1942 Movies

Released in September 1942 by Nippon Eigasha, this 55-minute kokusaku (national policy) documentary follows Japanese paratroopers through every stage...

A film about the German Reichsbahn and its supply of the Wehrmacht, despite severe winter weather, as well as the use of existing railway lines in occ...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John Woo...

Woodland animal citizens learn how to extinguish different types of incendiary bombs and help fight back against an enemy air force of wolves.

Associated Screen Studios' 'The Thousand Days' is a dramatic, impressionistic review of an historic one thousand days--since September 1939. You see W...

Short documentary on the clandestine press in Belgium during the WW II German occupation.

A satire focusing on Native American life on and off the reservation. It is filled with black-out sight gags, word-play and caricatures.

Documentary short depicting night workers in an armament factory making tank components for the war effort, the commentary largely being supplied by t...

The public walk through the grounds of Kew Gardens and enjoy the flowers. Meanwhile, serious botanical research is conducted behind the scenes.

This film profiles the history, culture, and farm produce of the Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico. The film emphasizes the self-reliant nature of Pu...

When the handsome doctor Sadashiv sets up a new clinic in Pune, he finds himself with no patients but is beseiged with marriage offers. Chintu, son of...

An experiment in color and rhythm with no music. An unfinished film that was later edited into Radio Dynamics.

Tito comes on his trusty burro to sing to his lady love, but his singing and guitar playing disturbs the girl's father. The father peppers Tito with a...

German newsreel

A colourful look at the various types of gardens to be found in England, a nation of gardeners.

This Traveltalk short visits southern Mexico.