Library of Congress. Copyright Office

“ A film designed to develop in beginning students of engineering drawing the feeling that the subject is interesting and important, and that modern production, which requires the work of many people on a single project, needs a common language, that of engineering drawing, to co-ordinate the work. ”

“ THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1948. Presented by Dore Schary. 82 min., sd., color, 35mm.
Summary: A modern fable about the unhappy plight of children in a war-torn world. After an orphan's hair turns green overnight, he is jeered at by the townsfolk. Eventually his hair becomes a symbol for the need of tolerance and peace.
Credits: Producer, Stephen Ames; director, Joseph Losey; story, Betsy Beaton; screenplay, Ben Barzman, Alfred Lewis Levitt; music, Leigh Harline; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Frank Doyle. ”

“ Points out that all power comes from nature and that man has learned how to put it to use. Surveys the major sources of power—wind, water, fuels, explosives, and the atom—and some of the applications of each. ”

“ Summary: Attempting to cure an adventuress of the gambling habit, a Russian novelist develops a passion for gambling which effects his moral and economic disintegration. Setting, Wiesbaden, 1860. Presumably based on the life of Dostoevsky.
Credits: Producer, Gottfried Reinhardt; director, Robert Siodmak; original story, Ladislas Fodor, Rene Fulop-Miller; screenplay, Ladislas Fodor, Christopher Isherwood; music score, Bronislau Kaper; film editor, Harold F. Kress.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore. ”

“ Summary: A young hobo becomes involved in a quarrel between a girl rancher and a group of swindlers who have made trouble for her in a horse trade. When one of the horses, Black Eagle, kills a ringleader of the gang, and another outlaw dies under the hoofs of stampeding horses, the hobo is free to return to the open road.
Credits: Producer, Robert Cohn; director, Robert Gordon; screenplay, Edward Huebsch, Hal Smith; adaptation, Edward Huebsch; music director, Mischa Bakaleinikoff; film editor, James Sweeney.
Cast: William Bishop, Virginia Patton, Gordon Jones, James Bell, Trevor Bardette. ”

“ In a typical village community where poverty is the rule, the farmer uses ancient methods of irrigation, the housewife does her laundry on a river bank, travellers ride in ox-carts, and shoppers purchase their goods in open market. ”

“ More than one entry of a serial is made whenever the descriptive information varies for different parts of the serial. Individual issues of a serial are listed in numerical sequence or by date; in those cases where the name or form of name of the claimant has changed, the issues claimed under a specific name are listed below it. The copyright symbol © always appears immediately before the name of the copyright claimant and the copyright date whenever they are in separate statements. When duplicate numbers appear in a sequence of issues, arrangement of the duplicates is by copyright date. ”

“ These three volumes, together with the current issues of the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13, Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, comprise an unbroken record of the copyright registration of motion pictures and, also, an extensive although not complete record of motion picture production in the United States through the entire history of the industry. ”

“ Depicts Buenos Aires in its role as hub of a nation's commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities. Shows such typical citizens as a grain broker at his executive duties, and a packing plant employee at home and at work. ”

“ Summary: To avoid capture by the police, a jewel thief hides in the Casbah section of Algiers until a woman lures him to his death. A modernized musical version of the French picture, Pepe Le Moko, which was subsequently issued in English under the title Algiers.
Credits: Producer, Nat G. Goldstone; director, John Berry; screenplay, L. Bus-Fekete, Arnold Manoff; music, Harold Arlen; music director, Walter Scharf; film editor, Edward Curtiss.
Cast: Yvonne DeCarlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Marta Toren, Hugo Haas. ”

“ FOREST CONSERVATION. The Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. Released by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., c1949. 1 reel, sd., color, 16mm. (The Living Forest Series, no. 3)
Summary: Calls attention to the many ways in which man has depleted the forest, and shows what is being done in order to conserve forest resources. For junior and senior high school and adult groups.
© The New York Zoological Society; 8Sep49; MP4730.
THE FOREST GROWS. The Conservation Foundation in association with the New York Zoological Society. ”

“ BODY CARE AND GROOMING. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., c1948. 17 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. (McGraw-Hill Text-Films. Health Education Series, no. 1)
Summary: The film emphasizes the importance of daily personal care of the body, from the standpoint of health and of social adjustment. Prepared to accompany the book, "Textbook of Healthful Living," by Harold S. Diehl, and designed to instruct college students and other adults. Animated drawings and photomicrographs are included. ”

“ An MGM Cartoon.
Summary: A cartoon satirizing the comforts and conveniences of the house of tomorrow.
Credits: Producer, Fred Quimby; director, Tex Avery; story, Jack Cosgriff, Rich Hogan; animation, Walter Clinton, Michael Lah, Grant Simmons; music, Scott Bradley. ”

“ Summary: Reality and illusion become indistinguishable in the mind of an actor playing the part of Othello. After strangling an offstage sweetheart he returns to the theatre and stabs himself fatally during a performance.
Credits: Producer, Michael Kanin; director, George Cukor; script, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin; music, Miklos Rozsa; film editor, Robert Parrish.
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins. ”

“ When motion pictures are based on the lives of real persons or when such persons are mentioned in the titles in connection with specific episodes in their lives, such as musical performances or athletic events, their names are included in the Index. ”

“ Scenes show the 166chalk cliffs of Denmark, the ruins of a Viking fortress, the mediaeval town of Ribe, the castles of Danish feudal lords, the modern dairies, and the traditional seafaring skill of the Danes. ”

“ THE HAWK OF POWDER RIVER. Pathe Industries, Inc., c1947. 55 min., sd., b&w, 35mm.
Summary: Eddie Dean penetrates the disguise of "The Hawk," a woman outlaw, and saves the life and property of one of her victims. A musical Western.
Credits: Producer, Jerry Thomas; director, Ray Taylor; original screenplay, George Smith; incidental music, Walter Greene; film editor, Joe Gluck.
Cast: Eddie Dean, White Cloud, Roscoe Ates, Jennifer Holt, June Carlson. ”

“ Demonstrates how audio-visual teaching saves time and money and extends the range of the classroom. Stresses the importance of a good educational film program under an audio-visual director. For courses in teaching methods, PTA, and adult groups. ”

“ Summary: The story of Christ's last days on earth, from His entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, to His meetings with the disciples following the Resurrection. The story revolves chiefly around the betrayal, the trial, and the crucifixion.
Credits: Director, Julien Duvivier; English version by Forrest Izard; music, Jacques Ibert.
Cast: Robert le Vigan, Jean Gabin, Harry Baur, Charles Granval, Andre Bacque. ”

“ JUNGLE CLOSE-UPS. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 8 min., sd., color, 35mm. (Movietone Adventures)
Summary: Shows such animals as elephants, buffaloes, sable antelopes, baboons, leopards, and lions in the five-million acre Kruger National Park in eastern Transvaal, South Africa. ”

“ A drama about five Anglican nuns who organize a convent school in an abandoned palace in the Himalayan mountains. They experience loneliness and ultimate failure in attempting to cope with ignorance, delinquency, cynicism, and human passions. ”

“ Summary: A documentary film showing how the Japanese masses were exploited through the centuries by rulers bent on power and world conquest. The evils of concentrated power and mass ignorance are emphasized. ”

“ Fishing for tuna off the Nova Scotia peninsula at the International Tuna Tournament, for blue marlin off the Bahamas, and for trout, channel bass, and sail fish.
Credits: Narrator, Ted Husing.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 26Mar48; MP2821.
THE BIG HARVEST: THE STORY OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1947. 2 reels, sd., b&w, 16mm. (Our Land and People Series)
Summary: Hard work, scientific research, and modern machinery make it possible for the farmers of America to reclaim wasted farm lands and increase production. ”

“ The desert Arabs travel by camel over wide stretches of Arabia and North Africa in search of food for their sheep and cattle. They are shown performing various household duties, answering the 89Moslem call to prayer, and stopping at an oasis to exchange goods and gossip. ”

“ Shows Russian peasants working on independent farms and on a collective farm which was formerly part of Tolstoy's estate. The independent farmer works with simple tools. The peasant on a collective or state-owned farm is supplied with machinery and eats in a community kitchen. Closing sequences show a one-room school. ”