- Title: V-4924
- Summary: WARTIME NUTRITION: AIMED AT HOUSEWIVES & EATERS-OUT. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EAT MEALS IN RESTAURANTS. MANY OF THESE MEALS ARE BADLY BALANCED & NUTRIENT DEFICIENT. NUTRITION. WWII-ERA HOMEFRONT
- Description:00:12:35 - PAN COUNTRYSIDE 00:12:40 - FARM PRODUCTION: HARVESTING THRASHER PICKING EARS OF CORN 00:12:53 - RAISING ANIMALS FOR FOOD: PIGS, COWS. 00:12:57 - MILLIONS OF FISH JUMPING AROUND IN HOLD OF BOAT 00:13:00 - BUTCHER SHOWS MEAT TO HOUSEWIFE. WEIGHS ON SCALE. 00:13:07 - GROCER PACKS GROCERIES INTO BAG. 00:13:19 - ENGLISH CITY IN RUINS. FIREMEN WITH HOSE. 00:13:25 - BRITISHERS ON CITY STREET CIRCA WWII. ENGLISH REFUGEES AND CHILDREN 00:13:34 - ENGLISH FAMILY SITS DOWN TO EAT. CUTTING BUTTER 00:13:41 - DAIRY PRODUCTS RATIONED. BIGGER PORTIONS SHRINK INTO SMALLER PORTIONS: EGGS, CHEESE, BUTTER 00:13:48 - VITAMIN LAB. VITAMINS ADDED TO FOOD. VITAMIN PREPARATION 00:13:56 - CU BLOCKS OF MARGARINE WITH VITAMINS A & D ADDED. 00:14:00 - BOWLS APPEAR ON TABLE. ENGLISH WHEATMEAL LOAVES OF BREAD. DRIED PEAS, BEANS & CEREAL APPEAR IN BOWLS. 00:14:07 - PARATROOPERS DROP FROM PLANE, HIT THE GROUND 00:14:17 - INDUSTRY: STEEL MILL. SHOVELING COAL. WAR FACTORY 00:14:25 - LARGE BUSY OFFICE WITH WHITE COLLAR WORKERS 00:14:29 - VITAMIN D FOODS. EMPTY PLATES NOW HAVE MARGARINE, HERRING & SARDINES ON THEM. 00:14:39 - MOTHER RECEIVES FOOD RATIONS. COD LIVER OIL & MILK ARE DISTRIBUTED FOR CHILDREN ONLY. LIFE D0URING WARTIME 00:14:44 - FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOLD AT ENGLISH MARKET. 00:14:50 - CU FOOT ON SHOVEL DIGGING DIRT. VICTORY GARDENS. 00:15:14 - BALLOON BLIMP. SOLDIERS WORK IN VICTORY GARDENS. FOOD IS "AMMUNITION". 00:15:22 - CAFETERIA: CU PEOPLE EATING. LUNCH COUNTER. DONUTS. FILLING CUP WITH COFFEE. RESTAURANTS. CU LOOKING AT MENU 00:16:23 - TIRED SECRETARY TYPING. MAKING MISTAKES 00:16:29 - CU TIRED WELDER TAKES MASK OFF, RUBS HIS HEAD 00:16:37 - FIRST AID HOSPITAL. DOCTOR CHECKS MAN'S EYES. 00:16:53 - RECRUITMENT CENTER: MEN LINE UP. PHYSICAL: TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE, LISTEN TO HEART, STICK TONGUE OUT, CHECKING THROAT, EYE TEST CHART 00:17:05 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCH. MEN IN SUITS MARCH BEHIND. RECRUITS. 00:17:10 - SECRETARY IN 1940s DRESS & SHOES DROPS PAPERS ONTO BOSS' DESK. DR. THOMAS HARRIS, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, TALKS TO THE CAMERA AT PROPER DIET, HEALTHY EATING, GOOD NUTRITION, HEALTH AND FITNESS. 00:18:40 - WWII HOME FRONT: WOMEN IN CLASSROOM LEARNING ABOUT MEAL PLANNING. HOME ECONOMICS COOKING CLASS. FOOD GROUPS CHART OF BALANCED DIET. 00:19:28 - MAN DRINKS GLASS OF MILK AS HE EATS BREAKFAST. WIFE SERVES POACHED EGGS. 00:19:48 - BLUE COLLAR WORKER ON LUNCH BREAK. THERMOS. EATING SANDWICH. CU APPLE. 00:20:08 - COUPLE EATING DINNER: PLACING NAPKINS ON THEIR LAPS. MAN CARVES MEAT. GREEN LEAFY SALAD. PEAS. 00:20:28 - BLUE COLLAR WORKERS LEAVING FACTORY. SIGN: "LET'S STEP IT UP" 00:20:34 - WOMEN PREPARE MANY SANDWICHES IN FACTORY WITH 1940s SLICER 00:20:57 - CHEFS IN KITCHEN OF RESTAURANT. CU CARROTS, SPINACH, CAULIFLOWER, LIMA BEANS, PARSNIPS. CU MIXING SQUASH. 00:21:13 - CHEF PREPARES FOOD, COOKING IN HUGE POTS. 00:21:22 - CAFETERIA LINE FROM FOOD SERVER'S POV 00:21:34 - BLUE COLLAR WORKERS, BLACK & WHITE, EATING & DRINKING 00:21:43 - COLLEGE STUDENTS ON CAFETERIA LINE. CU HAND GRABS PLATE OF FOOD. EATING LUNCH. 00:22:08 - CU HARD HAT WORKER EATING LUNCH OUTDOORS. CU SMILING WORKER. 00:22:14 - WHITE COLLAR WORKERS LEAVE OFFICE BUILDING. 00:22:18 - CAPITOL DOME. PROPAGANDA & ABE LINCOLN SUPERIMPOSED OVER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-4924