“A Chance To Play – BW – Late 1940s – SWV”, “University of Arizona Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, Bureau of Audio-Visual Services”, “A More Power to America Presentation”, “Produced by March of Time”,

“A dramatization from General Electric’s “More Power to America” series. Need for more and better recreational facilities, focusing on outdoor floodlighting to make playing fields useable at night. Participating and spectator sports. From the GE Film Catalog: “This documentary presentation dramatizes the great need for more adequate recreational facilities in our cities, towns and industries. The film points out how great a part supervised, well-equipped recreation areas play in promoting the nation’s physical and mental health. The need for recreational areas is emphasized for all groups – children, teen-agers, older men and women, as well as working men and women who don’t have a chance to play during the daytime. The picture also offers a solution to grave social problems such as juvenile delinquency, through the use of recreation areas which are equipped for nighttime use. “A Chance to Play” was sponsored jointly by General Electric and the National Recreation Association, and was produced by the March of Time. This film will be of particular interest to groups such as business, municipal, church, and other civic organizations.””