# 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…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/27044WWIIBondFilm)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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