1944 Movies

An explanation of the increasingly important tactical rôle of air power, and the difficulties inherent in fulfilling this rôle on occasions, exemplifi...

Documentary short film depicting the progress made by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre during 1944.

The construction of chains of airfields in northwestern Canada was a difficult job of strategic importance in the war effort.

This somber WWII War Bond promotional film shows the activities of the Quartermaster Effects Depot in Kansas City, Missouri. Here, some of the hundre...

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

Director unknown, MGM studios from Issue 24 April 1944.

This 1944 black and white silent film provides brief glimpses of the lifestyle among Kenya's white/European settlers during the Second World War.

1944 Dutch East Indies propaganda film

A collection of material shot before and during WW2 in the director’s hometown of Banja Luka, where its quiet life was disrupted by the enemy.

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

A snowman figures out a way to last until July in an attempt to see the summer season and its beautiful flowers.

A short animated film that explains the necessity of curtailing the consumption of civilian goods in wartime.

Newsreel of Operation Hailstone, the U.S. assault on the naval base at Truk (aka "Japan's Pearl Habor").

Highlights the history of balloons.

WWII documentary film on helping child victims of war.

A short silent film promoting the city of Chicago's hospitality to servicemen, with various scenes taken at a "Summer Center" on Lake Michigan circa 1...

An antifascist Dutch family living under German occupation prepares for the arrival of the English liberators -- who never arrive. Short NSB propagand...