RKO Radio Pictures presents this film “Candy and Nutrition”, which was made for the National Confectioners’ Association (NCA) in 1947 to explain the manufacture of candy, and its place in a normal diet. The NCA still exists and promotes chocolate, candy, gum and mints, and the companies that make these treats. The film was directed by Lloyd Durant and written by Oviatt McConnell.

Athletic imagery — baseball, bowling, skiing, an obstacle course is run by Boy Scouts (1:01). Fabric is woven on a mechanical loom, and a fashion show is shown (1:35). A man purchases candy at a store (1:53). A boy looks at lollipops (2:00) and he and a girl are shown on roller skates. At (2:31) kids are shown in a boxing ring. Candy is to an important part of American life. Hershey supplied the US military with rations during WWII (2:40). A female sunbather is shown; the narrator claims she is still burning energy even as she relaxes (3:22). A young boy rides his bicycle (3:39) as his mother vacuums the house (3:56). Father saws wood. (4:21) A family prepares for dinner. This prepared meal is to include all seven food groups (4:37). Vegetables (4:47) and salad greens (4:54) are high producers of energy. Starchy foods (5:10) and dairy products (5:22) follow. The fifth group is meat, in this case a roast (5:36). Grains (5:48) and butter make up the final groups (6:04). Candy is passed around the table for desert (6:12). A mother checks a government designed food chart she has stuck to the inside of her pantry (6:40). It notes along the bottom of the chart one was to eat the basic seven foods and then eat anything else you might want (6:48). Junior approaches his mother midday with a bit of hunger (7:12). She reaches for a sweet treat (7:28). The film claims candy falls into the class of an ‘energy food’ (7:54). Royce Hall at UCLA (8:04). Viewers visit the Chemistry Department (8:14). A man within explains dextrose (8:34) and how the body uses it. He explains how the body ‘suffers’ without sugar (9:17). A candy manufacturing plant is visited (9:58). Dairy cows (10:11) rest at a dairy farm. Large loaves of butter are pictured (10:18). Honey is drawn from bees at a bee farm (10:27). Two women unload a hoard of apples plucked from orchards (10:31). Field workers pluck grapes and citrus fruits (10:44). Pineapples from Hawaii roll down a conveyor belt (10:53). Tree climbers search for figs (11:00). Dates are supplied from Iraq and Iran (11:06). Coconuts are pulled from Central America and the Philippines (11:20). Peanuts are unloaded from Dixie (11:30). Women work to separate almonds (11:39). Cacao sacks are piled atop one another (12:05). The beans are from Africa’s gold coast (12:11). Sugar cane, corn and beet stalks are harvested (12:19). A cane field supposedly located in India, but more likely Hawaii (12:37). During this time period about half of the US’s sugar was coming from Cuba (12:45). The sugar beet was a considerably newer source of sugar (12:55). A modern candy factory (13:22). Candy bar production (13:36). The center is prepared, poured onto large tables and then cooled (13:49). Carmel is spread in a thick sheet (13:55). Nuts are added (13:58). The bars are drenched in chocolate (14:05). These bars are sent through cooling tunnels (14:13). The protective wrapping is added (14:19). The creation of hard candy (14:32). A hot mixture is poured onto a cold table (14:38) and flavors are added. Candy is rolled into various shapes (15:05). Machinery cuts and wraps individual pieces (15:12). The machinery used to make the candy during WWII (15:17). A mixture is laid out for cooling and cutting (15:50). This becomes fudge (15:56). Pan candy is prepared (16:03) such as Jordan Almonds. This factory produces boxed chocolates (16:40). Flavors are added and chocolate is beaten into a smooth mixture (17:36). Cream filling added (17:48). Candy is covered in chocolate (18:09). Individual pieces are assembled into boxes (18:18). People purchasing candy (19:02).

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