1945 Movies

Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time, cir...

From the Department of the Navy.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the li...

Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a...

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

Documentary short film depicting the uses of radar in high-level bombing during World War II. B-29 bombers are shown delivering bombs over Japan and u...

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.

America prepares to welcome and employ the 12 million service men and women who are coming home from war.

Two Finnish naval captains face spies in Gothenburg harbor during the second world war.

A judgmental toy jumps from owner to owner, seeking a Christian boy who can provide him a home.

The silent 16 mm footage that makes up "V-E +1" documents the burial of beaten and emaciated Holocaust victims found by Allied forces in the Nazi conc...

A piece of reportage realized by the Polish Army Film Studios at the end of the war. It tells a story of Warsaw children who started a camp in the sum...

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".

A drama centered around a significant threat, blackmail, or a warning that drives the plot

This United States Army Air Forces short documentary depicts various pieces of official advice for pilots of the A-26 fighter bomber aircraft. Special...

Leon, not willing to admit he had forgotten the birthday of his wife, tells her he left her present at the office, and she insists he go get it. On th...

Jarl is a retired widower who lives in a small village in Småland, Sweden.

Bichwa (Khote) is the queen of a devout Untouchable community not permitted to enter the temple. Her daughter Lakha, the best dancer in the community,...

"Whoever cheats the state cheats his fellows" - the hunt for a tax cheater. Sir. Middelmand, a former tax cutter, is the protagonist of a moral drama...

A look at the manufacture of optical lenses, and their many uses throughout the different industries; from microscopes to spectacles to full use in th...