1943 Movies

Made to support WWII war workers, this 1943 War Department Training film was part of a series that covers the care and use of essential tools such as...

In "Pacific Milk Run" U.S. Marine SBDs and other aircraft attack Japanese-held Islands in the Pacific during World War II.

Two bumbling, small-time detectives are hired by a client to locate showgirls for an upcoming musical. However, the girls they find are homely and una...

The lives of the people of Malta and their endurance under the trials of the Second World War are displayed in this documentary short film.

Well, maybe not mermaids, but WW2 pin up girls and the bathing girls of yesterday. A salute to the women of the armed services. Women from the Los Ang...

Excerpts compiled by OSS to try to provide a basic understanding of the social, economic, political and religious aspects of Japanese culture and how...

U.S. WWII War Department training film -- "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" -- covers the major infantry weapons in use by the U.S. Army.

Soundie with Anistine Allen fronting for LuckyMillinder and his Band performing the titular song.

This colour promotional documentary film addresses what was needed to produce the B-17 Flying Fortress, covering everyone from Boeing researchers to f...

A U.S. Army training film made during World War II to teach soldiers hand-to-hand combat techniques.

A short documentary on German mines and their deployment in the campaign for North Africa during WWII.

Kent Smith educates about dental health.

In this soundie Mable Lee sings and dances to a song "Chicken Shack Shuffle" followed by other dancers.

Edgar and his family go into business as interior decorators.

An industrial film about a Slovak patent - the production of glycerine from sugar beet, with the young František Zvarik in an insightful lead role.

The parading of the state, its political elites, and the army at mass rallies to mark the anniversary of statehood.

A film about the bread production process in the modern Nupod mill in Trnava.

An unusually photogenic ethnographic film about the rhythm of summer work - mowing meadows in Liptov with a scythe.

An industrial film about the production of (and products made from) artificial fibres in the Svit factory at the foot of the Tatras.

A portrait of the (current day) University Library in Bratislava as both a historical stand and a generator of Slovak scholarship.