Herman Hoffman

A Mexican revolutionary hires an American gunslinger to organize the rescue of their leader from a brutal army prison. (imdb)

Canadian commandos take on a Nazi post on the coast of France. (TCM.com)

During the Korean War, a newly commissioned lieutenant find that they are trapped when the enemy surrounds their position. He uses ancient tactics he remembers from his history books to try to get them out of it.

This short plugs the new tunes written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the movie "College Rhythm" and shows the audience how they were written and rehearsed. Naturally it also advertises the movie. (imdb)

Semi-documentary of a typical "extra girl" on a C.B.DeMille film. (imdb)

Produced by MGM in 'cooperation' with the US Navy, Eyes of the Navy amounts to a prewar (for the US at least; by 1940 England had been at war for a while) recruitment film for young men to become Navy fliers. It follows young men from basic flight training through to take-offs and landings on an aircraft carrier. (imdb)

Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure filmed on location in Idaho. (imdb)

Story of Colonial American David Bushnell, inventor of the submarine and depth charge.

This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live. In addition to the electric light, Edison developed the system of alternating current that carries virtually all of the world's electricity, as well as storage batteries and electric motors. Other highlighted inventions include the phonograph, automatic stock ticker, wireless telegraphy, mimeograph machine, and, of course, the world's first motion picture studio.

So called snake oil salesmen at carnivals are often used as the symbols of hoaxters. There are much more globally sinister hoaxters in the form of world leaders of totalitarian regimes, leaders such as Adolf Hitler, who promised of a bright new world in order to gather support.