War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry

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Poster for the short film Salvage (1942), produced by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry and the War Production Board

The War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry was a group that was formed by the U.S. motion picture industry to assist the government during World War II. It distributed many government-produced propaganda films and organized war bond drives. Robert B. Wilby, of Wilby-Kinsey Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia, was chairman of the Exhibition Division of the War Activities Committee. He spent time in Europe on tour of the theater of operations, meeting with notable officers such as Lt. Col. G. A. I Druy, M.C., Chief Commander of the Greenadier Buards depot at Caterham, England.[1][2] The committee produced many films at the beginning of WWII recruiting women to work.

References

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  1. ^ "Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits, and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies". The SHAFR Guide Online. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  2. ^ "Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". www.oscars.org. Retrieved 2025-08-16.


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