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Men work in an art department and army artists act in films in Culver City, California.

Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War II. A high altitude view of the area. Buildings of the unit sound stages. The stages are sound proof and air conditioned. Buildings along the sides of a street. Cars drive past on the street. A sign outside a building reads: 'Stage 5'. Men work on a training film project. Artists act in the film. Army artists and set designers work in the art department. They work for the conversion of scripts into sketches and models. The model of a squadron department. Men act in a film for the squadron department and discuss about army airplanes and officers.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062795
Animation artists prepare sketches at First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California; animation of how airplane flight works.

Activities of soldiers in the First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU) of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War 2. A sign board reads: 'Animation Department'. Cartoon animation artists apply their skills to the war effort, working inside the building. They make sketches on drawing sheets. Artists seen include Joe Smith and Gus Arriola, and possibly the back of Rudy Larriva and Jules Engel. Minute mechanical details of aircraft, armament, and equipment are illustrated with the help of drawings and animation sequences in films. Narrator describes how complicated technical subjects can be illustrated. The explanation of the theory of flight with the help of an animation. Animation shows factors responsible for the flight of an airplane. Animation describe how thrust, drag, lift, and gravity all affect flight and aerial physics.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062797
Various equipment kept in the property section of the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California.

Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War II. A sign board reads: 'Property section' in a building. Men work in the property section. Various equipment and objects useful during the production of a film placed in the section.

Date: 1944
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062798
Men work in the model department and the plaster shop of the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California.

Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War II. Models of US, Allied and enemy aircraft in the model department. Men work on the models. Military trucks parked in a garage. Motor pool personnel board the trucks and drive out of the garage. Men work inside a factory. They work on machinery. A sign board outside a plaster shop reads: 'All work done in the plaster shop must be requisitioned'. Men prepare statues. A man shows a uniform to another man.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062799
Personnel edit films using moviolas in the editorial department of the First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California.

Activities during World War 2 of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. A sign reads: 'Editorial Department'. Men at work inside. View of many motion picture film cans. The personnel are seated at moviola machines and seen editing various films scenes to make a film. View of the moviola in use from over the right shoulder of one of the film editors.

Date: 1944
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062800
Men of the First Motion Picture Unit work for special photographic effects in films in Culver City, California.

Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. A sign reads: 'Special Photographic Effects'. Men work inside a building for special camera effects in a film. A guard tower. Military artists aboard rafts underway at sea during a film. They discuss amongst themselves.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062801