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- From the industries around the city of Milan to the jewels of the interior of the Cathedral (Duomo) and the beauty of its gothic pinnacles.
- Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman Sandy Sanderson (Russell Hayden) is given the task of rounding up a gang of fur thieves led by his twin brother Johnny (Russell Hayden). The brother, by masquerading as Sandy in a Mountie uniform, puts suspicion of fur stealing and murder on Sandy. Sandy narrowly escapes a lynching before escaping and bringing his brother and the rest of the gang to justice.
- Billy Martin, whose band is rebelling against him for lack of paying gigs, scores an important audition with Joe Corwin, who is opening a new club and needs a premier act.
- At the offices of Consolidated Producers Corporation, producer Tony Paton is determined to make a film about the great African American chemist, George Washington Carver. His backer, Murphy, is skeptical about the marketability of such a project, but Paton convinces him that it is time to depict the truth about races, creeds, and religions and trust that ticket buyers will make their own decisions about the merits of such an unusual film. The story begins in Alabama, at the great Negro university, the Tuskegee Institute: Carver, who teaches as well as does research at the institute, chats on his front porch with two children. One of the children, a boy named Augustus, tells Carver that he wants to be just like him when he grows up, and then asks if the scientist, who has demonstrated the many uses of the peanut, can even make the homely crop sing. A bemused Carver then asks the children to sing a Sunday school song, as the music gives him inspiration to continue his labors. Later, in his laboratory, Carver assists his young apprentice, Robert, in perfecting a "chemurgy" process which will make the earth's soil more productive. One day, Mr. Jeffries, an entrepreneur, arrives with a business proposition for Carver. Jeffries suggests that they manufacture soap, butter, flour and axle grease, all to be made using Carver's formulas. Carver rejects the proposition, however, as he wants no profits from his work, and sends the disappointed Jeffries away. Lucretia, Augustus's mother and Robert's fiance, next knocks on the lab door to tell the men that her son is very sick. Carver is at first annoyed at having his work again interrupted, but when he sees the note that the boy's physician, Dr. Miller, has written, he discovers to his shock that the boy has poliomyelitis. Carver tells Lucretia to go to her sister's house and pray, imploring her to maintain a "mustard seed of faith." With his own mustard seed of faith, Carver determines to find a cure for the damaging effects of the polio virus. Carver goes to visit Augustus and, looking at a picture of the boy's father, tells Robert that the man was one of Tuskegee's best students, but died as a medic in the war. Carver then says he hopes that Augustus, who will surely pursue his father's career, will not be a wheelchair-bound scientist. Carver tries an experimental treatment on Augustus, which includes massage, to promote circulation and re-establish the connection of the brain to the atrophied muscles. Time passes, and Augustus makes great progress. Years later, Robert and Lucretia, now married, and Augustus, go to visit Carver. Lucretia says that they will take Carver home with them to dine upon his favorite dish. Carver replies that he has a hunch that he should not go. Sensing that his death is near, Carver tells the men to learn more about the polio virus, and then tells Lucretia to make herself useful by sewing dresses for a few more little girls. He finishes his speech by telling Augustus never to forget the benefits of education as well as the peanut and all its uses. Carver says he must complete his final experiment in eternity, and his figure is seen passing through a closed door upon which a flower is painted.
- An examination of the problems of world food distribution following World War II, outlining steps underway to deal with the problems.
- This film celebrates the 40th anniversary of King Gustaf V's entry and shows the king in both private and public.
- An Academy Award winner for best documentary, the film opens with a notice that..."Exhibition of confiscated Japanese film material authorized by permission of the Alien Property Custodian in the public interest under License No. LM 979"...and was assembled from hundreds of captured newsreels, historical dramas and propaganda films. While revealing the steps that Japan took that led to Pearl Harbor, it goes back 700 years to the feudal caste system, a peasant revolt suppressed after the Samurai murdered over 40,000 people, to Admiral Perry forcibly opening Japan to foreign trade, to the perversion of converting the Shinto religion of nature-worship to that of a fanatic state creed that preached the Japanese were a Master Race and the Emperor was a sun-god to be blindly obeyed. The film carried no credit for a director, while Richard Fleischer shared the Producer credit with Theron Warth.
- There's a death by poisoning at a Bond St. fashion house. The designer, the owner, the models and even the tea lady all have secrets to hide, but who's hiding a murderous one?
- A burlesque stage show at the Follies Theater in Los Angeles, California, featuring the original Hubba-Hubba Girl, Evelyn West.
- Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
- A hated country gentleman is murdered, and the inspector on the case takes the veiwer through his thoughts about the possible murderer and motives as he questions everyone concerned.
- Rancher Marlowe is shot in the back and killed by gunslinger Dirk Mattson. His son Brad, despite the pleas of his young sister Ginny, sets out for revenge. He and Dirk have a shoot-out in Helldorado and Dirk is killed. Brad is wounded and is being pursued by a posse, and passes out in the desert where he is found by Carol Henderson. She treats his wounds and rides for help to an outlaw camp where she and her father are being held captive. She persuades two of the outlaws, Billy and Shorty, to bring Brad to her cabin while he recovers. The camp is that of an outfit known as Duke's Raiders, a Nevada outlaw gang led by Duke Mattson, twin brother of Dirk. After a fight, Duke, not knowing that Brad killed his brother, asks him to join the gang. Brad agrees so that he can work from the inside and put an end to the gang.
- Every thing you always wanted to know about the Belgian Socialist Mutual Insurance Organization, its history, its clinics, hospitals, preventoriums, sanitariums, holiday camps, co-operatives and laboratories. Also listen to a speech by Léon-Eli Troclet, the Liège-born Minister of Labour and Social Providence, founder of the Social Security in Belgium.
- An excellent swimmer, Michael Scott is chosen to represent his school at a swimming competition but his nerves unfortunately fail him and he does not stand on the podium. His parents try to comfort him but in vain. His mother, a former circus artist, then urges him to accept an invitation to spend a month at the big top where she once worked. Mrs Prada, Mrs. Scott's former partner, has indeed invited the boy to join her and her two children and to share their lives during this time. Michael finally accepts and soon makes friends with Florence and George. Brother and sister are currently training for a funambulist act. Interested in their specialty, Michel starts learning how to walk on a tightrope too.
- A mischievous kid and his friends torment their school teachers.
- U.S. marshal goes undercover to clean up a town run by bandits.
- Eddie investigates, with the help of Soapy, a stagecoach line that's the target for bandits who want the gold shipments.
- John and Winks, investigating a range war, quickly find that the Sheriff is the culprit. When they bring in a killer he is released. But when another rancher is killed by the Sheriff's men, John and Winks are jailed.
- Jimmy finds a dying Ranger Braden who asks him to give his money belt to his sister. When he rides into town he finds another man claiming to be Ranger Braden. When the money belt is found in Jimmy's saddle bag, the fake Marshal tries to arrest him. But Jimmy escapes and hopes a telegram to Ranger headquarters will clear him.
- Doortje Verkerk helps out a Christian family with their household chores for many years. Eventually, her spirit begins to fade, and the family makes arrangements for her to go to a hospital.
- Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed Cassidy as Edward Cassidy) and real estate agent Frank Wilkins (Ted Adams). At the Williams ranch, cowhand Rusty Peters (Raymond Hatton) explains that Johnny's uncle, ostensibly killed in an accident, is believed by the townspeople to have embezzled money from the local bank that is holding mortgages that now must be foreclosed. Neighboring rancher Tom Lansing (Steve Darrell) offers to help Johnny clear himself from the accusation that he received the stolen money. At the scene of the "accident" in which his uncle died, Johnny finds new evidence and is shot at by Duke (Eddie Parker as Edwin Parker), henchman of the man secretly trying to grab up the land by taking over the mortgages. Joan Travers (Christine McIntyre) is antagonistic toward Johhny when her fiance Stephens goes to jail for the embezzlement to trick the real culprit to relax his guard, so Johnny and Sheriff Burt Wheeler (Pierce Lyden) can bring him to justice. After the sheriff and several others are killed, another real estate agent (Edward Peil as Edward J. Peil) confesses that Lansing is the brains behind the land-grab and murders.
- Sam Jason is being harassed by a gang that's after his oil leases secretly led by attractive widow Clarabelle Adams, and he looks to old friend Steve Driscoll and his alter ego, the Durango Kid.
- Steve Bolton, a Department of the Interior agent, has given young "Bronc" Masters a lease to 50,000 acres of range land. Several months later "Bronc" discovers a strange notice on the land, warning off trespassers. He thinks that Steve has leased the same land twice, grabs a gun and heads for town, although his level-headed girl friend, Ann Bradford, attempts to stop him. Steve pacifies him, and they both ride out to the range and discover a gang of men, led by "Spud" Henry, rounding up the wild horses. Henry produces a paper, similar to the one Steve gave "Bronc" and signed by the Secretary of the Interior, and Steve, knowing the paper is a forgery, slaps an injunction on the land, forbidding any horses to be rounded up until the matter is cleared. Henry has had a cleaver counterfeiter forge the signature and knows he will be found out, so he orders his men to rustle the horses and run them to the railroad siding for shipment. But the Durango Kid takes a hand.
- Due to its relative isolation, and difficulty to reach, the island of Socotra, off the coast of Yemen and Somalia has developed its own unique flora, fauna, and culture. Researchers, from botany to linguistics delight in the many mysteries Socotra holds. Unique plants, a large cave system with finds dating back to 248 CE, and a living language that harkens back to ancient Arabic.
- Rambling cowhand Johnny Mack learns that his friend Henry Blake has been killed, and he agrees to help law-abiding citizens clean up Medicine Flats. This is after he has thwarted an attempt by Yuma and two henchmen to hold up prospector Bodie and jump his unrecorded mining claim. Kansas City Kate, runs the notorious Golden Spur Saloon, and heads the outlaws along with Cameo, a gambler paying to much interest to saloon singer Donna Webster. Donna's warning saves Johnny from being shot by Yuma, after the latter is beaten up by Johnny for molesting an old townsman character. Plans by the outlaws to ship a hoard of money stolen from the miners and settlers is overheard by Bodie from a hideaway in the basement beneath the saloon. Johnny and the vigilantes intercept the stagecoach and the money bag, and obstruct numerous other schemes by the gang. Bodie is shot by Yuma after Cameo discovers his hiding place and Johnny kills Yuma in retaliation. He nips Kate's plans to protect the Golden Spur by hiring the Cherokee Kid and his desperadoes. Donna reveals that she is the daughter of Henry Blake, after Kate and Cameo confess to his slaying. His job done, Johnny again heads for the open road ahead.
- Two feuding families cause problems for Sheriff Fuzzy, and his old friend The Cheyenne Kid is called in to help.
- Eduardo Belmonte overhears his new step-mother, Maria, and her lover, Don Ricardo Gonzales plotting to take over the Belmonte rancho on the night of the fiesta given by her husband, Don Carlos Belmonte. Eduardo offers Maria money if she will depart the hacienda premises, but she refuses and then accuses Eduardo of making love to her. The old Don doesn't take kindly to his son hitting on his step-mother and attacks him in a rage. The lights go out, the father is killed and Maria blames Eduardo, who escapes from the house, chased by Ricardo's men. The Cisco Kid and Pancho rescue Eduardo, who has been shot, and hide him while they investigate. Cisco discovers that bullets from Maria's gun, a handy little derringer, are the same type that killed Don Carlos. But the Alcalde arrests Cisco and Pancho, and Cisco is "supposedly" executed by a firing squad, but IS NOT shot and escapes by a trick. And now Maria and Ricardo are in real trouble with Cisco on the loose.
- Outlaw Lucky Thorpe has been caught and hung but his $100,000 stolen from the U. S. Government has not been found. Treasury Agent Steve arrives looking for the money and in flashback tells the story of Lucky Thorpe. Also arriving is Thorp's daughter by his first wife who wants to return the money, and his second wife who wants the money for herself and whom Steve says is as dangerous as Thorpe was.
- When he tries to get feed for a stray calf on credit, Jimmy Wakely gets into a fight with feed-store owner Buck. Jimmy and store hand "Lasses" White, who tries to help Jimmy, are arrested by the sheriff. They join a trio of singers, Lon, Bill and Joe, on the jail work detail, but their singing irritates the sheriff and he sends them to serve out their sentences working for rancher Mary Saunders, over the protests of her foreman Curt Weldon. Cattle rustlers have been killing off Mary's ranch hands, and town banker Martin Kaley is about to foreclose her mortgage. Jimmy and his pals are charged with the crimes, but escape, and with the help of the sheriff, prove that Kaley and Weldon are behind the rustling gang.
- Cheyenne and Fuzzy get involved with a range war to help ranchers fight corruption.
- Eddie and Soapy have to find a man who broke out of prison.
- Biopic of Robbie Burns with a lot of Scottish singing. Heavy on narrative.
- Bandit Pop Ryland and his two sons, Clint and Dave, are planning their biggest job; the printing and distribution of territorial bonds. The elder Ryland contracts a hired gunman, McCall, to dispose of his stepson, Tommy, who knows what his step-family members are up to. The Durango Kid captures McCall, takes the letter and presents himself, Steve Lacey, as the hired killer. He stages a fake killing, and discovers the Ryland's scheme. Cling ambushes Durango and is killed in a gunfight, and Durango also shoots McCall who has made an escape. Cash-Register salesman Smiley Burnette aids Steve/Durango in rounding up the remaining villains.
- Johnny Hudson recovers a freight wagon belonging to Faro Jenkins and Dave Porter, after outlaws led by Burke attack the pair and steal it. Real estate agent Gordon Gregg is secretly behind the plot to break up the Porter-Jenkins freight line so that they will go bankrupt and he can claim Porter's ranch. Johnny gives Faro $2000 for new equipment. Johnny and Faro also capture a pair of the outlaws and they are jailed, but escape after Gregg knifes Sheriff Bill. Freightline employee Lem, in league with Gregg's gang, steals the murder knife which Johnny had picked up for fingerprint evidence. Gregg gives Faro's freight line a special shipment and require an overnight camp and be prey for his henchmen. Johnny and Faro capture the outlaws by a trick. Burke is killed by Gregg when he demands his share of the loot, and Gregg then takes Peggy Porter as a hostage. Johnny arrives in time to overpower Gregg and the remnants of his gang. A new railroad promises to bring prosperity to the region.
- Actor John Carradine accepts an offer from two local sportsmen to join a freshwater fishing expedition in Woodruff, Wisconsin.
- An outlaw band is searching for the hidden loot of notorious outlaw Dusty Morgan who's whereabouts is a mystery to everyone including his thirteen year old son whose guardian is the town drunk.
- Propaganda film presenting the Soviet side of the Iran crisis of 1946 and the short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government.