Leo Seltzer

The only known film record of the mass march and meeting held in Detroit on Feb. 4, 1932, against hunger and unemployment. Also shows the dramatic demonstration by workers at the Ford auto plant in River Rouge, Michigan in March of 1932, which ended with a violent attack by Dearborn police and Ford Company guards on the crowd with clubs, tear gas and guns which killed four young men. These deaths set off a wave of protest across the country.

Bonus March shows unemployed WWI veterans marching on Washington, D.C., demanding their bonus money, and being forcefully evicted.

A document of the 1932 national hunger march on Washington produced by the Workers Film and Photo League.

"This film, made by the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) as part of its Cold War campaign to promote American interests and ideology abroad, covers First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to India and Pakistan in 1962 and focuses on Mrs. Kennedy's growing popularity as a diplomatic force. The film was directed by Leo Seltzer, narrated by Raymond Massey, and released by United Artists" (US National Archives).

The film shows the National Unemployment Council Hunger March of Nov. and Dec. 1931, which set out from disparate parts of the U.S. to represent twelve million unemployed.

United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film deals with modern techniques of physiotherapy, and the need to develop the whole child - his emotions and his mind as well as his muscles - is stressed. Skilled adult workers offer not only massage and therapy, but also love and understanding, and occupational therapy for children and takes the form of both play and work. Movements learned become part of the daily jobs of feeding and dressing. Early attempts to walk are made with the help of apparatus. Finally the initially hesitant steps on his own are taken. As the film ends the boy walks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

A newsreel that documented widespread hunger and protests against government policy.

A review of the economic progress made by Taiwan with United States economic assistance up to July 1965 when the U.S. Aid program in that country was terminated. The film stresses the benefits that progress has brought to the people of Taiwan and emphasizes the growth in Taiwan's economy that continues to be made without American assistance.