The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace (1944)

Introduction The war activities of the American motion picture industry cover a wide range of services. These include the production, distribution, and exhibition of war information films; cooperation with the United States Treasury, the War Production Board, and the armed services in bond sales, scrap collections, and recruiting drives; the provision, without cost, of 1 6 mm. prints of current pictures for free showing in combat areas overseas; and theatre collections for the Red Cross, the March of Dimes, and United Nations relief. The entire industry, organized in seven national divisions and 31 area committees, works through a national coordinator whose task it is to arrange necessary clearances with governmental war agencies, to keep various branches of the industry working together harmoniously and to furnish information and inspiration at industry rallies and public gatherings. Francis S. Harmon who is the Executive Vice-Chairman of the War Activities Committee — Motion Picture Industry, acts as the industry's coordinator. He has been on the job since October 1940. During the past year (1943) he delivered 43 addresses in key cities across the country and to local, state, and national radio audiences. (See appendix 2). Because in our considered judgment Mr. Harmon's speeches deserve an even wider audience, both within our