INCREDIBLE PSYCHEDELIC WWII WAR BOND FILM / AURORATONE MOVIE 27044

Made during WWII, this incredible U.S. Treasury Department movie showcases the Nazi’s passion for banning books, art and music that displeased them. The film is what is known as an “Auroratone“. here is some information about these films, taken from the Northwest Film Forum which compiled them for an event in 2010. Auroratone movies were created in the early 1940s by British inventor and mystic Cecil Stokes (1910-1956), who intended for them to be used as a therapeutic aid in the treatment of post traumatic stress, manic depression, anxiety disorders, and similar conditions. They typically consisted of abstract visuals — often time-lapse photography of crystalline growth filmed in polarized light — accompanied by slow, mildly sad and melancholic music. Stokes was awarded a patent on his film process: ―Process and Apparatus for Producing Musical Rhythm in Color‖ (US Patent no. 2,292,172, awarded Aug. 4, 1942; application submitted May 24, 1940). Stokes formed the Auroratone Foundation of America to distribute his films; one of his partners in the effort was Bing Crosby, who contributed songs to a number of them. Auroratone films were donated to a number of hospitals in the US and England, where they were used as part of therapy. According to reports published in Billboard magazine, Stokes later hoped to make the films available to the general public in ―film jukeboxes, commonly known as Scopitone machines, which were popular in bars and lounges during the 1940s and ̳50s. In the summer of 1945, he made a presentation to a number of such distributers in Chicago, but the businessmen demurred, reportedly saying ―the haziness of the color pattern – or lack of pattern – made the process unsuitable for adaption to jukes. (Too weird for bars in Peoria.) The record appears to fade after that. Stokes died less than 10 years later. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit