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War

Gripes

Gripes

July 1, 1943

Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

June 29, 1943

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.

Submarine Alert

Submarine Alert

June 28, 1943

Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to complete work on the prototype radio. Radio engineer Lew Deerhold, a resident alien without a job to pay for his adorable little ward Gina's life-saving operation, falls prey to the spy ring, and is swept up in a maelstrom of deceit and danger.

The Tiger of Malaya

The Tiger of Malaya

June 24, 1943

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

Pilot #5

Pilot #5

June 24, 1943

A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

June 24, 1943

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

Report from the Aleutians

Report from the Aleutians

July 30, 1943

A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. The film opens with a map showing the strategic importance of the island, and the thrust of the 1942 Japanese offensive into Midway and Dutch Harbor. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The Silent Village

The Silent Village

June 17, 1943

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

Fifth Column Mouse

Fifth Column Mouse

June 15, 1943

In an allegory for World War II, one mouse's attempt to appease the cat of the house in exchange for a regular supply of cheese puts all the mice in danger.

Message from Malta

June 10, 1943

The lives of the people of Malta and their endurance under the trials of the Second World War are displayed in this documentary short film.

Hitler's Madman

Hitler's Madman

June 10, 1943

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

July 26, 1943

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

Quelli della montagna

Quelli della montagna

June 7, 1943

Andrea Fontana is a lawyer who meets a girl and then marries her. But it is not long before he is called to serve in the war.

1812

1812

June 6, 1943

A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers

June 6, 1943

A story about the friendship between two young men, two soldiers - Arkady from Odessa and Sasha from Ural.

Bataan

Bataan

June 3, 1943

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Fog

Fog

June 1, 1943

United States Navy Training Film produced under the supervision to the Bureau of Aeronautics by Walt Disney Productions in Technicolor

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us

June 1, 1943

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.

Nazty Nuisance

Nazty Nuisance

August 6, 1943

Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.

Back from the Front

Back from the Front

May 28, 1943

The Stooges join the war effort by enlisting at Merchant Marines. While aboard, they have a brief run-in with (a secret German Nazi officer) Lt. Dungen (Vernon Dent), and then mistake a torpedo for a beached whale. Moe says they have to kill it, and it promptly explodes. After being lost at sea for several days, they come across the SS Schicklgruber and climb aboard. Now with fully grown beards, they come across Lt. Dungen again, who does not recognize them. After realizing they are on a German war ship they eventually overtake the crew and toss them overboard.