Film Snail

War

Pacific Milk Run

November 3, 1943

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

Infantry Weapons and Their Effect

November 1, 1943

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

The Crew of the Dora

The Crew of the Dora

November 1, 1943

German film about Luftwaffe pilots. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together.

Wait for Me

Wait for Me

November 1, 1943

A story of true love set during the WWII.

The Home Front

The Home Front

November 1, 1943

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

We Sail at Midnight

October 30, 1943

A short documentary style film it depicts the story of The British obtaining a special tool from America to help with the building of a tank.

To My Unborn Son

To My Unborn Son

October 30, 1943

A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child, explaining what he was fighting for in resisting the Nazi invasion of his homeland. A John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short.

Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary

October 27, 1943

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Schweik's New Adventures

Schweik's New Adventures

October 18, 1943

Nazis are nothing to the wily good soldier Schweik (Lloyd Pearson).

The Underdog

The Underdog

October 17, 1943

During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep his honor while the gang in his new neighborhood bully him.

A Family

A Family

October 16, 1943

The film is about the Soviet People's patriotism and friendship.

Paris After Dark

Paris After Dark

October 15, 1943

Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His nurse supports his activities, but her Nazi-brainwashed husband provides the tension.

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

October 10, 1943

The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.

Doughboys in Ireland

Doughboys in Ireland

October 7, 1943

According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).

Women at War

Women at War

October 2, 1943

Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer, farm girl Stormy Hart wants to become involved in motor transport, and Lorna Travis seeks to win the approval of her father, a major general, who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military. Intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming war games conducted by General Travis and validate the value of the WACS to the war effort.

The Adventures of Tartu

The Adventures of Tartu

October 1, 1943

British Captain Terence Stevenson (Robert Donat) accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing unexploded bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he is parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. He makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory where it is being manufactured.

Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225

September 29, 1943

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

Adventure in Iraq

Adventure in Iraq

September 27, 1943

Three Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.

Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 681/40/1943

September 22, 1943

News of the Week: German Troops Capture Rome; Heavy Fighting at Allied Beachhead at Salerno; Mussolini Rescued in Abruzzi Mountains; SS Captain Skorzeny Shown With Mussolini.

Submarine T-9

Submarine T-9

September 22, 1943

The Great Patriotic War. The Soviet submarine T-9, passing through the minefields of the North Sea, penetrates the enemy port. Sailors drown enemy transport ships, but soon find out that they are late - enemy troops and weapons are already unloaded and sent to the front. Captain Kostrov finds himself in a situation where a combat mission is almost impossible, but he must fulfill it - for him it is a matter of honor or dishonor.