1942 Movies

A Terrytoons cartoon released 26 June 1942.

An idyllic summer sunday in Berlin.

The diary of a typical non-stop working day of a wartime district nurse.

This film depicts scenarios of how house searches are conducted. It also demonstrates the proper way to go about it.

The film teaches you how to wash laundry with minimal detergent.

The soundie begins with the guys in the bandbox playing nurdy stuff & the dancers in the street chanting "No, No, No!" until at long last Walter Fulle...

A spoof of a popular radio program of the time called "Hobby Lobby", with blackout gags showcasing people's various hobbies and/or inventions.

'Speaking of Animals in South America' is another very interesting and well done entry from the series, if not quite one of the best. As said before,...

Presented by the U.S. Navy, this WWII-era color film "Your Ship in Action" shows the construction and launch of a Cleveland class light cruiser, USS D...

The second of Castle Films' Christmas Cartoons released for home projection. Contains a family talking about Santa, the Frank Moser directed Terrytown...

This documentary short film depicts the methodology and necessity for fighter pilots during World War II to recognize and note information from the gr...

A portrait of the town of Schwedt in the Uckermark and its history. The architecture of Schwedt Castle and tobacco growing outside the town are also c...

Highlights the increasingly important roles women occupy on the various fronts of WW II. In England, their more active jobs include ferrying planes fr...

As an overworked farmer insists that wartime food demands be managed, a woman is confronted by her conscience about the need to obey the food rationin...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 20 February 1942.

Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used...

Desert Wonderland is a 1942 American short documentary film directed by Russ Shields and Jack Kuhne exploring the Grand Canyon. It was nominated for a...

A Toreador, who talks like Jimmy Durante, wants to marry the fair Spanish lass, who talks like Lupe Velez, but her father, who talks like Leo Carrillo...

The march towards progress in Ste-Anne-de-Roquemaure manifests itself in various ways. It is the establishment of a cooperative union, a parish hall,...