Film Snail

War

The Blitzed Cities of Bristol and Bath

The Blitzed Cities of Bristol and Bath

January 1, 1942

Vivid colour footage of the wartime devastation wreaked on Bristol and Bath - and the barely affected village of Chew Magna.

Od pobudki do capstrzyku

January 1, 1942

Son of Tajikistan

January 1, 1942

The film tells about the front-line friendship between the sons of two people- Gafiz and Ivan.

The Cavalry

The Cavalry

January 1, 1942

The events of Tanker Jargal and Cavalryman Tsend show that every citizen must fight against a foreign enemy for the independence of his country. Tseren, a man who mischievously misleads the letters sent by the two to their beloved ladies, expresses the evil plot of the enemy.

Швейк готовится к бою

Швейк готовится к бою

January 1, 1942

From the Tatras to the Sea of Azov

January 1, 1942

A propaganda film about the struggle of the Slovak army on the eastern front in 1941 and 1942.

Young Partisans

Young Partisans

January 1, 1942

This is a two-in-one flashback film in which the flashback ends up teaching a group of kids a heroic lesson that they take to heart when war comes to their doorstep.

Sovgat

January 1, 1942

Bakhtiyar

Bakhtiyar

January 1, 1942

The short film is about the heroism of Azeri soldier.

Guard Along the Drina

Guard Along the Drina

January 1, 1942

A compilation of week journals made for Nazi-puppet regime in Croatia during WW II which show the warfare of Ustasha forces against Yugoslav partisans and Chetniks in eastern Bosnia.

For You at the Front!

For You at the Front!

January 1, 1942

From the start, Vertov made himself known as an irreconcilable enemy of “acted films,” which he regarded as a violation of truth. At the peak of World War II, however, such lofty artistic principles proved impractical. Vertov’s poetic and patriotic For You, Front! is a fiction film with a script and two actors. In a letter to her fiancé, a soldier on the front, Saule asks if there is anything he needs from “our beloved Kazakhstan.” Yes there is, he replies: lead, which can be used to make bullets to kill the enemies of “our beloved country.”

Kill or be Killed

Kill or be Killed

January 1, 1942

A fictional enactment of the deadly contest between a British soldier and a German sniper hiding in a tree. Kill or Be Killed differs from most army instructional films because of its powerful dramatization.

The Murderers Are Coming

The Murderers Are Coming

January 1, 1942

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "the Physicist", "Judicial Process", and "the Jewish Wife".

5 for 4

January 1, 1942

This animated short by Norman McLaren serves as a wartime savings campaign. Symbolic figures, drawn directly on 35mm film stock, move and dance against a simple painted background. The score is "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie," by Albert Ammons.

Inflation

Inflation

January 1, 1942

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

A Ship Is Born

A Ship Is Born

January 1, 1942

This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.

Torpedo Squadron

Torpedo Squadron

January 1, 1942

John Ford splices together footage of Torpedo Squadron 8, all but one of whom were later shot down and killed in the Battle of Midway. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2007.

Odessa in Flames

Odessa in Flames

January 1, 1942

The occupation of Bessarabia by the Russians in 1940 separates an opera singer from her family, leaving her under Bolshevik rule until Romanian troops enter Odessa.

Defenders of Tobruk

December 31, 1941

Australian newsreel, telling of the besieged Australian forces in Tobruk. Coverage shows dawn patrols, wrecks in Tobruk Harbour, tank patrols, anti-aircraft action against German planes, gun barrages, etc. also seen is the grave of first Australian VC (Victoria Cross) Corporal Edmondson and his mother at home holding the award.

Antosha Rybkin

Antosha Rybkin

December 31, 1941

Before the attack on the village, captured by the Nazis, the commander decides to carry out a distraction — a concert of the front-line brigade of artists. Chef Antosha Rybkin is assigned to play the role of... a German corporal. Dressed in an enemy uniform, he gets to the rear of the enemy and helps his liberate the village.