Campus On The March

Duration: 19 min

Year Published: 1942

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts wartime programs and training activities in American colleges and universities.

Complete Record: This WW2 film "Campus on the March" showcases how colleges across the US were preparing students for war; curriculums changed in WWII as students learned about farm labor, international relations, chemical weapon preparations, aviation, wartime nutrition, cryptology and codes as well as various war industrial related training. A highlight is given to female students and African Americans taking on new roles. This was a time of patriotic enthusiasm. The film opens with a note informing viewers it was released by the Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures based in Washington D

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPg-lTmQ0kc

Metadata Source:YouTube

3 users have this film:
Periscope Film, Prelinger Archives, University of Georgia Walter J Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection

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