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The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal

January 1, 1944

One of a series of World War II-era RAF training films, this instalment instructs Coastal Command pilots on proper formation and firing techniques for interdicting enemy shipping.

Trois chansons de la résistance

January 1, 1944

French Resistance propaganda film. Filmed in wartime London and distributed to the Free French troops in England and Canada. Germaine Sablon interprets three songs, including the Song of the Partisans.

Miguel Strogoff

Miguel Strogoff

January 1, 1944

A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines .On the way he encounters adventures and colorful characters.

One Day is the World

One Day is the World

January 1, 1944

Tamás, on leave from the front line, and Mária, a red-cross nurse, spend an unforgettable night together in the aftermath of Tamás's disappointment at the unfaithfulness of his fiancée.

Know Your Ally: Britain

Know Your Ally: Britain

January 1, 1944

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.

Keep Your Mouth Shut

Keep Your Mouth Shut

January 1, 1944

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end gossiping during World War II.

8th Air Force Report from Britain

January 1, 1944

War Department Film about RAF and 8th Air Force activities in Britain

Going Home

Going Home

January 1, 1944

Pvt. Snafu's unit suffers the consequences of blabbing military secrets while on leave at home.

Army Air Forces - Pacific

January 1, 1944

General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold summarizes U.S. Army and Army Air Force activities in the Pacific Theater of World War II in this short documentary film. Air attacks on Japanese held islands, the rescue of American troops under fire by the Japanese, and successful bombing missions are depicted.

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

January 1, 1944

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.

German Snipers

January 1, 1944

Luftwaffen training film featuring numerous rifle men.

Bon Voyage

Bon Voyage

January 1, 1944

A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent.

Madagascar Landing

Madagascar Landing

January 1, 1944

A former leader of the French Resistance finds that one of his fellow actors looks like a detestable official he knew in Madagascar during the war. He tells about his time, operating an illegal radio station while evading the Nazis.

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal

December 31, 1943

A stop-motion animated account of the 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

No Exceptions

December 30, 1943

Short subject intended to promote unified action and sacrifice by Americans on the home front during the war.

Three Russian Girls

Three Russian Girls

December 30, 1943

Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three Russian Girls is a remake of Russia's The Girl From Stalingrad. Set just after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the film stars Anna Sten as Natasha, a Red Cross volunteer who is dispatched to a field hospital located in an old pre-revolution mansion. American test pilot John Hill (Kent Smith), who'd been in Russia on a goodwill mission, is wounded in battle and brought to the hospital. As he slowly recovers from his wounds, Hill falls in love with Natasha. A last-act crisis develops when the hospital personnel are forced to move immediately to Leningrad as the Nazis advance.

Tender Comrade

Tender Comrade

May 30, 1944

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

December 24, 1943

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.

Rookies in Burma

December 20, 1943

In the jungles of Burma, U.S. Army Privates Jerry Miles, and Mike Strager, are still spending most of their time on KP duty. However they are captured by the Japanese and taken to a prison camp and discover that their long-suffering Sergeant Burke has also been captured. They manage to escape and find their way to a Burmese village in which two American showgirls, Janie and Connie who have escaped from Shanghai, are stranded. They all borrow an elephant and head for India.

Gung Ho!

Gung Ho!

December 20, 1943

A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.