLUTO'S KID BROTHER. Walt Disney Productions, c1945. 1 reel. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Harry Reeves, Jesse Marsh; animation, George Nicholas, Gerry Hathcock, Robert Youngquist, Jack Boyd; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S PLAYMATE. Walt Disney Productions, c1941. 1 reel. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PLUTO'S PURCHASE. Walt Disney Productions, c1947. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Bill de la Torre; animation, George Nicholas, Robert Youngquist, George Kreisl, Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SURPRISE PACKAGE. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Milt Schaffer, Eric Gurney; animation, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Hugh Fraser, George Rowley; music, Oliver Wallace.

PLUTO'S SWEATER. Walt Disney Productions. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Milt Schaffer; music, Oliver Wallace; animation, Phil Duncan, Hugh Fraser, George Nicholas, Dan MacManus.

PNEUMONIA. Encyclopaedia Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm. In Chinese.

PNEUMONIA. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With teacher's handbook.

POBYEDA. SEE Counter-Attack.

THE POCKET BOOK OF BASIC ENGLISH. SEE Basic English.

POEME. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

POET AND PEASANT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

THE POET AND PEASANT, c1946. Presented by Universal. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (A Walt Lantz Cartune)

Credits: Producer, Walter Lantz; director, Dick Lundy; story, Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer; animation, Les Kline, Paul Smith; music, Darrell Calker. Technicolor.

POI MY BOY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. Presented by RCM Productions, Inc. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Producer, Ben Hersh; director, Dave Gould.

POINCIANA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; how to plan a victory vegetable garden. The Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, c1943. Presented by The Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; preserving the victory garden crop. Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: F. W. Bright.

POINTERS FOR PLANTERS; summer care of the victory garden. The Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, c1943. Presented by The Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTS FOR PEDALERS. Motion Picture Bureau of the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. of Hartford, Conn., c1943. Presented by The Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Frederick W. Bright.

POINTS ON ARROWS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd. (Hollywood Novelties)

Credits: Narrator, Knox Manning.

POLAND. Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division, c1939. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Kenneth R. Edwards.

POLAR PEST. Loew's Inc., c1944. 609 ft., sd., color. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Animation, Arnold Gillespie, Michael Lah, Ed. Barge, Jack Carr; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

POLAR PEST. Loew's Inc., c1944. 609 ft., sd., color, 35mm. (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Animation, Arnold Gillespie, Michael Lah, Ed Barge, Jack Carr; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

POLAR PLAYMATES. Screen Gems, Inc., c1946. 605 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Howard Swift; story, Volus Jones; animation, Grant Simmons; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

THE POLE VAULT. Coronet, c1945. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Physical Education Series)

Credits: Produced under the supervision of Dean B. Cromwell.

POLICE BULLETS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd. Based on an original story by Ande Lamb.

Credits: Producer, Lindsley Parsons; director, Jean Yarbrough; screenplay, Edmond Kelso, Ande Lamb; photography, Mack Stengler; film editor, Jack Ogilvie.

THE POLICEMAN. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

POLICEMAN'S HOLIDAY. SEE The March of Time, v. 15, no. 9.

POLISH MAZUR. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

POLITICAL PARTIES. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, J. Donald Kingsley.

POLKA DOT POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

POLKA-DOT PUSS. Loew's Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Tom and Jerry Cartoon) (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence; music, Scott Bradley.

POLKA FUN. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

THE POLLARD JUMP. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

POLLY WANTS A DOCTOR. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 587 ft., sd. (Phantasy, no. 33)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; director, Howard Swift; story, Dun Roman; animation, Jim Armstrong, Grant Simmons; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

POLO. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 9 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (The World of Sports, no. 125)

Credits: Director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern.

POLO CHAMPIONS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 869 ft., sd. (The World of Sports, no. 74)

Credits: Commentator, Bill Stern; photographer, William Kelly; editor, Harry Foster.

A POLO PHONY. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 18 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; director, Harry D'Arcy; story, Harry D'Arcy, George Jeske; film editor, Les Millbrook.

POLO WITH THE STARS. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1941. 10 min., sd. (Hollywood Novelties)

Credits: Director, Paul R. Thoma; commentator, Knox Manning.

POLONAISE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

POLSKA NIE ZGINEŁA (POLAND IS NOT LOST). c1940. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Narration, St. Sobieniowski.

Appl. authors: John Milo and Aurelio Battistoni.

PONTOON ASSEMBLY AND UTILIZATION; pontoon floating drydock. Sound Masters, Inc. for the Training Film Section, Photographic Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy. © Sound Masters, Inc.

Appl. author: J. F. Clemenger.

1. String and Deck Assembly. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 19Nov43; MU14160.

2. Stabilizer Powers and Catwalks. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 19Nov43; MU14161.

3. Ramp and Air Feed System. © title, descr., & 6 prints, 19Nov43; MU14162.

4. Adjustable Boat Cradle. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 19Nov43; MU14163.

5. Testing and Operation. © title, descr., & 6 prints, 19Nov43; MU14164.

PONTOON ASSEMBLY AND UTILIZATION. Sound Masters, Inc., for Training Film Section, Photographic Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy. © Sound Masters, Inc.

Appl. author: James F. Clemenger.

3. Assembling a Pontoon Bridge. © title, descr., & 8 prints, 25Mar43; MU13396.

5. The Pontoon Wharf. © title, descr., & 4 prints, 12Jun43; MU13648.

PONY EXPRESS DAYS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 19 min., color.

Credits: Director, B. Reeves Eason; original screenplay, Charles L. Tedford. Technicolor.

PONY POST. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1940. 6 reels.

Credits: Director, Ray Taylor; original story and screenplay, Sherman Lowe.

THE POOCH PARADE. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Fable, no. 5)

Credits: Story, Allen Rose; animation, Harry Love, Louie Lilly; music, Joe De Nat.

POOPDECK PAPPY. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, George Manuell; animation, Bill Nolan, Winfield Hoskins.

POP ALWAYS PAYS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 67 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Leslie Goodwins; story, Arthur J. Beckhard; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts; music director, Paul Sawtell; editor, Desmond Marquette.

POP AND MOM IN WILD OYSTERS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Animated Antics, HO–5)

POP GOES THE WEASEL, Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

POP-PIE A LA MODE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, I. Sparber; story, Dave Tendlar.

POP RINGS THE BELL. Presented by National School Service Institute. b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

POPE LEO XIII. Creative Arts Studio, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, si., b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: Howard Lamarr Walls.

POPEYE AND THE PIRATES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, I. Klein, Jack Ward.

POPEYE MEETS HERCULES. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Bill Tytla; story, I. Klein; animation, George Germanetti, Tom Moore.

POPEYE MEETS RIP VAN WINKLE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordon; animation, Myron Waldman, Sidney Pillet.

POPEYE MEETS WILLIAM TELL. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Dan Gordon; animation, James Culhane, Alfred Eugster.

POPEYE'S PREMIERE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1949. 11 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Story, Bill Turner, I. Klein; animation, Dave Tendlar, John Gentiella.

POPPA KNOWS WORST. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; direction and screenplay, Ben Holmes; film editor, Robert Swink.

POPPIN' THE CORK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

POP'S COMIN' HOME. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

POPULAR SCIENCE. Paramount Pictures, Inc., c1939–49. 1 reel each, sd., 35mm. © Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Credits: Writers, Gayne Whitman, Walter Anthony, George Brandt; narrators, Gayne Whitman, Van Des Autels.

J9–3. © 15Dec39; MP9854.

J9–4. © 16Feb40; MP9982.

J9–5. © 26Apr40; MP10185.

J9–6. © 28Jun40; MP10313.

J0–1. © 6Sep40; MP10455.

J0–2. © 1Nov40; MP10592.

J0–3. © 20Dec40; MP10679.

J0–4. © 21Feb41; MP10865.

J0–5. © 2May41; MP11114.

J0–6. © 4Jul41; MP11307.

J1–1. © 19Sep41; MP11574.

J1–2. © 7Nov41; MP12031.

J1–3. © 30Jan42; MP13412.

J1–4. © 3Apr42; MP12347.

J1–5. © 12Jun42; MP12586.

J1–6. © 31Jul42; MP12730.

J2–1. © 2Oct42; MP12892.

J2–2. © 27Nov42; MP13067.

J2–3. © 5Feb43; MP13246.

J2–4. © 5Apr43; MP13446.

J2–5. © 11Jun43; MP13656.

J2–6. © 6Aug43; MP13870.

J3–1. © 15Oct43; MP14104.

J3–2. © 10Dec43; MP14360.

J3–3. © 25Feb44; MP14554.

J3–4. © 31Mar44; MP14823.

J3–5. © 12Jun44; MP14964.

J3–6. © 4Aug44; MP15090.

J4–1. © 6Oct44; MP15404.

J4–2. © 22Dec44; MP15502.

J4–3. © 16Feb45; MP15653.

J4–4. © 6Apr45; MP15808.

J4–5. © 1Jun45; MP16014.

J4–6. © 10Aug45; MP16234.

J5–1. © 12Oct45; MP16469.

J5–2. © 7Dec45; MP16592.

J5–3. © 8Feb46; MP273.

J5–4. © 8Apr46; MP513.

J5–5. © 21Jun46; MP712.

J5–6. © 16Aug46; MP979.

J6–1. © 11Oct46; MP1180.

J6–2. © 27Dec46; MP1480.

J6–3. © 28Feb47; MP1737.

J6–4. © 4Apr47; MP1894.

J6–5. Moon Rocket. After a brief reference to an electric toothbrush and other minor inventions, the film shows how V–2 rockets, equipped with recording devices, aid man in learning about the ionosphere 100 miles above the earth.

J6–6. Twentieth Century Vikings.

J7–1. Radar Fishermen.

J7–2. Desert Destroyers. The raising of oysters near Conway Castle, Wales; the household devices invented by Mr. W. J. Haynes of Kansas City; and the testing of airborne rockets at the Inyokern Naval Ordnance Test Station in the Mojave Desert.

J7–3. Streamlined luxury. New kitchen appliances; apparatus for testing landing gear and brakes of airplanes; new machines for harvesting and canning pineapple in Hawaii; and a train that is the forerunner of our trains of tomorrow.

J7–4. Fog Fighters. The making of Johansson gage blocks at Eskilstuna, Sweden; the scientific barber shop at Westwood Village, California; and the new methods used to assure safe landings of planes in fog at Arcata, California.

J7–5. The Big Eye. The gigantic telescope and 200–inch mirror at Mt. Palomar, Calif. Shots of two new types of cars that show the influence of aircraft construction methods.

J7–6. The Flying Wing. Demonstrates scientific marvels of the present day. Partially pre-cooked food eliminates drudgery for mother; a "mechanical brain" at UCLA does arithmetic for aeronautical engineers; and the new Flying Wing jet plane demolishes distance for travellers.

J8–1. Solar Secrets. Kitchen appliances, including an air conditioner and an electronic range, are demonstrated. A mechanical whirlwind turns soil on a Texas farm. A New York girl creates dolls who resemble their "mothers." Fred MacMurray demonstrates exercise devices at Bing Crosby's Research Foundation. In Colorado, scientists study solar secrets by means of a total solar eclipse made to order.

J8–2. The Stocking Yarn. Shows the David Taylor Model Basin near Washington, D. C., where the Navy conducts scientific experiments on model ships and planes; shows the rose gardens of Tyler, Texas, from which flowers are shipped to all parts of the country; and traces the history of the knitting of stockings from the time of Queen Elizabeth to the present.

J8–3. White Magic. Shows the processing of gypsum and demonstrates the varied uses of the mineral. A new method for creating Photoware is developed. "Hot rod" enthusiasts compete in home-built racing cars at El Mirage Dry Lake.

J8–4. Air Force Fire Fighters. In Illinois, Arthur Hammerstein, retired, becomes a successful inventor of household gadgets; in Chile, the tunnels of a coal mine extend a thousand miles under the ocean's floor; in Peoria, Illinois, the Department of Agriculture converts corncobs into liquid motor fuel; at Lowry Base in Denver, the Air Force personnel is trained in structural firefighting and aircraft crash rescue work.

J8–5. Seaweed Science. Demonstrates how a ten-ten scientific beachcomber cleans a sandy beach; shows how synthetic gems are produced; shows how children are taught aviation sciences at Weed Patch, Calif.; and shows how seaweed is gathered off the coast of Florida and processed for agar.

J8–6. Talking Turkey. Shows the mechanical bucking horse used to teach beginners at the ranch of Bill Pace; demonstrates machinery used for improved soil tillage methods; demonstrates a new paint which defies flames; and shows how methods for production of turkeys have been improved by science.

PORKY CHOPS. Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., c1948. 7 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Arthur Davis; animation, Don Williams, Emery Hawkins, Basil Davidovich, J. C. Melendez.

PORKY PIG'S FEAT. The Vitaphone Corp., c1943. 7 min., sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Melvin Millar; animation, Phil Monroe; music director, Carl. W. Stalling.

PORKY THE GIANT KILLER. The Vitaphone Corp., c1939. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Melvin Millar; animation, Gil Turner.

PORKYLIAR PIGGY. c1944. Presented by Columbia. 679 ft., sd., color. Adapted from the "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip by Al Capp.

Credits: Director, Bob Wickersham; story, Al Geiss; animation, Chic Ollerstrom, Ben Lloyd; music, Eddie Kilfeather. Technicolor.

PORKY'S ANT. Leon Schlesinger Productions, c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Rich Hogan; animation, Rudolph Larriva; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S BASEBALL BROADCAST. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 7 min., sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Cal Dalton; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S BEAR FACTS. The Vitaphone Corp., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Michael Maltese; animation, Manuel Perez; music direction, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S CAFE. c1942. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Rudolph Larriva; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S HIRED HAND. c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Dave Monahan; animation, Richard Bickenbach; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S LAST STAND. The Vitaphone Corp., c1939. 7 min., sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Warren Foster; animation, I. Ellis; music direction, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S MIDNIGHT MATINEE. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; animation, Robert Cannon; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PASTRY PIRATES, c1942. 1 reel, sd. Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Dave Monahan; animation, Gerald Chiniquy; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PASTRY PIRATES. Released by Warner Bros., c1942. 7 min., sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Dave Monahan; animation, Gerald Chiniquy; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S POOCH. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Warren Foster; animation, I. Ellis; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S POOR FISH. c1940. 1 reel. sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Melvin Millar; animation, David Hoffman; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PREVIEW. Leon Schlesinger Productions, c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Dave Monahan; animation, Vergil Ross; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S PRIZE PONY. c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes) Leon Schlesinger Productions.

Credits: Producer, Leon Schlesinger; story, Rich Hogan; animation, Ken Harris; music director, Carl W. Stalling.

PORKY'S SNOOZE REEL. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Warren Foster; animation, John Carey.

THE PORT OF FORTY THIEVES, c1944. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Walter H. Goetz; director, John English; original screenplay, Dane Lussier; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Jack Marta; film editor, Richard Van Enger.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PORT OF NEW YORK. Contemporary Productions, Inc. Released through Eagle-Lion Films, Inc., c1949. 82 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A melodrama in which the Bureau of Customs of the U. S. Treasury Department copes with illicit traffic in narcotics. Filmed in New York. Given semi-documentary treatment.

Credits: Producer, Aubrey Schenck; director, Laslo Benedek; story, Arthur A. Ross, Bert Murray; screenplay, Eugene Ling; music, Sol Kaplan; music director, Irving Friedman; film editor, Norman Colbert.

Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K. T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake.

PORT OF NEW YORK. RKO Pathe, Inc. in collaboration with the editors of This Week Magazine, c1946. 16 min., sd., 35mm. (This is America, no. 9)

Credits: Producer, Frederic Ullman, Jr.; director, Larry O'Reilly; written by Jerry Brondfield; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Alan Shulman; editor, David Cooper.

PORT SAID. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A story of murder in Port Said. The principal characters are a young author and his theatrical acquaintances.

Credits: Producer, Wallace MacDonald; director, Reginald Le Borg; story, Louis Pollock; screenplay, Brenda Weisberg.

Cast: William Bishop, Edgar Barrier, Gloria Henry, Richard Hale, Stephen Geray.

PORTRAIT OF A GENIUS. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 990 ft., sd., b&w. (A Carey Wilson Miniature)

Credits: Director, Sammy Lee; original story and screenplay, Carl Ward Dudley; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Adrienne Fazan.

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE. Vanguard Films, Inc. Released through Selznick, c1949, 86 min., sd., b&w with sepia, and color sequences, 35mm. Based on the novel by Robert Nathan.

Summary: The story of a disillusioned New York painter who falls in love with a vision of a young girl from a bygone day who had drowned in a New England hurricane.

Credits: Producer, David O. Selznick; director, William Dieterle; screenplay, Paul Osborne, Peter Berneis; adaptation, Leonardo Bercovici; music, Dimitri Tiomkin; photography, Joseph August; film editor, William Morgan.

Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway.

PORTRAIT OF THE WEST. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: A survey of Nevada: trails, ranches, sand dunes, ghost towns, resorts, gold and silver mines, the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Pyramid Lake.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; music score, L. DeFrancesco; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

PORTUGAL. Time, Inc., c1944. 2 reels.

A POSIÇÃO E O EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Arthur H. Steinhaus.

POSSESSED. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. 108 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a story by Rita Weiman.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Wald; director, Curtis Bernhardt; screenplay, Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall; music, Franz Waxman; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Rudi Fehr.

Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges.

POST OFFICE INVESTIGATOR. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: When a collection of rare stamps is stolen, the chief suspect turns sleuth and solves the crime.

Credits: Associate producer, Sidney Picker; director, George Blair; written by John K. Butler; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Harold Minter.

Cast: Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell, Marcel Journet, Tony Cannon.

POST OPERATIVE CARE.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. Loew's Inc., c1946. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the novel by James M. Cain.

Credits: Producer, Carey Wilson; director, Tay Garnett; screenplay, Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch; music score, George Bassman; orchestration, Ted Duncan; film editor, George White.

THE POSTMAN DIDN'T RING. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,131 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Harold Schuster; original story, Mortimer Braus, Leon Ware; screenplay, Mortimer Braus; music director, Emil Newman.

POSTMARK: U. S. A. Educational Film Division of Paramount Pictures Inc., in cooperation with National Association of Manufacturers for the National Industrial Information Committee, c1943. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Leslie Roush; written by Justin Herman; photography, George Webber.

POSTURE AND EXERCISE. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. With teacher's handbook.

POSTURE HABITS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Erwin F. Beyer.

POSTWAR SALES REGARDING THOUGHT STARTERS. Presented by General Motors. sd., b&w.

Appl. author: The Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

POT O' GOLD. Released thru United Artists, c1941. Presented by James Roosevelt. 7,697 ft., sd. A George Marshall production.

Credits: Producer, James Roosevelt; director, George Marshall; story, Monte Brice, Andrew Bennison, Harry Tugend; screenplay, Walter De Leon; music director, Lou Forbes; film editor, Lloyd Nosler.

POTTERY MAKING. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 1 reel, sd.

Appl. author: Forest Grant.

POTTERY MAKING. SEE Alfarería.

POTTERY POETS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Person-Oddity, no. 147)

Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; narrator, Larry Elliott.

POULTRY ON THE FARM. SEE

Cría de Gallinas.

Os Galináceos na Herdade.

POULTRY RAISING. c1945. 1 reel, sd. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

POUND FOOLISH. Loew's Inc., c1938. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 2 reels, sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Felix E. Feist; original story, Doane Hoag, Alan Friedman; screenplay, Doane Hoag, Felix E. Feist; film editor, Albert Akst.

O POVO DA CHINA OCIDENTAL. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Collaborator, O. J. Caldwell.

O POVOS DAS PLANTAÇÕES. SEE Brasil (O Povos das Plantações)

POWDER RIVER GUNFIRE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1948. 24 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The capture of the gang trying to steal a gold claim provides the excitement in this musical Western.

Credits: Director, Harold James Moore; story and screenplay, Irwin Winehouse; film editor, Leonard Anderson.

Cast: Kenne Duncan, Royal Raymond, Don Douglas, Dick Thomas, The Santa Fe Rangers.

POWDER RIVER RUSTLERS. Republic Pictures Corp., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Rocky Lane exposes a plot to defraud the citizens of El Dorado.

Credits: Director, Philip Ford; screenplay, Richard Wormser; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Robert M. Leeds.

Cast: Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Gerry Ganzer, Roy Barcroft, Francis McDonald.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

POWDER TOWN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 79 min., sd. From an original idea by Vicki Baum and the novel by Max Brand [pseud. of Frederick Faust]

Credits: Producer, Cliff Reid; director, Rowland V. Lee; screenplay, David Boehm; music director, Roy Webb; editor, Samuel E. Beetley.

POWER AND THE LAND. c1940. 36 min., sd.

Credits: Director, Joris Ivens; commentary, Stephen Vincent Benet.

THE POWER BEHIND THE NATION. Norfolk & Western Railway Co., c1940. 38 min., sd., color.

Credits: Narrator, Bob Trout.

Appl. author: Waldo E. Austin.

POWER BEHIND THE NATION. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1947. Presented by the Motion Picture Association of America. 20 min., sd., color, 35mm.

Credits: Narration, Saul Elkins; narrator, Art Gilmore; music, William Lava; editor, De Leon Anthony. Technicolor.

POWER DIVE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 7 reels, sd. Based on a story by Paul Franklin.

Credits: Producer, William C. Thomas; director, James Hogan; screenplay, Maxwell Shane, Edward Churchill; photographer, John Alton; film editor, Bob Crandall.

POWER FOR DEFENSE. National Defense Advisory Commission in cooperation with the Tennessee Valley Authority, c1940. 10 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Arch Andrew Mercey; commentary, Robert Collyer; narrator, Thomas Chalmers; photography, Floyd Crosby, Carl Pryer.

THE POWER HOUSE OF AVIATION.

Appl. author: Allan Poucher Snody.

THE POWER OF DECISION. SEE Night Life in a Modern Tavern.

THE POWER OF FREE PEOPLE. Presented by Wisconsin Power and Light Co. 3 reels, sd., b&w.

THE POWER OF THE BLOOD. c1946. 800 ft., sd., b&w or color, 16mm.

Appl. author: C. O. Baptista Films.

POWER OF THE PRESS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Leon Barsha; director, Lew Landers; story, Sam Fuller; screenplay, Robert D. Andrews; music director, M. W. Stoloff; film editor, Mel Thorsen.

THE POWER OF THE WHISTLER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 66 min., sd. Suggested by the Columbia Broadcasting System radio program entitled "The Whistler."

Credits: Producer, Leonard S. Picker; director, Lew Landers; original screenplay, Aubrey Wisberg; music, Wilbur Hatch; film editor, Reg Browne.

POWER PLUS. Presented by Chevrolet. 1 reel, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

THE POWERS GIRL. Released thru United Artists, c1943. Presented by Charles R. Rogers. 93 min., sd. Based on a play by William A. Pierce and Malvin Wald.

Credits: Producer, Charles R. Rogers; director, Norman Z. McLeod; screenplay, E. Edwin Moran, Harry Segall; music, Jule Styne; music director, Louis Silvers; film editor, George Arthur.

THE POWERS OF CONGRESS. Coronet, c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, John Day Larkin.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FREE GUNNERY PRINCIPLES IN THE AIR; fire doctrine for aerial free gunnery. Presented by the United States Navy, sd., b&w.

THE PRACTICAL JOKER. Loew's Inc., c1944. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 963 ft., sd., b&w. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Producer and narrator, Pete Smith; director. Will Jason; original story and screenplay, Joe Ansen; film editor, Philip Anderson.

PRACTICALLY YOURS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 9 reels, sd. A Mitchell Leisen production.

Credits: Producer, Harry Tugend; director, Mitchell Leisen; written by Norman Krasna; music score, Victor Young; editor, Doane Harrison.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 532 ft., sd. (Fable, no. 3)

Credits: Story, Harry Love; animation, Allen Rose; music, Joe De Nat.

THE PRAIRIE. Zenith Pictures, Inc., c1948. 66 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An Edward F. Finney production. Based on the story by James Fenimore Cooper.

Summary: A story of pioneer days on the western plains. The plot centers in the adventures of a white girl, who is rescued from the Indians, and the misfortunes of her sweetheart, who is unwittingly involved in a murder.

Credits: Producer, George Moskov; director, Frank Wisbar; screenplay, Arthur St. Claire; music direction and score, Alexander Steinert; film editor, Douglas Bacier.

Cast: Lenore Aubert, Alan Baxter, Russ Vincent, Jack Mitchum, Charles Evans.

PRAIRIE BADMEN. c1946. Presented by P.R.C. Pictures, Inc. 6 reels, sd., 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sam Newfield; original story and screenplay, Fred Myton; music director, Lee Zahler; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

PRAIRIE CHICKENS. Released through United Artists, c1942. Presented by Hal Roach. 5 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Fred Guiol; director, Hal Roach, Jr.; original story, Donald Hough; screenplay, Arnold Belgard, Earle Snell; music score, Edward Ward; film editor, Bert Jordan.

PRAIRIE CHICKENS. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., c1949. 11 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Pictures of the Missouri prairie chicken in action.

Appl. author: Anthony A. Sassano.

PRAIRIE EXPRESS. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Barney A. Sarecky; director, Lambert Hillyer; original screenplay, J. Benton Cheney, Anthony Coldewey; film editor, Fred Maguire.

Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton.

PRAIRIE GUNSMOKE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1942. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Leon Barsha; director, Lambert Hillyer; story. Jack Ganzhorn; screenplay, Fred Myton; film editor, Arthur Seid.

PRAIRIE LAW. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1940. 59 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, David Howard; story, Bernard McConville; screenplay, Doris Schroeder, Arthur V. Jones; music director, Paul Sawtelle; editor, Frederic Knudtson.

PRAIRIE OUTLAWS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1948. 58 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western, in which Eddie Dean helps a telegraph company put its line through bandit territory.

Credits: Producer and director, Robert Emmett Tansey; original screenplay, Frances Kavanaugh; film editor, Hugh Winn.

Cast: Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Sarah Padden, Al Larue.

PRAIRIE PALS. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Newfeld; director, Peter Stewart; original screenplay, Patricia Harper; music, Johnny Lange, Lew Porter; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

PRAIRIE PIONEERS. c1941. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. From an original idea by Karl Brown. Based on the characters "The Three Mesquiteers" created by William Colt MacDonald.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Lester Orlebeck; screenplay, Barry Shipman, music score, Cy Feuer; photography, Ernest Miller; film editor, Ray Snyder.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PRAIRIE PIRATES. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 23 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A musical Western.

Credits: Producer and director, Will Cowan; adapted from the screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe; music arranger, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Ted J. Kent.

Cast: Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, Patricia Hall, Deuce Spriggens, William Haade.

PRAIRIE PROVINCES OF CANADA. c1943. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.

PRAIRIE RAIDERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 54 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Colbert Clark; director, Derwin Abrahams; original screenplay, Ed. Earl Repp; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Nancy Saunders, Robert Scott, Ozie Waters.

PRAIRIE RUSTLERS. P.R.C. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sigmund Neufeld; director, Sam Newfield; original story and screenplay, Fred Myton; music director, Lee Zahler; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

PRAIRIE SCHOONERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1940. 6 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Nelson; story, George Cory Franklin; original screenplay, Fred Myton, Robert Lee Johnson.

PRAIRIE SPOONERS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 13 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Lou Brock; direction and story, Harry D'Arcy; film editor, John Lockert.

PRAIRIE STRANGER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1941. 6 reels, sd. Based upon a book by James L. Rubel.

Credits: Producer, William Berke; director, Lambert Hillyer; screenplay, Winston Miller; film editor, James Sweeney.

PRAIRIE WINGS. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., c1948. 18 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: A film about the ducks and geese in Arkansas' Grand Prairie: the types of ducks found in the region, the techniques involved in many phases of flight, and tactics used in hunting the birds.

Appl. author: Anthony A. Sassano.

THE PRAIRIE'S NOT SO FAR AWAY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PRANCING IN THE PARK. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PREACHER AND THE BEAR. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PRECIOUS CARGO. Jam Handy Organization. Presented by Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp. b&w, 35mm.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; fundamentals of patternmaking. c1945. 1 reel each, sd., 16mm. © RCM Productions, Inc.

1. Making a One-Piece Flat Pattern. © 1Jun45; MP746.

4. Making a Pattern with a Tail Print. © 1Jun45; MP756.

4A. Making a Core Box for a Tail Print. © 1Jun45; MP503.

8. Making a Matchboard Pattern. © 1Jun45; MP752.

9. Making a Core Box for a Vertical Core. © 1Jun45; MP755.

10. Making a Core Box for a Flanged Pipe Elbow. © 1Jun45; MP753.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; fundamentals of patternmaking. Photo and Sound, Inc., c1945. 1 reel each, sd., 16mm. © Photo and Sound, Inc.

2. Making a Pattern with a Vertical Core. © 1Sep45; MP387.

3. Making a Pattern with a Horizontal Core. © 1Sep45; MP388.

5. Making a Segmented Pattern. © 1Sep45; MP389.

6. Making a Pattern for a Three-part Mold. © 1Sep45; MP390.

7. Making a Pattern for a Flanged Pipe Elbow. © 1Sep45; MP391.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the band saw. c1945. 1 reel, 16mm. © RCM Productions, Inc.

1. Sawing with Jig and Changing Band. © 1Jun45; MP502.

2. Sawing a Reverse Curve and a Bevel Reverse Curve. © 1Jun45; MP754.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the jointer, c1945. 1 reel each. © R.C.M. Productions, Inc.

1. Jointing Edges and Ends 90 Degrees to Face. © 1Feb45; MP15643.

2. Beveling, Stop Chamfering, and Tapering Square Stock. © 1Feb45; MP15642.

3. Face Planing Uneven Surfaces. © 1Feb45; MP15645.

4. Jointing an Edge for Gluing—Installing Knives. © 1Feb45; MP15644.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the sander. c1945. 1 reel each, 16mm. © RCM Productions, Inc.

1. Sanding Flat and Irregular Surfaces. © 1Jun45; MP749.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the single face surfacer. c1945. 1 reel each. © R.C.M. Productions, Inc.

1. Planing Rough Surfaces to Dimensions. © 1Feb45; MP15641.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the spindle shaper. c1945. 1 reel each, 16mm. © RCM Productions, Inc.

1. Rabbeting and shaping an Edge on Straight Stock. © 1Jun45; MP748.

2. Shaping after Template and Shaping Curved Edges. © 1Jun45; MP751.

3. Cutting Grooves with Circular Saw Blades. © 1Jun45; MP747.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the variety saw. c1945. 1 reel each, 16mm. © RCM Productions, Inc.

1. Ripping and Cross-Cutting. © 1Jun45; MP750.

2. Beveling, Mitering, Rabbeting, Dadoing. © 1Jun45; MP500.

3. Cutting Tenons and Segments. © 1Jun45; MP501.

4. Cutting Cove Molding and a Corebox. © 1Jun45; MP953.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; operations on the wood lathe, c1945. 1 reel each. © Photo & Sound, Inc.

Appl. author: William Betts.

1. Turning a Cylinder Between Centers. © 1Mar45; MP15721.

2. Turning Taper Work. © 1Mar45; MP15722.

3. Turning Work on a Face Plate. © 1Mar45; MP15723.

4. Turning Work on a Chuck. © 1Mar45; MP15724.

5. Face Turning a collar. © 1Mar45; MP15725.

PRECISION WOOD MACHINING; problems in patternmaking. The Jam Handy Organization, c1945. 1 reel each. © The Jam Handy Organization.

Designing Core Boxes for a Water-Cooled Motor Block. © 15May45; MP16017.

Designing a Pattern for a Water-Cooled Motor Block. © 15May45; MP16018.

Making a Pattern Requiring a Cover Core. © 15May45; MP16019.

Making Pattern, Coreboxes, and Assembling Cores for a Water-Cooled Motor Block. © 15May45; MP16023.

Making a Pattern Requiring Segmental Construction. © 15May45; MP16024.

Making a Pattern for a Machine Molded Steel Globe and Angle Valve. © 15May45; MP16025.

Making a Core Box for a Machine Base. © 15May45; MP16026.

Redesigning a Pattern for Production Purposes. © 15May45; MP16027.

Making a Pattern using a Green and a Dry Sand Core. © 15May45; MP16029.

Making a Pattern Requiring Box Construction. © 15May45; MP16030.

PREFLIGHT AND DAILY INSPECTION P–63. Bell Aircraft Corp. Motion Picture Division. 22 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Directed and written by Harold Kopel; cameraman, Edward Bollinger.

PREHISTORIC PORKY. The Vitaphone Corp., c1940. 1 reel, sd. (Looney Tunes)

Credits: Story, Melvin Millar; animation, John Carey.

PRE-HYSTERICAL MAN. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Popeye the Sailor Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer; animation, Dave Tendlar, Mary Reden; music arranger, Winston Sharples.

PRELUDE TO NIGHT. SEE Ruthless.

PRE-OPERATIVE CARE.

Appl. author: James P. Prindle.

PREPARATION OF THE MOUTH FOR DENTURES BY ELECTRO SURGICAL METHODS, si., color, 16mm.

PRESENTING LILY MARS. Loew's Inc., c1943. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 11 reels, sd., b&w. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington.

Credits: Producer, Joseph Pasternak; director, Norman Taurog; screenplay, Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman; music director, Georgie Stoll; music adaptation, Roger Edens; film editor, Albert Akst.

PRESERVING FOOD. Coronet, c1949. 10 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Shows why preservation of food is necessary, and explains the reasons behind methods of short-term and long-term preservation.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Ritta Whitesel.

PRESERVING THE VICTORY GARDEN CROP. SEE Pointers for planters.

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE. Gustave A. Magnel. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Presents a review of the use of concrete, explains the method of prestressing developed by Messrs. Blaton and Magnel, and shows the construction of recent structures using prestressed concrete.

THE PRETENDER. Republic Productions, Inc., c1947. 69 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer and director, W. Lee Wilder; original screenplay, Don Martin; music director, Paul Dessau; film editor, Asa Boyd Clark.

Cast: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig.

PRETTY DOLLY. RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., c1943. 17 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Ben Holmes; story, Charles E. Roberts, Ewart Adamson; film editor, Les Millbrook.

PRETTY KITTY BLUE EYES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.

PREVIEWS OF TOMORROW. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Buick Motor Division, General Motors Corp. 2 min., b&w, 35mm.

THE PREY. 2 reels, sd. U. S. Navy.

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM. Apex Film Corp., c1949. Presented by the National Association of Manufacturers. 23 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The son of a newspaper editor visits his uncle in Germany and learns how government control gradually took away the freedom of the people. He returns and influences his father to print news items which will lead the people of their community to see the world situation as it is instead of as they want to believe it is.

Credits: Producer, Jack Chertok; director, William J. Thiele; story, Holcombe Parkes; screenplay, William J. Thiele, David P. Sheppard, Thomas M. Wolff; music, David Chudnow; film editor, Jack Ruggiero.

Cast: Arthur Franz, Ray Collins, Michael Chekov, Will Wright.

THE PRICE OF VICTORY. c1942. 13 min., sd. A Pine-Thomas production.

Credits: Director, William H. Pine; screen adaptation, Howard J. Green; music score, Daniele Amfitheatrof; editor, Howard A. Smith.

PRICELESS CARGO. Presented by Superior Coach Corp. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 12 reels, sd., b&w. Based upon the dramatization of Jane Austen's novel written by Helen Jerome.

Credits: Producer, Hunt Stromberg; director, Robert Z. Leonard; screenplay, Aldous Huxley, Jane Murfin; music score, Herbert Stothart; film editor, Robert J. Kern.

PRIDE OF THE BOWERY. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Joseph H. Lewis; story, Steven Clensos; screenplay, George Plympton; photography, Robert Cline.

PRIDE OF THE MARINES. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1945. 119 min., sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. From a book by Roger Butterfield.

Credits: Producer, Jerry Wald; director, Delmer Daves, screenplay, Albert Maltz; adaptation, Marvin Borowsky; music, Franz Waxman; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; orchestral arrangements, Leonid Raab; photographer, Peverall Marley; film editor, Owen Marks.

PRIDE OF THE PLAINS. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. Based on an original story by Oliver Drake.

Credits: Associate producer, Louis Gray; director, Wallace Fox; screenplay, John K. Butler, Bob Williams; music score, Mort Glickman; photographer, John MacBurnie; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1942. 128 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, Sam Wood; original story, Paul Gallico; screenplay, Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz; music, Leigh Harline; photography, Rudolph Mate; film editor, Daniel Mandell.

PRIMARY AND ADVANCED FLYING INSTRUCTION.

THE PRIMARY CELL; electricity from chemical action. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

THE PRIMARY CELL. SEE

La Pila Simple.

A Pilha Elétrica.

PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING, STAGE A. sd. United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics Training Division.

PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING, STAGE B. sd. United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics Training Division.

PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING, STAGE C. United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics, Training Division. 1 reel, sd.

PRIMROSE PATH. RKO Radio Pictures. Inc., c1940. 93 min., sd. A Gregory LaCava production. From the play by Robert L. Buckner and Walter Hart, as produced by George Abbott.

Credits: Director, Gregory LaCava; screenplay, Allan Scott, Gregory LaCava; music score, Werner R. Heymann; editor, William Hamilton.

PRINCE OF THE PLAINS. Republic Productions, Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A Western based on the life of Bat Masterson, a defender of law and order in the early bandit-ridden West.

Credits: Associate producer, Melville Tucker; director, Philip Ford; written by Louise Rousseau, Albert DeMond; music, Stanley Wilson; film editor, Richard L. Van Enger.

Cast: Monte Hale, Paul Hurst, Shirley Davis, Roy Barcroft, Rory Mallinson.

THE PRINCE OF THIEVES. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1947. 8 reels, sd., color, 35mm. Based on Alexandre Dumas' story.

Credits: Producer, Sam Katzman; director, Howard Bretherton; screenplay, Maurice Tombragel; adaptation, Charles H. Schneer; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney.

Cast: John Hall, Patricia Morison, Adele Jergens, Alan Mowbray, Michael Duane.

PRINCELY INDIA. The Vitaphone Corp., c1949. 20 min., sd., color, 35mm. Warner Bros.

Summary: Shows some of the 600 states of India, the men who rule them, the religious ceremonies of the natives, their dances, and the magnificent architecture of the country.

Credits: Written by Owen Crump; narrator, Lou Marcelle.

THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE. Released through RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1944. 94 min., sd., color. Suggested by a story by Sy Bartlett.

Credits: Producer, Samuel Goldwyn; director, David Butler; screenplay, Don Hartman, Melville Shavelson, Everett Freeman; adaptation, Allen Boretz, Curtis Kenyon; music, David Rose; film editor, Daniel Mandell. Technicolor.

PRINCESS O'HARA. SEE It Ain't Hay.

PRINCESS O'ROURKE. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., c1943. 94 min., sd. A Warner Bros.-First National picture. A Hal B. Wallis production.

Credits: Written and directed by Norman Krasna; music, Frederick Hollander; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Warren Low.

PRINCESS PAPAYA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PRINCESS POO-POO-LY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS, REFERENCE SURFACES, AND TOLERANCES.

Appl. author: John G. Curtis.

PRINCIPES FONDAMENTAUX DE L'ACCOUSTIQUE. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. French version of "Fundamentals of Acoustics."

Summary: By means of animated diagrams, the range and physiology of hearing, and the principles of velocity and refraction of sound are explained. Engineering problems, such as the elimination of high and low frequencies, are also considered.

PRINCIPLES OF BAKING (FLOUR MIXTURES). c1943. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.

PRINCIPLES OF COOKING (MEATS AND VEGETABLES). c1943. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.

PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT. Eastman Kodak Co., Teaching Films Division, c1940. 987 ft.

Appl. author: Clarence E. Baer.

PRINCIPLES OF HOME CANNING. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

PRINCIPLES OF RADIO. c1943. 1 reel each. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.

Appl. author: Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.

2. Receiving Radio Messages. © 17Dec43; MP14750.

3. Vacuum Tubes. © 28Dec43; MP14751.

PRINCIPLES OF SCALE DRAWING. Coronet, c1949. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Shows how to make scale drawings, how to interpret the drawings, and how the drawings are used. For junior and senior high school grades.

Credits: Educational collaborator, Harold P. Fawcett.

PRINTING. Burton Holmes Films, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Your Life Work Series) Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.

PRIORITIES ON PARADE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1942. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Sol C. Siegel; director, Albert S. Rogell; original screenplay, Art Arthur, Frank Loesser; music direction, Victor Young; photographer, Daniel Fapp; film editor, Arthur Schmidt.

PRIORITY BLUES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PRISON SHIP. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 60 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Alexis Thurn-Taxis; director, Arthur Dreifuss; story, Josef Mischel; screenplay, Josef Mischel, Ben Markson; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Aaron Stell.

PRISON WARDEN. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1949. 62 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: A melodrama in which a newly-appointed warden attempts to reform a mismanaged prison while his wife schemes to aid a convict who is her former sweetheart.

Credits: Producer, Rudolph C. Flothow; director, Seymour Friedman; screenplay, Eric Taylor; music, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney.

Cast: Warner Baxter, Anna Lee, James Flavin, Harlan Warde, Charles Cane.

PRISONER OF JAPAN. c1942. Presented by Producers Releasing Corp. 7 reels, sd. Atlantis Picture Corp. An Arthur Ripley Production. Based on a story by Edgar C. Ulmer.

Credits: Producer, Seymour Nebenzal; director, Arthur Ripley; original screenplay, Robert Chapin, Arthur Ripley; music score, Leon Erdody; film editor, Holbrook Todd.

PRISONER OF LOVE. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Credits: Producer, William D. Alexander; director, Leonard Anderson.

PRIVATE AFFAIRS. c1940. Presented by Universal Studios. 8 reels, sd. Based on the story "One of the Boston Bullertons" by Walter Greene.

Credits: Associate producer, Glenn Tryon; director, Albert S. Rogell; screenplay, Leonard Spigelgass, Charles Grayson; photography, Milton Krasner; film editor, Philip Cahn.

THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI. Loew-Lewin, Inc., c1947. 119 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. From the novel "Bel Ami" by Guy de Maupassant.

Credits: Producer, David L. Loew; director, Albert Lewin; screenplay, Albert Lewin; music score, Darius Milhaud; film editor, Albrecht Joseph.

Cast: George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, Warren William, Francis Dee.

PRIVATE BUCKAROO. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1942. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Edward F. Cline; original story, Paul Gerard Smith; screenplay, Edmund Kelso, Edward James.

PRIVATE MISS JONES. SEE Thousands Cheer.

PRIVATE NURSE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 5,450 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, David Burton; original screenplay, Samuel G. Engel; music director, Emil Newman.

PRIVATE PLUTO. Walt Disney Productions, c1943. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

PRIVATE SNUFFY SMITH. Capital Productions, c1942. 7 reels, sd. From "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" by Billy De Beck.

Credits: Producer, Edward Gross; director, Edward Cline; original screenplay, John Grey, Jack Henley, Lloyd French, Donoho Hall; photography, Marcel Le Picard; film editor, Robert Crandall.

PRIZE FIGHTER. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1949. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 1)

Summary: Introduces Roland La Starza, a promising heavyweight fighter, and shows his daily routine during the training period before a fight.

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by Edward Rice; narrator, Bill Corum; editor, Gene Milford.

PRIZE MAID. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 18 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The domestic bliss of the Newlyweds is disrupted when they win a maid on a radio program.

Credits: Producer, George Bilson; director, Hal Yates; screenplay, Earl Baldwin; film editor, Edward W. Williams.

Cast: Robert Neil, Suzi Crandall, Patsy Moran, Marlo Dwyer, Joe Devlin.

PROBLEM PAPPY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Ted Pierce; animation, Myron Waldman, Sidney Pillet.

PROBLEMS IN SUPERVISION. Caravel Films, Inc., c1945. 1 reel each. © Caravel Films, Inc.

Instructing the Blind Worker on the Job. © 1Jun45; MP30.

Employing Workers in Industry. © 1Jun45; MP31.

Employing Disabled Workers in Industry. © 1Jul45; MP431.

Establishing Working Relations for the Disabled Worker. © 1Jul45; MP432.

Instructing the Disabled Worker on the Job. © 1Jul45; MP433.

PROBLEMS IN SUPERVISION. Caravel Films, Inc., c1944. 1 reel each, sd. © Caravel Films, Inc.

Appl. author: F. Burnham MacLeary.

A New Supervisor Takes a Look at His Job.

Introducing the New Worker to His Job.

Instructing the New Worker on the Job.

Placing the Right Man on the Job.

Supervising Workers on the Job.

Maintaining Workers' Interest.

The Supervisor as a Leader, pt. 1.

The Supervisor as a Leader, pt. 2.

PROBLEMS IN SUPERVISION. Century Productions, Inc., c1945. 1 reel. © Century Productions, Inc.

Safety in the Shop. © 1Oct45; MP91.

PROBLEMS IN SUPERVISION. Division of Visual Aids, U. S. Office of Education, c1944–45. 1 reel each. © Herbert Kerkow.

Supervising Women Workers.

Every Minute Counts.

Using Visual Aids in Training.

PROBLEMS IN SUPERVISION. Mode-Art Pictures, Inc., c1944. 1 reel each. © Mode-Art Pictures, Inc.

Improving the Job. © 17Jul44; MP15576.

Maintaining Good Working Conditions. © 17Jul44; MP15577.

Maintaining Quality Standards. © 17Jul44; MP15578.

Planning and Laying Out Work. © 17Jul44; MP15579.

Working with Other Supervisors. © 17Jul44; MP15580.

PROBLEMS OF FLIGHT. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

PROBLEMS OF HOUSING; the individual home. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

PROCESSING EKTACHROME COLOR FILM. 167 ft., color, 16mm.

Credits: Kodachrome.

Appl. author: A. Lloyd Reber, Jr.

THE PRODIGAL SON. c1944. 1,000 ft., 16mm.

Appl. author: C. O. Baptista.

PRODUCTION CONTROL. Production Research Co. 825 ft., sd.

Credits: Directed and written by Charles J. Hupp.

PRODUCTION OF FOODS. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm. (World Food Problems, no. 2)

PRODUCTIVITY—KEY TO PLENTY. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 20 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Traces the development of machine power in the United States from 1850 to date, emphasizing that the United States has achieved great production, a large income, and a high standard of living because of the mastery of machine power.

Credits: Collaborator, J. Frederic Dewhurst.

PROEM. [A. F. Films, Inc.] c1949. 10 min., sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: An animated cartoon presenting the figures of a chess set made of modeling clay.

Credits: Music, William Smith.

Appl. authors: Leonard Tregillus, Ralph W. Luce, Jr., William Smith.

PROFESSIONALISM IN RETAILING. Presented by Butler Bros. 1 reel.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PROF. OFFKEYSKY. Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. Presented by Paul Terry. 1 reel, sd., b&w. (Terrytoon)

Credits: Producer, Paul Terry; director, Connie Rasinski; story, John Foster; music, Philip A. Scheib.

PROF. PEABODY'S BANJO SCHOOL. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PROF. SMALL AND MR. TALL. c1943. Presented by Columbia. 691 ft., sd., color. (A Color Rhapsody)

Credits: Producer, Dave Fleischer; directors, Paul Sommer, John Hubley; story, John McLeish; animation, Jim Armstrong, Volus Jones; music, Eddie Kilfeather.

PROFESSOR TOM. Loew's Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Tom and Jerry Cartoon) (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge; music, Scott Bradley.

PROGRESS REPORT—1943. Presented by General Motors. 4 reels, sd., b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

PROGRESS THROUGH ENGINEERING. Presented by General Motors Corp. 20 min., b&w, 35mm.

PROGRESSIVE HONING WITH AUTOMATIC SIZING. Presented by Micromatic Hone Corp. 1–1/2 reels, sd.

O PROGRESSO DAS COMUNICAÇÕES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Portuguese version of "The Development of Communication."

PROJECT X. Transcontinental Productions, Inc. Released through Film Classics Inc., c1949. 60 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Joining forces with Federal agents, a young physicist tracks down a Communist spy ring seeking atomic energy secrets.

Credits: Producer, Edward Leven; director, Edward J. Montagne; screenplay, Gene Hurley, Earl Kennedy; film editor, Theodore Waldeyer.

Cast: Keith Andes, Rita Colton, Jack Lord, Kit Russell, Joyce Quinlan.

PROJECTIVE MOVEMENT SEQUENCES. Produced in the Audio-Visual Laboratory of Teachers College, Columbia University under the direction of William H. Lundin. 4 min., si., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: A film showing continuously moving metallic particles. To be used by psychologists as an instrument for evaluating personality.

THE PROMISED LAND. 60 min., sd., color.

Appl. author: T. R. Jackman.

PROMISES WE LIVE BY. SEE Back of Every Promise.

PRONTO SOCÔRRO; ferimentos e fraturas. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., em colaboraçao com a Cruz Vermelha Americana, c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

PROOF FOR ANY MAN. Presented by Associated Lines of the B. F. Goodrich Co. (Hood) 2 reels.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Picture Service, Inc.

PROPAGAÇAO DO CALOR. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, H. Horton Sheldon.

PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES. Coronet, c1949. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Outlines a procedure for recognizing propaganda, explains the purposes and techniques of propaganda, and stresses the importance of critical evaluation of propaganda.

Credits: Educational collaborator, William G. Brink.

PROPER STEPS. Flory Films, Inc., c1948. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. (Personal Guidance Series)

Summary: A health film based on medical research, showing how walking habits cause common foot abuses and how these habits may be corrected.

Credits: Director and photographer, Josef Bohmer.

PROPERTIES OF WATER. Coronet, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Simple experiments are conducted to show the chemical composition of water and its properties as a solid, a liquid, and a gas.

Appl. authors: E. C. Waggoner, Gilbert I. Renner.

PROPERTY TAXATION; arithmetic of taxes. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

THE PROSPECTING BEAR. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 808 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolph Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

PROSPECTING FOR PETROLEUM. George Pal production, sponsored by the Shell Oil Co., Inc., c1948. 26 min., sd., color, 16mm. (This Is Oil, no. 1)

Summary: The story of petroleum; how it was formed through ages of geological change, and how it is found, extracted, and put to use by man today.

Credits: Producer, George Pal; director, Duke Goldston; animation, Erwin Broner.

THE PROSPERITY PRESS OPERATOR TRAINING BUNDLE.

Appl. author: H. H. Brown Lee.

PROSPERITY 2–GIRL SHIRT FINISHING UNIT. Prosperity Co., Inc., c1947. 2 reels, b&w, 16mm.

Appl. author: M. C. Ritter.

PROTECTING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FROM HIGH IMPACT SHOCK. Presented by the U. S. Navy. 1–1/2 reels, b&w, 35mm.

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY. Letha McHale and Robert S. Wilson. b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The film reproduces drawings of scenes of Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the Philippines and shows portraits of internees.

PROUDLY WE SERVE. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., in cooperation with the U. S. Marine Corps, c1944. 20 min., sd. (Featurette)

Credits: Written and directed by Crane Wilbur.

PROVE IT BY THE THINGS YOU DO. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, William Forest Crouch.

PROVING GROUND. Presented by Celanese Celluloid Corp., Plastics Division of Celanese Corp. of America. b&w.

Appl. author: Jam Handy Organization, Inc.

PRUNES AND POLITICS. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1943. 16 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Ben Holmes; screenplay, Charles E. Roberts, George Jeske; film editor, Robert Swink.

PSALMODY. Square Deal Pictures Corp., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Narration, Jesse William Stitt.

PUBLIC DEB. NO. 1. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1940. 7,247 ft., sd.

Credits: Director, Gregory Ratoff; story, Karl Tunberg, Don Ettlinger; screenplay, Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware; music director, Alfred Newman.

PUBLIC ENEMIES. c1941. 7 reels, sd. Based on a story by Michael Burke.

Credits: Associate producer, Robert North; director, Albert S. Rogell; screenplay, Edward T. Lowe, Lawrence Kimble; music director, Cy Feuer; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor, Edward Mann.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. c1943. 1 reel.

Appl. authors: Marjorie F. Ellis, Kenneth R. Edwards.

PUBLIC JITTERBUG NO. 1. The Vitaphone Corp., c1939. 20 min., sd. (Broad Brevity)

Credits: Director, Joseph Henabery; story, Burnet Hershey.

PUBLIC NUISANCES. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PUBLIC OPINION. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, Harold D. Lasswell.

PUBLIC OPINION POLLS. United Productions of America, c1947. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

PUBLIC RELATIONS. SEE The March of Time, 1948.

PUCK CHASERS. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 942 ft., sd. (The World of Sports)

Credits: Director, Harry Foster; commentator, Bill Stern; photographer, Jack Etra.

PUDDIN' HEAD. c1941. 9 reels, sd.

Credits: Associate producer, Albert J. Cohen; director, Joseph Santley; original story, Jack Townley; screenplay, Jack Townley, Milt Gross; music director, Cy Feuer; orchestrations, Walter Scharf; photographer, Jack Marta; film editor, Ernest Nims.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

PUDENDAL BLOCK WITH DEMEROL AND INTRACAINE. Lees Malcolm Schadel, c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm.

Summary: Shows in detail the use of the pudendal block with Demerol and Intracaine.

PUDGY BOY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PUEBLO PLUTO. Walt Disney Productions, c1948. 1 reel, sd., color, 35mm. (Pluto Cartoon)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Eric Gurney, Milt Schaffer; animation, Phil Duncan, George Nicholas, George Kreisl, Dan MacManus; music, Oliver Wallace.

PULLING FOR PROFITS. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Detroit Automotive Products Corp. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

PULLING POWER. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by the Chevrolet Motor Division, General Motors Corp. 1 min., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: Demonstrates the power of the Chevrolet truck as it carries milk over rough country roads to a railroad stop.

PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

PUMPA PUMPA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1945. 1 reel, sd.

PUMPERNICKEL POLKA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PUNCTUATION—MARK YOUR MEANING. Coronet, c1947. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: The true significance of the various symbols of punctuation and their relation to the written expression of thought is made clear, when a young student struggles to clarify the meaning of his unpunctuated story. For junior high school classes.

Credits: Collaborator, Viola Theman.

THE PUNJAB. SEE India.

PUPPET LOVE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1944. 1 reel.

Credits: Director, Seymour Kneitel; story, Joe Stultz.

PUPPETRY; string marionettes. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1947. 11 min., sd., b&w, 16mm.

Summary: Hansel, a puppet, takes a little boy on a tour of a workshop where puppets are made. The film includes a visit to the rehearsal room, explains the plan of the puppet theatre, and presents a brief episode from "Hansel and Gretel." A teaching film for intermediate grades, high schools, and adult groups.

Credits: Collaborators, Frank and Elizabeth Haines.

PURITY SQUAD. Loew's Inc., c1945. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1,798 ft., sd., b&w. (A Crime Does Not Pay Subject)

Credits: Director, Harold Kress; original story and screenplay, Charles Francis Royal; music score, Max Terr; film editor, Harry Komer.

THE PURLOINED PUP. Walt Disney Productions, c1946. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Pluto)

Credits: Director, Charles Nichols; story, Harry Reeves, Jesse Marsh; animation, George Nicholas, Robert Youngquist, Gerry Hathcock, Ernie Lynch; music, Oliver Wallace.

THE PURPLE HEART. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1944. 8,962 ft., sd. From a story by Melville Crossman.

Credits: Director, Lewis Milestone; written for the screen by Jerome Cady; music director, Alfred Newman.

THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES. c1945. Presented by Republic Pictures. 2 reels each (no. 1, 3 reels), sd. © Republic Pictures Corp.; no. 1–6; 3Aug45; LP13462; no. 7–15, 11Oct45; LP13532.

Credits: Associate producer, Ronald Davidson; directors, Spencer Bennet, Fred Brannon; original screenplay, Royal Cole, Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Lynn Perkins, Joseph Poland, Barney Sarecky; music director, Richard Cherwin; photographer, Bud Thackery; film editors, Cliff Bell, Harold Minter.

Appl. author: Republic Productions, Inc.

1. The Man in the Meteor.

2. The Time Trap.

3. Flaming Avalanche.

4. The Lethal Pit.

5. Death on the Beam.

6. The Demon Killer.

7. The Evil Eye.

8. Descending Doom.

9. The Living Dead.

10. House of Horror.

11. Menace from Mars.

12. Perilous Plunge.

13. Fiery Shroud.

14. The Fatal Trail.

15. Take-Off to Destruction.

THE PURPLE V. c1943. Presented by Republic Pictures. 6 reels, sd. From a story by Robert R. Mill.

Credits: Associate producer and director, George Sherman; screenplay, Bertram Millhauser, Curt Siodmak; adaptation, Bertram Millhauser; music director, Morton Scott; photographer, Ernest Miller; film editor, Charles Craft.

Appl. author; Republic Productions, Inc.

PURSUED. Hemisphere Films, Inc., c1947. Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. 101 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Producer, Milton Sperling; director, Raoul Walsh; original screenplay, Niven Busch; music, Max Steiner; music director, Leo F. Forbstein; film editor, Christian Nyby.

Cast: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale.

PURSUIT TO ALGIERS. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1945. 7 reels, sd. Based on the "Sherlock Holmes" characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Credits: Director, Roy William Neill; original screenplay, Leonard Lee; music director, Edgar Fairchild; film editor, Saul A. Goodkind.

PUSS GETS THE BOOTS. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 838 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon) A Rudolf Ising production.

Credits: Technicolor.

PUSS N' TOOTS. Loew's Inc., c1942. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 681 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera. Technicolor.

PUT-PUT-PUT (YOUR ARMS AROUND ME). Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1942. 1 reel, sd.

PUT-PUT TROUBLES. Walt Disney Productions, c1940. 1 reel, sd. (A Walt Disney Donald Duck)

PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, HONEY. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PUT YOUR LITTLE FOOT RIGHT OUT. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Gould.

PUTTIN' ON THE ACT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, William Turner; animation, Dave Tendlar, Thomas Golden.

PUTTIN' ON THE DOG. Loew's Inc., c1944. 645 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon) (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Pete Burness, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Ben Muse; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

PUTTIN' ON THE DOG. Loew's Inc., c1944. 645 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon) (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Pete Burness, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Ben Muse; music, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

PUTTING ON THE DOG. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

PYGMIES OF AFRICA. Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., c1939. 2 reels, sd.

Appl. author: H. C. Raven.

QUACK SERVICE. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1943. 1,428 ft., sd.

Credits: Direction, story and screenplay, Harry Edwards.

QUAIL POINTERS. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1947. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 3)

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by Phil Reisman, Jr.; narrator, Andre Baruch.

QUAINT QUEBEC. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)

Summary: A visit to Quebec, including scenes of the St. Lawrence, the plains of Abraham, Montmorency Falls, St. Anne de Beaupre, and the Gaspe Peninsula.

Credits: Producer, Edmund Reek; narrator, Lowell Thomas; music score, L. De Francesco; photographer, Jack Painter; film editor, Valeska Weidig.

QUAINT ST. AUGUSTINE. c1939. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 805 ft., sd., color. (A James A. FitzPatrick Traveltalk)

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; music score, Nat Finston, C. Bakaleinikoff; photographer, Bob Carney. Technicolor.

QUALITY. SEE Pinky.

QUANDO BOBBY VAI PARA A ESCOLA. Wilding Picture Productions, Inc., for Mead Johnson & Co., c1947. 23 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Portuguese version of "When Bobby Goes to School."

Credits: Collaborators, Arthur H. Parmelee, Warren M. Cox.

QUARRY ROAD. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel. sd.

QUARTER HORSES. RKO Pathe, Inc. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946. 8 min., sd. (Sportscope, no. 7)

Credits: Producer, Jay Bonafield; director, Joseph Walsh; written by Jerry Brondfield; narrator, Andre Baruch; music, Harold Anderson; photographer, Anthony Caputo; editor, David Cooper.

THE QUARTERBACK. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 8 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Anthony Veiller; director, H. Bruce Humberstone; original screenplay, Robert Pirosh; music director, Irvin Talbot; photography, Leo Tover; film editor, Alma Macrorie.

QUARTET. Gainsborough Pictures, Ltd., London. Released in the U. S. by Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1949. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 120 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on short stories by William Somerset Maugham.

Summary: Four different phases of English life are reflected in the dramatization of "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

Credits: Producers, Sydney Box, Antony Darnborough; directors, Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart; screenplay, Robert Cedric Sherriff; music, John Greenwood; music director, Muir Mathieson; editor, Jean Barker.

Cast: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Dirk Bogarde, Francoise Rosay, Hermione Baddeley.

QUATTRO PASSI FRA LE NUVOLE. SEE The Bigamist.

QUE BUENA ES LA CONGA. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

QUEBEC IN SUMMERTIME. Loew's Inc., c1949. 10 min., sd., color, 35mm. (James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks)

Summary: Shows many points of interest in the province of Quebec, including Montreal, the city of Quebec, Montmorency Falls, the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, the Isle of Orleans, the Laurentian Hills, and the St. Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers.

Credits: Producer and narrator, James A. FitzPatrick; music, Lesley Kirk, Joseph Nussbaum.

QUEEN OF BROADWAY. Producers Releasing Corp., c1943. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Sternbach; director, Sam Newfield; original story, George Wallace Sayre; screenplay, Rusty McCullough, George Wallace Sayre; music score, Leo Erdody; film editor, Holbrook N. Todd.

QUEEN OF BURLESQUE. c1946. 7 reels, sd.

Credits: Director, Sam Newfield; original screenplay, David A. Lang.

Appl. author: P.R.C. Pictures, Inc.

QUEEN OF DESTINY. c1940. Presented by Imperator Film Productions, Ltd. 95 min., sd., color. By Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart.

Credits: Producer and director, Herbert Wilcox; scenario and dialogue, Charles De Grandcourt, Miles Malleson, Robert Vansittart; music director, Muir Mathieson; photography, W. V. Small; editor, Jill Irving. Technicolor.

Appl. author: Imperator Film Productions, Ltd.

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. SEE Mother Goose Presents The Story Book Review.

QUEEN OF THE AMAZONS. Screen Art Pictures Corp., c1946. 61 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.

Credits: Director, Edward F. Finney; original story and screenplay, Roger Merton.

QUEEN OF THE MOB. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1940. 6 reels, sd. Based on J. Edgar Hoover's book "Persons in Hiding."

Credits: Director, James Hogan; screenplay, Horace McCoy, William R. Lipman; photography, Theodor Sparkuhl; film editor, Arthur Schmidt.

QUEEN OF THE YUKON. Monogram Pictures Corp., c1940. 8 reels, sd. Original Story by Jack London.

Credits: Associate producer, Paul Malvern; director, Phil Rosen; screenplay, Joseph West; photography, Harry Neumann; film editor, Russell Schoengarth.

QUEENS OF THE COURT. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1946. 10 min., sd., 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Director, Russell T. Ervin; narrator, Ted Husing.

QUEER BIRDS. SEE Variety Views, no. 145.

QUENTIN QUAIL. Warner Bros. Cartoons. c1945. 7 min., sd., color. (Merrie Melodies)

Credits: Director, Charles M. Jones; story, Tedd Pierce; music director, Carl W. Stalling. Technicolor.

QUEST OF THE ALASKA SEALSKIN. color, 16mm.

Appl. author: Berthold L. Lange.

QUICK AS A FLASH. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Dearborn Motors Corp. 40 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: Demonstrates the work of the Dearborn cordwood saw, using the Ford tractor as power.

A QUICK HOOK-UP. Jam Handy Organization, Inc. Presented by Dearborn Motors Corp. 40 ft., sd., color, 35mm.

Summary: Shows how implements which can be easily attached to the tractor facilitate farming.

Credits: Producer, Leslie Roush; photography, William Steiner.

QUICK ON THE TRIGGER. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1948. 6 reels, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Summary: The Durango Kid gets his man.

Credits: director, Ray Nazarro; original screenplay, Elmer Clifton; film editor, Paul Borofsky.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Lyle Talbot, Helen Parrish, George Elderedge.

QUICK RETURNS. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)

Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.

QUICK WATSON, THE RHYTHM. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1943. 1 reel, sd.

QUICKER'N A WINK. Loew's Inc., c1940. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 1 reel, sd., sepia. (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, George Sidney; screenplay, E. Maurice Adler; film editor, Philip Anderson.

A QUIET FOURTH. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1941. 15 min., sd.

Credits: Producer, Bert Gilroy; director, Harry D'Arcy; story, Harry D'Arcy, Paul Conlon; film editor, Les Millbrook.

THE QUIET ONE. Published in Scotland, c1948. Released through Mayer-Burstyn, Inc., 1949. 68 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. Produced in cooperation with the Wiltwyck School for Boys, at Esopus, New York.

Summary: A documentary social drama about the reclamation of a ten-year-old Harlem boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.

Credits: Producer, Janice Loeb; director, Sidney Meyers; screenplay, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers; commentary and dialogue, James Agee; narrator, Gary Merrill; music, Ulysses Kay; film editors, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers.

Cast: Donald Thompson, Clarence Cooper, Sadie Stockton, Estelle Evans, Paul Baucum.

QUIET PLEASE! Loew's Inc., c1945. 697 ft., sd., color. (An MGM Tom and Jerry) (A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon)

Credits: Directors, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; animation, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, Ed Barge; music director, Scott Bradley. Technicolor.

QUIET, PLEASE, MURDER. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1942. 6,313 ft., sd. From a story by Lawrence G. Blochman.

Credits: Direction and screenplay, John Larkin; musical director, Emil Newman.

QUIET! PLEEZE. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1941. 1 reel, sd.

Credits: Director, Dave Fleischer; story, Milford Davis; animation, Willard Bowsky, Lod Rossner.

QUIET WEDDING. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., c1941. 7 reels. Based on the play by Esther McCracken.

Credits: Director, Anthony Asquith; screenplay, Terence Rattigan, A. E. de Grunwald.

A QUÍMICA NO MUNDO MODERNO. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1946. 1 reel, sd., 16mm.

Credits: Collaborator, W. T. Read.

QUIZ BIZ. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 867 ft., sd. (What's Your I. Q., no. 4) (A Pete Smith Specialty)

Credits: Director, Will Jason; story, Will Jason, E. Maurice Adler; film editor, Philip Anderson.

QUIZZY-TOONS. si., 16mm.

R. C. L. Burton Holmes Films, Inc. 16mm. (Radio Technician Training) United States Navy.

RKO PATHE NEWS. RKO Pathe, Inc. Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1946–47. 1 reel each, sd., b&w, 35mm.

Volume 17, 1946.

38. Yamashita found guilty. Hess confesses insanity sham. First jet [plane, the Royal Navy "Vampire"] take-off from carrier. Flametanks demolish Jap planes [at the Sasebo naval base in Japan].

39. Congress, Parliament sing Christmas carols. Truman goes home for Christmas. Japs petition to save Yamashita. Eight-year-olds learn aviation [in Chattanooga, Tennessee]. Jap Embassy turned over to U. S. Self-service wash at Laundromat. [New hydraulic] jack works from car's dashboard.

40. Truman reports to nation. Patton buried [in Luxemburg] where his army advanced. Delegates sail for [London] for first UNO Assembly. La Guardia [is] replaced by O'Dwyer. Saints and Sinners honor Halsey [in New York]. Alabama tops Trojans in Rose Bowl classic.

41. General Homma on trial [in Manila]. Ambassador Marshall arrives in China. GI's fraternize with Tokyo girls. Canadian court dooms [Brigade Fuhrer Meyer] Nazi killer. Last Jap war captives leave United States. New York welcomes 82nd Airborne [Division]. GI's at Vienna motorcycle race.

42. Kidnap murder [of Susan Degnan in Chicago] shocks nation. Army, Navy plan atom bomb test on ships. Kaiser-Frazer Corporation signs UAW contract. UNO committee searches for site. Flames level huge post exchange [in Yokohama]. Britain gets first bananas in years. Movies honor [Ted Gamble] bond drives leader.

43. Eighty-second Division in biggest victory parade. Winston Churchill arrives in the U. S. The Little Flower [LaGuardia] as private citizen. Helicopter [Army-Sikorsky R–5] sets five world marks.

44. First meeting of UNO Assembly [in London]. GI's demonstrate [against the slow rate of demobilization]—Eisenhower answers. Pearl Harbor inquiry hears Admiral Kimmel. "Bathers' day" in [Boras] Sweden.

45. Strike closes steel industry. New Kaiser and Frazer cars go on display. Truman honors draft board volunteers. Ruined Warsaw rebuilt by Poles. Rescue pilot from Burma jungle. Close famed London Rainbow Club. Stassen heads Brotherhood Week.

46. Navy outlines atom bomb test. Assembly begins job [in London]. Government and Communists sign truce in China. General Morgan under fire for statement [that Polish Jews were secretly organized for illegal exodus into Palestine].

47. Jet plane [Army P–80] in fastest flight across U. S. [U. S.] seizes meat plants—strikers go back. The "F. D. R." on shakedown cruise. Byrnes praises UNO's progress. England in bid for world's trade. [Allies] restore blasted German rail roads.

48. Radar contacts the moon [at an Army Signal Corps laboratory in Belmar, New Jersey]. De Gaulle resigns [as President of France]—Gouin, new President. Truman, nation mark Roosevelt birthday. Germany holds first free election [in 13 years]. U. S. sub fleet goes into storage.

49. GI's English brides arrive in America. Transport in record flight across nation. [Chinese 6th] Army of occupation sails for Manchuria. Harry Hopkins dies at fifty-five. U. S. opens bridges across Rhine. New fabrics, walls resist stains. [France's] herring fleet catches vital food.

50. Brazil inaugurates President Dutra. POW's guard billions in U. S. surplus goods [near Paris]. U. S. ships repatriate Koreans from Japan. Open New York to Paris air service. Rare ivory is shaped for market. Princess [Elizabeth of England] on tour of inspection. Luxembourg honors Grand Duchess [Charlotte].

51. [UNRRA distribution centers] increase relief to starving Europe. Mine fields cleared by new army devices. Send Jap "conquerors" home from China. Great Florida fleet harvests sponge crop.

52. New York shuts down [because of an eight-day tugboat strike]. Secretary Ickes resigns after Capitol row. Justices [Frankfurter, Murphy and Stone] in plea for American brotherhood. Cardinals-elect on Rome flight. New auto midget comes on market.

53. Steel strike ends. Saratoga [carrier] ready for atomic tests. Kaiser introduces new family plane. Ski champs in international meet. Dionne quints at Canada carnival. Barefoot pilgrims carry holy statue to Notre Dame [in Paris]. [Enormous snow plows] clear path thru thirty foot snow [in Mt. Rainier National Park].

54. UNO delegates return home. Bradley urges action on veterans problems. Musk-ox task force braves Arctic wastes. First jet squadron in formation flight. Find missing Italian royalty. Royal opera opens in London.

55. Cardinals [in Rome] receive red hats. Taxi drivers ride on Washington. China celebrates happy New Year. Mrs. Roosevelt in Germany visit. Richelieu [battleship] comes home to France.

56. General Homma sentenced to die [in Manila trial]. UNO begins move to Hunter College. Giant machine "lays" new homes like eggs. Fast army plane [XF–12] is new airliner. Churchill gets honorary degree [from the Miami University]. Shanghai hails Chiang Kai-Shek. GI's "rest up" on Jap ski run.

57. President [Truman] calls meeting on food crisis. Jap Emperor unbends on visit to people. New York opens emergency homes for veterans. Fun and prices hit new high in Florida. Find child and nurse in kidnaping. Navy shows first "hobby [lobby]" station. New Red Cross drive opened by Truman.

58. Churchill [at Fulton, Missouri]. Truman [in Columbus, Ohio] in major speeches. France closes its Spanish frontier. Peron, Tamborini in race for presidency [in Argentina]. Cardinals [Spellman and Mooney] hailed on return to U. S. French GI brides sail for America.

59. First pictures of atom test site [at Bikini Atoll]. Radio-guided planes for atom experiment. Truman supports loan to Britain. Churchill and "Ike" together on tour. Jap Empress on first visit to people.

60. First report from looted Mukden. One-hundred-thirteen-day General Motors strike comes to end. New volcanic island rises from the sea [off Japan]. Churchill to F. D. R.—a last salute. Dam brings vital power to France. Army demobilizes smallest train [in England].

61. Churchill, Byrnes in significant speeches [in New York]. General Marshall home from China. Peron wins crucial Argentine election. Meet Mrs. Attlee of 10 Downing Street. [Scientists] record tremendous sun upheavals. GI show at Ernie Pyle theater [in Tokyo].

62. Churchill poses for portrait, leaves U. S. Show electronic blanket. Pathe News report: United Nations. Destroy U. S. planes, gunpowder [in Germany and Alabama]. Smith named Russia Ambassador. Iran dispute submitted to UNO. UNRRA meets in Atlantic City.

63. UNO meets in New York. Hoover surveys food crisis in France. "Bluebeard" Petiot at scene of his crimes. Army embarks on Jap anti-typhus drive. Carrier Midway on Arctic cruise. Princess [Elizabeth] christens H. M. S. Eagle.

64. Russia walks out. The Iran-USSR dispute before UNO Security Council: the Iran question; Russia leaves; Iran is heard.

65. Insane pianist fights way back through music. President Truman awards two medals of honor [to Commander O'Kane and Sergeant McGaha]. Two million dollar fire ruins pulpwood, big bridge [in Canada]. Pre-war gaiety in Paris festival. Thirteen-hundred-pound rocket is U. S. biggest. [Crewmen] resume Oxford, Cambridge classic. Mine phosphates for Europe's farms.

66. Tidal wave hits Hawaii. UN Council agrees on Iran dispute. Goering takes stand at Nuremberg trial. First films of Warsaw as Hoover tours city. Meager rations for the beaten Germans.

67. President Truman in Army Day speech [in Chicago]. One thousand Japs, Formosans jammed on "hell ship" [at Sydney, Australia]. Yugoslavia's Tito is hailed by Czechs. A village of France [Dortan] rises from war ruins. Russian fashions at Moscow show. War planes in mammoth junk heap.

68. League of Nations ends for all time. Jap undersea fleet sent to the bottom. French [troops] come back to Indo-China. Florida cypress cut for lumber. First Lady [Mrs. Truman] at Children's Hospital. [U. S. motion picture] exhibitors' team to serve U. S.

69. F. D. R.—a nation remembers. Physician reports President [Truman] well after first year. DDT cleans up an entire county [Muscogee, in Georgia]. Open UNRRA University in Munich. Land mines in gigantic blow-up [in Texas].

70. General MacArthur asks nations to ban war. 1946 baseball season begins. Auto industry marks its golden jubilee. Dreams come true for a dying boy. Hirohito and family—first portrait. Army wives, kids sail for Europe. "Missouri" carries [Turkish] Envoy's body [to Istanbul].

71. Japs at polls in first free election. U. S. must conserve, or Europe starves. Cadets at Annapolis—Middies at West Point [on a three-day visit]. Million New Yorkers in biggest Easter parade.

72. The occupation job [in Germany]—one year after victory. Truman reviews 8th Fleet's maneuvers. Byrnes off to Big Four Paris talks. Royalty [of Sweden and Holland] meet amid old splendor. Khaki University [in England] for vets only. Airborne lifeboat drops from sky.

73. Big Four [Byrnes, Molotov, Bevin and Bidault] in Paris Conference. Forty-five dead, one hundred hurt in [Naperville] Illinois train wreck. La Guardia seeks aid of Midwest farmers. Army reveals Flying Wing bomber. President Truman on vacation cruise. Mrs. MacArthur at Jap tea party. Famed auto race resumed at Nice [France].

74. Seized films of Nazi V–2 launchings. Roxas is elected new Philippines President. Jap silver hoard taken from sea. Plastic lung aids polio victims. Deliveries from sky by parachute. Lightning rods for Eiffel Tower.

75. Alcatraz riot. Kentucky Derby. Name [Mrs. Emma Clement, of Louisville] American Mother of 1946. May Day celebrated in Paris.

76. Army wives and children join dads in Berlin. France votes down new constitution. May Day in Tokyo, Prague and Berlin. President Truman aids famine relief. Operation Musk-ox is completed. Policewomen are "Tokyo's finest." Marshal Montgomery home [in England] to stay.

77. Jap war lords on trial. Army tests Nazis' deadly V–2 rocket [in the New Mexico desert]. President-elect Roxas [of the Philippines] in U. S. meets Truman. Yank raiders combat China's black market. Assault wins the Preakness.

78. Pearl Harbor—a Jap's-eye view. Hoover home from world food tour. Disabled vets train for a normal life. President [Truman] honors movies for $4,279,000 [Red Cross] drive.

79. Plane crashes into New York skyscraper. Byrnes reports on Big Four Paris meeting. First "new Americans" since war land in New York. UNRRA clothing, food saves lives in Europe. Berlin and Paris mark VE-Day. Memphis holds Cotton Carnival.

80. Rail strike paralyzes nation. Work goes ahead on atom bomb test. General Eisenhower on Far East tour. Variety Club award to Evangeline Booth.

81. Railroad strike ends. Truman entertains 1200 wounded vets [in Washington]. Louis, Conn train for championship battle.

82. Coal strike settled. One billion, four hundred million-dollar loan to France. Hold national spelling bee finals. Target-animals for atomic test. Bust [added to New York University's Hall of Fame] honors Booker Washington. Repair U. S.-Britain cable link. Henry Ford, shows first flivver.

83. Destroyer of Lidice hanged. Robson wins 500 mile Indianapolis [auto racing] classic. Assault takes Belmont—wears triple crown. Eisenhower speaks [in Washington, D. C.] on anniversary of D-day. First films—Panama's wild Choco Indians.

84. Fifty-eight killed in Chicago hotel [La Salle] fire. Report on Hiroshima atomic bomb damage. Elections in France, Czechoslovakia, Italy. Industry celebrates fifty years of autos.

85. Britons parade on Victory Day. Allied dead honored on D-day anniversary [in France]. China national government back in old capital [of Nanking]. G. I. families settle in Berlin. England holds its Derby classic [at Epsom Downs].

86. London erupts in mammoth celebration [on the eve of Victory Day]. Gandhi leads Hindus in public prayers. News cameramen get ready for atom test. U. S. Ambassador Smith in Moscow. Big oil blaze rages in [Whiting] Indiana. Jap pearl growers back at work. Australia sees richest foot race.

87. Baruch on atom control. Big Four [Byrnes, Bevin, Molotov and Bidault] meet again in Paris. Peron inaugurated as Argentine President. [Howard Hughes'] largest flying-boat moved to launching. Mangrum wins National Open championship.

88. Japan today. Christen baby prince [Carl Gustaf of Sweden] amid royal pageantry. Italians hail their new republican government. General de Gaulle takes the limelight again. Train future Filipino envoys at State Department [in Washington].

89. Vinson sworn in as U. S. Chief Justice. Campaign for Mexico's presidency [led by Miguel Aleman]. Open New York to Prague air service. Select [nation's] best barber shop quartet. Paris fashions are in news again. Illinois takes national [collegiate] track crown. Cornell wins international regatta.

90. Famine in China. [Staten Island] ferry station burns in $2,000,000 fire. Army's [XB–35] Flying Wing in maiden flight. New posts for Steelman, Snyder. Jap Crown Prince [Akihito] enters school. Berlin carnival aids destitute. Grand Steeplechase run in Paris.

91. Operation Crossroads [at Bikini]. Truman on prices. Hirohito attends 90th Jap Diet. Helicopter aids war on insects [in Yakima, Washington].

92. Allies on guard in Trieste. UNRRA fights famine in Hunan Province. British women rebel at bread rationing. GI families take up new homes in Japan. Nisei war heroes return to U. S. Britons bid for war surplus cars.

93. Bikini atom explosion—Operation Crossroads. Able Day [in the Pacific]. The atom explosion. Aftermath [59 ships destroyed or damaged].

94. [Ted] Williams stars in All-Star game [Boston]. Aleman wins quiet Mexican election. Philippines Army now under own flag. Truman visits Gettysburg shrine. Benes is Czech President again. Japanese in Corpus Christi rites. Clark honors Italian partisans.

95. Philippines gain independence. New boundaries set in Big Four agreements. Byrnes returns home—hopeful for Big Four. Hamburg mob protests Allied eviction order. Britain begins move out of Egypt. Princesses [Elizabeth and Margaret] attend Henley Regatta.

96. King's death is Siam mystery. France marks Bastille Day. British bombers begin U. S. tour. San Francisco trolleys make news. GI's enjoy Pyle roof garden [in Tokyo].

97. Exclusive films of George Bernard Shaw. Hindus in weird Juggernaut rites. Last German prisoners leave United States. Two-section bus is Kaiser's latest. Anything goes in Siamese boxing. France seizes German horsepower. Ship kept from Nazis is launched [in Holland].

98. Shriners parade in San Francisco. Chinese Ambassador [Wellington Koo] answers press. Paris hears choir boys' congress. McNarney opens the Patton bridge [across the Rhine]. Germans make old rags into cloth. Rubber boats ride Australia surf. Britain thanks U. S. for loan.

99. Byrnes flies to Paris Peace Conference. Sister Kenny in U. S. to fight epidemics [of infantile paralysis]. Eisenhower honors Army Medical Corps. UNRRA chief La Guardia on tour in Italy. New York welcomes Europe's homeless. Water ski champs in national meet [in] Holland, Michigan.

100. Paris Peace Conference opens. De Gaulle calls for France-Britain pact. Russia's might in Red Square parade.

101. Underwater atom blast. Operation Crossroads—blast number 2. Test Baker. Zero hour. Results of the blast.

102. Inside Oak Ridge [Tennessee]. Voting causes Peace Conference conflict [at Paris]. Truman, in Missouri, votes in primary.

103. Palestine violence breaks out anew. UNRRA conference hears La Guardia [at Geneva, Switzerland]. Rio De Janeiro roars welcome to General Eisenhower. Send gas-laden ship to bottom of [North] Sea. [Jehovah's Witnesses] hold mass baptism in Lake Erie. Mash 2 million pounds of potatoes [in Washington].

104. Biggest bomber [Army's new XB–36] in first air test. President Truman on famed 6:30 a. m. walk. Trieste mob protests. Big Four decision to place zone under international control. Monks rebuild Cassino monastery. Big show staged for General "Ike" [in Brazil]. Huge French dam near completion.

Volume 18. 1946/47.

1. Palestine: terrorists on trial; refugees shut out. Fourteen-year-old takes Soap-box Derby. Russia rebuilds Dnieper [hydro-electric] dam. Churchill gets ancient honors. Truman begins an ocean vacation. National sweepstakes regatta [between American and Canadian speed demons].

2. New riots flare in Trieste zone. Price Decontrol Board sets new rules. LaGuardia hailed by Czechs. New airplane [the Lockheed Constitution] is Navy's biggest. Admiral Blandy asks atom control. Women's champ swimming meet.

3. Sum up case against Nazi war criminals [at Nuremberg]. College All-Stars crush Rams, 16–0 [in Chicago's Soldier Field]. Truman in Bermuda on vacation cruise. Parachute supplies to Mt. Blanc. Rome seeks relief from the heat.

4. Palestine-bound Jews riot at Cyprus camp. Talbert and Mulloy win national tennis doubles. President Truman goes fishing. Revive wild Italian horse race. Hawaii welcomes Nisei fighters. Chileans bag undersea monsters.

5. Yugoslavs deliver bodies of U. S. fliers. National air races flown in Cleveland. Safety device hurls pilot from his plane. Louis, Mauriello train for bout. Italy burns 25 billion lire. New [Liberty] highway follows Patton route [across France]. Entire Mexican city of Guanajuato holds picnic.

6. General Eisenhower speaks at VFW encampment. King [George II] of Greece regains throne. Camps care for Italy's children. LaGuardia interviewed in London [as UNRRA director]. De Gaule honors heroic island [Ile de Sein]. New thrills in famed Ice-capades.

7. Byrnes speaks in Stuttgart. Betz, Kramer win national tennis finals. Meet Marilyn Buferd "Miss America, '46." First native [Jesus A. Pinero] is named Puerto Rico Governor. Record wheat harvest eases world's famine.

8. U. S. Fleet's goodwill visit to Greece. France gives peace delegates a party. Monty [Field Marshal Montgomery] visits West Point and Washington. Former Nazi captives give thanks at Lourdes. General Mark Clark home to discuss Austria. Howard Hughes flies continent in a B–23.

9. Camera catches crack-up of C–54. La Guardia gives views on Europe. Ted Bishop wins the national amateur crown. Tests [at U. S. Bureau of Mines] show causes of mine explosions. Queen Wilhelmina, sixty-six, feted by her people. "Land yacht" is hotel on wheels. Amphibian takes family on picnic.

10. Wallace sees Truman—cancels all speeches. [Army's new XP–84] jet plane shatters U. S. speed record. First big apartments are opened for vets [in Washington, D. C.] Jews in Austria camp seek Palestine home. Repair radioactive atom-bombed ship [USS Laffey, back from Bikini]. Czechs honor fallen U. S. airmen. Korea observes year of freedom.

11. Rescue [Newfoundland] plane-crash survivors. Wallace resigns [as Secretary of Commerce] at President's request. General Clark honored [in Salerno, Italy] at site of invasion. Illini and Bears win as '46 grid season opens.

12. Inflation, crowds plague Shanghai. Start flood control on vital Yellow River [in China]. A British mother on a pilgrimage to Arnhem. Truman and 50,000 see President's Cup regatta [in Washington, D. C.]. Five thousand [Italian] Boy Scouts are honored by Pope Pius. Flying post office on first mail run.

13. Football: Army-Oklahoma; Notre Dame-Illinois. Funeral of Kalinin former Russian President. Riots give way to floods in Bombay. British designs make bid for world trade. U. S. freighter is split off Britain.

14. Navy's "Turtle" sets non-stop air record. Greeks hail return of King George II. American Legion in San Francisco parade. Truman asks aid for community Chest, USO. Five hundred thousand pounds of TNT in great test blast. Missionaries set sail for war-torn China.

15. Nuremberg: 19 Nazi leaders found guilty. St. Louis: World Series opens.

16. Byrnes asks war talk end. Open Alcan highway to civilian traffic. Red Cross clothing for China's children. Cotton pickers vie for national title. British Stage their biggest fashion show. Jack L. Warner is honored by Mexico.

17. Truman lifts meat price controls. Actors urge end of movie strike. Columbia and Texas win grid thrillers.

18. Paris parley ends; Byrnes reports to U. S. Cardinals win World Series.

19. "Queen Elizabeth" arrives [in New York]—brings Molotov. Nazis' families pay their final visits. Tiny republic [of San Marino] claims $10,000,000 war damage. Czech mine is named for President Truman. U.C.L.A. tops California; Army routs Columbia.

20. United Nations meet in New York. Celebrate festival of Buddha's tooth [in Ceylon]. Push-button parking for tomorrow's cars [in Los Angeles].

21. Football: Penn smothers Navy; Oregon State tops Washington State. Navy tests world's largest helicopter [XHJD–1]. "Queen" leaves New York, bound for London. Gala audience as Paris opera opens. Slowest entry wins strange motor race.

22. Molotov, Austin debate disarmament. Atomic Commission created by Truman. "Winnie" [Winston Churchill] and "Monty" [Field Marshall Montgomery] mark El Alamein. Motorcycle racers thrill 10,000 Germans.

23. Big Four meet in New York. United Nation delegates visit Roosevelt grave. Lord Mountbatten's daughter is married. Acrobats defy death in high wire stunts. Football: Ohio State vs. Northwestern; Georgia vs. Alabama.

24. Landslide sweeps G. O. P. to power. Movie stars meet the King and Queen [London]. Canada stages its biggest log drive. Skiers tackle Mount Rainier.

25. Army vs. Notre Dame, game of the year. V–2 goes 104 miles up, another crashes. Molotov calls on President Truman. Big names arrive on Queen Elizabeth. Demonstrate unique automobile-airplane.

26. Truman, Martin pledge cooperation. Hunt U. S. flyers in distant "Lolo Land" [in China]. Navy's constitution is biggest transport. Take 1,250 refugees off listing ship [in Palestine]. Hindus, Moslems form government for self rule. One hundred and ten thousand turn out for Melbourne cup race.

27. Army beats Penn. G. O. P. committees plan new program. Bombs thrown in Hollywood strike. Sink captured Nazi sub off Cape Cod. Hirohito at Diet, cheered by mobs.

28. Coal strike threatens U. S. Amazing films taken of earth from a V–2. Zionist leaders are freed by the British. Last Germans shipped from Czechoslovakia. Aviation groups join in fight against fog. Germans rebuild blasted cities. GI's rest in "Japanese Alps."

29. Football! U.C.L.A. tops Southern California. Yale beats Harvard. Gonzales Videla is inaugurated in Chile. British people plan memorial to F. D. R. War correspondents are honored by Army. Supplies by plane to Alps weather station.

30. Strikers riot at Allis-Chalmers. Nazis on trial for war murder of 335. Auto phone brings calls to motorists. Salvaged tanker aids west coast lumber mills. U. S. books exhibited in Czechoslovakia. Paris sees wheelbarrow wedding. School kids tour Banff by bike.

31. Army-Navy game one of the most thrilling battles in gridiron history. Alpine plane crash rescue.

32. Strike news! Biggest expedition sails [from Norfolk] for Antarctic. Court rules Cyprus deportations legal. Mexico inaugurates its new president [Miguel Aleman]. Dunkirk, New York aids Dunkerque, France. Search for parents of 30,000 children [in Germany].

33. One hundred and nineteen die in Atlanta hotel fire; Lewis calls off the coal strike. Bombed Eder Dam [in Germany] operates again. UNRRA supplies aid Formosa rice crop. Giants whip Redskins, enter League final.

34. Forty-six dead, missing in tenement blast [in New York]. LaGuardia in final report to UNRRA. China holds first National Assembly. Crippled B–25 makes crash landing. Horse racing is resumed in Japan.

35. United Nations, a Pathe News report. Storms and high water sweep U. S. Northwest. Bears beat Giants for National League title.

36. Rocket plane has 1,700 m.p.h. speed. Danube is opened to free shipping. Leon Blum heads new French government. Delegates meet on India Constitution. Stalin sees big Soviet air show. Army fires huge V–2 at night. Fur breeders [in Alberta] get record crop.

37. Browns win AAC football title. UNRRA goes to work on China's roads. Parisian crowds demand more meat. Ex-Navy ship now hauls locomotives. Montparnasse [in Paris] sees gay student parade. Boys learn cooking in Swedish schools.

38. Truman sees hope for secure peace. Veterans draw for 86 farms in West. Television included in new 5–year plan. British chief visits troops in Austria. Doll house museum recalls Paris' past.

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