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Ostensibly Bruton is beaten, but his dire predictions are borne out as the fertility of the soil is depleted and successive years of drought reduce the land to a dusty desert. Primary citizenship concerns in the film are not only the right of the majority to prevail in the acquisition of the government land, but also the necessity to accept responsibility for conserving natural resources. THE SEARCH (MGM) 3 reels-B&W An excerpt from the feature photoplay 32 minutes Believing he is to be executed, a war-shattered boy, who had been separated from his mother in a Nazi concentration camp, flees an UNRRA children's center and finds shelter with an ex-G. I. The boy's mother, who has searched all over Europe for him, arrives at the center and is told her child had run away and is believed dead. To assuage the mother's grief, the UNRRA matron persuades her to stay and help with the other children. About to return home, the ex-G.I. decides to adopt the boy. He is directed to the center for adoption papers. There, mother and child are reunited. Primary citizenship concern is the recognition that displaced persons are worthy of respect as individual human beings. SOME PEOPLE STAYED HOME 1 reel-B&W Excerpted from THE GREAT McGINTY (Paramount) 9 minutes In satirical fashion this film shows the machinations of a corrupt political machine to elect its candidate. A ward heeler recruits tramps to vote in place of negligent citizens who fail to vote, and the machine candidate wins. Primary citizenship concern is with the necessity for citizens to vote. THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT 3 reels-B&W Excerpted from AN AMERICAN ROMANCE (MGM) 30 minutes This is the story of the Americanization of Steve Dangos, who comes to America early in the Twentieth Century. As a corollary to the story of the making of an American citizen, the film also depicts the making of steel. Soon after Steve Dangos arrives at Ellis Island, he finds work mining iron ore, and he begins to realize his need for an education. Not only does he learn to read and write, but he also marries his teacher. As the years go by, he and his wife become the parents of a large and gifted family. When his oldest son persuades him to take out citizenship papers, the film closes with Steve proudly joining his fellow newly-made citizens in the recitation of the Oath of Allegiance at the Americanization ceremony. YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY 3 reels-B&W Excerpted from INTRUDER IN THE DUST (MGM) 32 minutes When Lucas Beauchamp, a Negro, is arrested for the murder of a white man, townspeople tacitly condone plans of the victim's kinfolk to lynch him. 49