Browse 29 movies from John Sutherland Productions
An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.
Jan 1956
General Electric sponsors this explanation of atomic energy, detailing some of its uses besides the bomb. Using animation and an off-screen narrator, the film describes the atom, elements and isotopes, the discovery of transmutation, experiments in artificial transmutation, and the reasons for the power of nuclear fission. The film argues that now, besides war, the atomic age holds promise for energy, farming, medicine, and research. The promise of the atomic age will depend on human wisdom.
Jan 1953
An optimistic overview and explanation of the stock market with animated examples.
Jan 1952
Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.
A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wise owl comes to the rescue by organizing a Community Action Program to boycott the unfair merchants in the neighborhood.
Jan 1967
Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepito can not pay the bill. The consequences are realized later when he finds himself at the altar, about to be married, a confused victim of a misunderstanding.
Apr 1946
Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.
Dec 1951
A Way Out of the Wilderness is a 1968 American short documentary film produced by Dan E. Weisburd. It describes and illustrates steps being taken by the Plymouth State Home and Training School, Northville, Michigan, to bring mentally impaired children out of the wilderness into the mainstream of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Jan 1968
The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.
Feb 1952
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
Oct 1948
An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.
Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.
Dec 1959
Cold-War propaganda film where the importance of research and development in capitalism is stressed.
Oct 1951
Albert, an auto mechanic is listening to a radio broadcast about a society based on the "coordinated cooperation of ants". He becomes excited about the idea, and becomes a little careless. The hood of the car, crashes down on his head, knocking him out cold. While unconcious, he dreams about being a worker among ants in the state-controlled nation of Antrolia. At first he is enthusiastic, but soon becomes disenchanted. When he threatens to strike, the soldier ants drag him before a firing squad. Just as he is being executed, he wakes up. He jumps into the car, races to the radio station and assaults the speaker, who is still extolling the virtures of state-planning boards and a controlled, planned economy. The speech, on red paper, flies into the air, as the mechanic grabs the microphone to give the audience "the real low-down on them ants".
Jan 1950
Animated short film featuring Reddy Kilowatt, reusing some footage from 1946's Reddy Made Magic.
Jan 1958
In this cartoon film directed at the non-medical public, cancer statistics are given, cancer myths are refuted, cancer warning signals are presented, and the growth and effect of cancer cells within the body are shown. Cartoons illustrate: normal cell function in the body; the appearance and growth of neoplastic cells and their destruction of normal cells; cure of cancer by surgery, radiation therapy, and radium implants; spread of untreated cancer through the lymphatic system to the circulatory system; and the danger signals that indicate that cancer is present, e.g. any sore that does not heal, irregular bleeding or discharge from any natural body orifice, progressive change in any wart, mole, or birthmark, persistent indigestion, hoarseness, persistent cough, difficult swallowing, or any change in normal bowel habits. A pathologist is shown examining tissue under a microscope.
Jul 1946
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Aug 1948
A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.
Jan 1954
This Cold War-era cartoon uses humor to tout the dangers of Communism and the benefits of capitalism.
Feb 1948
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.