https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/c2bdd8fe-bcaf-4ce9-a402-953e7e4e551b Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com 1938 was a year of crisis for Hollywood, with an on-going recession fueling a decline in theater attendance. The studios also feared that there was a growing public backlash against some of the offerings produced by the industry. One outgrowth of this was "The World is Ours", which was part of a campaign called "Movies Are Your Best Entertainment". The film attempts to show the value of motion pictures to Americans, by showing a family discussing movies. During the film they embark on a vacation to Hollywood, and tour the major studios. Screenplay by Lou Harris and Herman Hoffman. Truman Bradley narrates (:42). A family home appears in the night at Middletown (1:37). They debate options for entertainment (1:57); parents nag the children to complete chores in order to enjoy a film night. The older members of the family discuss changes in the movie industry. An article appears (2:10) covering the film industry of the day. The grandfather mentions the first western movie released in 1903 known as ‘The Great Train Robbery (2:34). Excerpts from the film follow (2:48). The film industry is compared to the steel and automobile industry (4:42). Silent era director Bill Hart is mentioned (4:52). Truman spells out where portions of ticket money end up (7:33). Theater actors line up for their portion (7:36). The cost of movie tickets today is just under ten dollars; in the late 1930's it was under a dollar. 19 cents of the ticket was shipped to the insurance company (7:38). 13% is funneled to the power company (7:51). A sign beckons fans to attend a cooking class at the Rialto theater (7:53). Advertisements are pumped out (7:56). Film was used to deliver news and education to civilians. A film opens with foreign affairs; 'Nation Displays Coast Defense' (8:34) and leads into ‘Fashion of the Day’ (8:58). Mother and daughter gush over fall dresses (9:12). Natural disasters (9:20) follow. The mother asks her father if he donated to the Red Cross (9:35). The film begins (10:11) and the family discusses an upcoming trip to Hollywood. A train zooms them to the golden coast (10:27). Gunfire erupts on the set of an old Western (10:37). The daughter dreams of her favorite actors (11:04). An aerial shot of Paramount Studios grounds follows (11:37). The stunning Claudette Colbert sits with director George Cukor (11:58). The RKO radio tower follows (12:00). The set of 1939 adventure film ‘Gunga Din’ directed by George Stevens appears (12:06). They swing into Columbia Pictures Corporation (12:18) grounds. Happy stars enjoy a birthday party on set of the film ‘You Can't Take it With You’ directed by Frank Capra (12:25). Warner Brother’s Studios appears (12:32). Edmund Gouling (12:46) stands next to star Errol Flynn on the set of 'The Dawn Patrol' (12:41). United Artists Studio Corp. follows (12:49). Other small named studios appear including Hal Roach Studios (12:51) and Selznick International Pictures (12:54). Virginia Bruce receives direction from director Norman McLeod on the set of ‘There Goes My Heart’ (13:11). Carol Lombard and James Stewart enjoy tea in a scene from ‘Made for Each Other’ at the Selznick studios (13:19). Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon (13:25) appear. Universal Pictures Studios (13:29). Deanna Durbin (13:42) rehearses for "That Certain Age" a 1938 release. Shirley Temple trots alongside director Walter Lang on the grounds of 20th Century Fox (13:45). Boris Karloff (14:02) readies himself for a role as Mr. Wong in the series titled ‘Mr. Wong, Detective’. MGM Studios (14:09). The family watches the filming of ‘The Great Waltz’ (14:19). The family recounts their experience (14:48). Music departments craft scores for new productions stirring the creative mind of composers (15:47). Irving Berlin hammers on piano keys (16:10). The sound department (16:21). Blueprints for the art department (16:26). Talent swing dances in a rehearsal studio (16:44). Budding stars of the year are pictured including Lucille Ball (17:03), Anne Nagel (17:07), Andrea Leeds (17:10), Richard Carlson (17:11), Vincent Price (17:21) and Ann Rutherford (17:24). Editors work in the cutting room (17:29). Films are passed into the shipping room (17:46). The family rides the train back dreaming of their favorite films (18:08). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. 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