Documentary News Letter (1942-1943)

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Minnesota Document Power and the Land What So Proudlj We Hail (MARCH OF TIME) America Speaks Her Mind Australia War Battle Meets of Britain Britain's R.A.I . Canada at War Men ol Norwa> New I upland's Eight Million Yankees DOCUMENTARY NEWS LETTER OCTOBER 1942 U.S. Dept. of Dept. of Agric. Nat. Defence I Committee z Gen. Motors Ltd. M.O.T. M.O.T. W M.O.T. M.O.T. M.O.T. M.O.T. DIRECTOR RELEASE DATES T NT LENGTH P. Burnford 9/42 2,477 R. Evans z 9/42 9/42 2,894 843 R. Kisack 9/42 50 mins. ~ ~ 9/42 6/42 3,496 940 C — — 9/42 1,662 y by Orson WeUes. First despatched c R. Vol. II, p. 16 n Other R.A.F., The Soviet Harvest Soviet Schoolchild Soviet Women Strong Point 42 CFL S.W.N.F.A.* 5-M O S.W.N. F.A. CFL S.W.N. F.A. CFL S.W.N. F.A. CFL S.W.N. F.A. CFL Pathe CFL S.W.N.F.A. S.W.N. F.A. CFL S.W.N.F.A. CFL S.W.N.F.A. CFL 5-M O S.W.N.F.A. Pathe Central Studio, Moscow 1,504 Dubbed in English i. R. Vol. Ill, p. 6 Si. wet War News Film Agency 5. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF FILMS PRODUCED BY THE M.O.I. General fhcatrical Distribution General N.T. Distribution Instructional and 1 raining Mainlv for Overseas Distributio Wholl) foi Overseas Distributio: roTAl Colonial Film Unit Productions \ 35 rr > 16 n _ 13,791 25,113 14,087 52.991 3,130 13,543 9,228 8,773 34,674 23,545 7,890 19,420 50,855 4,109 10,280 16,634 31,023 13,019 13,019 3,100 11,093 6,702 20,895 — 1,600* 3,000* 1,1 25f 5,725 3,130 59,688 66,604 79,760 ->09 18"> — 11,919 7,836 5,535 25,290 5-Minute General Theatre Dis General N.T. Distril Instructional and Fr " • inly for Ove Colonial Film Unit Produc * Average length 200 feet. t Average length 125 feet. NUMBER OF FILMS Sept. 3 Jan. 1 Dec. 31 June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 Total 2 20 37 5 20 3 77 22 18 48 ± 12 16 9 34 9 z 3 8 10 15 5 9 18 32 2 72 86 80 240 8 10 U§ 29 2 10 10 22 6. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF FILMS ACQUIRED BY THE M.O.I. SOURCE 1940* 1941 JAN. 1— JUNE 30, 1942 TOTALS CFL. 5-M O.O.O. CFL. 5-M O.O.O. CFL. 5-M O.O.O. CFL. 5-M O.O.O. Africa 2 — — 1 1 1 i — 4 1 1 6 Australia & New Zealand 2 2 — 3 2 1 — 1 5 — 1 — 2 3 — 3 It — ( en. ( oumil lor Health Education — — — 2 — — — — — — \ India 6 1 — — 1 1 6 2 1 9 London Fire Brigade 6 — — Miscellaneous 1 National Savings 2 — (March of Time) 2 — 3 2 — — U.S.S.R. — — 1 — 4 1 — 9 2 — 1 ' TOTAL 22 2 3 47 10 4 | 39 10 1 108 22 8 138 *No films were acquired n 1939. t Produced in Britain by '.inadian Army Film Unit.