War

The Fighting Lady

The Fighting Lady

December 21, 1944

Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 "newsdrama," narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones of combat by the U.S. Navy. The film follows one of the many new aircraft carriers built since Pearl Harbor, known as THE FIGHTING LADY in honor of all American carriers, as it goes into action against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean in 1943. See the ship and its pilots undergo their baptism of fire, attacking the Japanese base on Marcus Island. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Aeroporto

Aeroporto

December 18, 1944

Once There Was a Girl

Once There Was a Girl

December 18, 1944

Woven around the daily lives of two children, nine-year-old Nastenka and five-year-old Katia, this is a story of the 17 months' siege of Leningrad and of the people and families shattered by the war, their homes bombed and destroyed, their lives in a constant anticipation of the advancing German army and air raids.

Combat Bulletin #5

December 13, 1944

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Combat Bulletin #4

December 13, 1944

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Combat Bulletin #3

December 13, 1944

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Combat Bulletin #2

December 13, 1944

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

December 8, 1944

A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't realize that their request to invite the soldier never got mailed. On the day of the scheduled dinner, another soldier is brought to their home and love soon blossoms between him and Tessa, the young woman who runs the home.

Battle Troop

Battle Troop

December 7, 1944

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their torpedo techniques. Mikami is posted as a staff officer at a base on an island in the Pacific. Kawakami and Murakami later joins him as the base squardron is reinforced. The enemy task force approaches the island and all three of them attack the fleet, killing themselves in the process.

Army

Army

December 7, 1944

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

Malakhov Kurgan

Malakhov Kurgan

December 5, 1944

A World War II era Soviet war film, focusing on the role of the Red Navy rather than land forces, and reviving the 1920s concept of the collective hero.

AAF Report

AAF Report

December 1, 1944

US Army Air Forces providing an overview of the Army Air Forces.

Henry V

Henry V

November 24, 1944

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Zoya

Zoya

November 23, 1944

The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans, Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this film re-creates not merely Zoya's death, but also her life.

V-1: The Robot Bomb

November 17, 1944

British documentary short made to describe the attacks made on England by Hitler's V-1 bombs and the successful destruction of many of these bombs before they could fall on their targets.

Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War

Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War

November 16, 1944

Designed as a successor to "They Met In Moscow", with the same director, star and composer, "Six P. M." (1946 American release title) has two artillery officers meeting an attractive girl in Moscow between battles. One falls in love with her and they vow to meet in Moscow on a bridge at Six P.M. when the war ends. The war puts them on diverse trails, but the pledge is fulfilled against a setting of Moscow's famous fireworks displays.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

November 15, 1944

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

Enemy of Women

Enemy of Women

November 10, 1944

Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.

Sergeant Mike

Sergeant Mike

November 9, 1944

A soldier becomes quite upset when he is transferred from the highly coveted machine-gun unit to the canine corps. He begins to change his opinion when he learns that his army dog Mike was a gift from an eight-year-old whose father was killed in the war. Now the soldier becomes committed to training Mike into the best army dog there ever was.

Medal for the General

Medal for the General

November 6, 1944

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.