Louis De Rochemont

Secrets of British Animation

Sebastian Barfield

Peter Lord, David Sproxton

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.

Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich

Bill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont

Bjørn Amvik, Arne Andersen

Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.

Show-Business at War

Louis De Rochemont

Walt Disney, John Ford

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

We Are the Marines

Louis De Rochemont

Westbrook Van Voorhis

The history of the Corps, from Colonial times to the present day (1942, that is). The film's midsection details the arduous training procedure of the Few and the Proud at Parris Island and elsewhere. Finally, wartime newsreel footage is adroitly blended with dramatized re-enactments to illustrate the contributions - and the utter necessity-of the marines in WW II.

The Ramparts We Watch

Louis De Rochemont

The film used no professional actors, instead relying on residents of the town where most of the filming took place: New London, Connecticut.

Youth in Crisis

Louis De Rochemont

J. Edgar Hoover, Lewis B. Hershey

There is a vast increase of youth crime, doubling in the two years since the US entered World War II. With fathers off to war, women are working in the factories leaving children at home for the day or after school, unsupervised and free to get into trouble. Young men and women, some working and making an adult wage, now feel that they have the right to act and do as adults. Others are trying their hands at new thrills, such as smoking marijuana. Young women are getting into trouble by getting involved with the many servicemen that they are attracted to. This film shows how these kinds of subversive thoughts that lead to juvenile delinquency can be broken by having youths selling war bonds and organizing 4-H clubs, among other activities.

Meet Me Down at Coney Isle

Louis De Rochemont

A tour of famed Brooklyn amusement park Coney Island, focusing on the brightly-lit rides and attractions and the people who flock to the park during the summer. A Fox Movietone featurette.