All Films

O Little Town of Bethlehem

1945 • 3 min

Singalong of traditional Christmas hymn.

Cork: Crashes And Curiosities

1945 • 12 min

A compilation of early auto racing clips.

Tomorrow Television

1945 • 12 min • United States of America

A short documentary detailing the development of television as well as describing promises regarding its presence in postwar America.

Atlantic Crossroads

1945 • 10 min • Canada

This short documentary focuses on Newfoundland's role in WWII. Due to its geographical position, Newfoundland became a central point of activity during the war, housing military air bases and becoming the link between the Allied forces and Europe. In stark contrast with the Depression in the 1930s, this film highlights Newfoundland's opportunities for economic growth during, and after, the war.

Let's All Sing Together: No. 3

1945 • 10 min • Canada

A group of old-time favourite sing-along songs is presented. Included are Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet and The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.

The Preacher & the Bear

1945 • 3 min • United States of America

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".

God Of Creation - A Sermon From Science

1945 • 28 min

Presents explorations in infinite space that reveal God's majesty, his love and care.

Side Show

1945 • 3 min

Various side show ladies lure customers into their tent.

Death Camps

1945 • 19 min • France

This film is made up of several reports shot by French and Allied war correspondents on 8 concentration camps located in Germany and liberated by the American and British armies in March and April 1945: Colditz, Langestein, Ohrdruf, Dachau, Buchenwald, Tekhla (Gardelegen), Belsen and Mittelgladbach A detailed description of the infrastructure and functioning of these death camps, where mass graves and starving survivors rub shoulders, bears witness to the atrocity and scale of the crimes committed by the Nazis.

The G.I. Bill of Rights

1945 • 3 min • United States of America

This cartoon was featured as part of the U.S. military's "Army-Navy Screen Magazine, No. 60", issued in September 1945. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veteran.

40 Billion Enemies

1945 • 24 min

On the importance of refrigeration in the battle against disease. The title refers to the speed with which bacteria multiply if their reproduction is not inhibited by cold. Includes shot of a professor lecturing in a college classroom; a train; truck on highway; etc. Describes the improvement of general health brought about by mechanical refrigeration & quick transportation of foods. Explains relations between temperature & food spoilage. Gives advice on purchase, use & care of a refrigerator.

Los espejos del bosque

1945 • 11 min • Spain

A walk through the tropical forests and lakes of Spanish Guinea, shot on behalf of General José Díaz de Villegas y Bustamante, writer, geographer and head of the Spanish colonial administration in Africa.

The Art of Love

1945 • 17 min

The worst movie on sex education you’ll ever see. Filmed lecture given by "Dr. Homer Blodgett" purporting to be on sex education and promoting a more open discussion of sexuality. The film in reality was an exploitation roadshow film to promote and sell the book "The Art of Love - Your Sex Problems Solved".

Manila Lives Again!

1945 • 9 min

An American propaganda film produced by the South West Pacific Area Newsreel, an internal military newsreel that both chronicled and uplifted the United States military efforts in the Southwest Pacific.

A Few Quick Facts: Lend-Lease

1945 • 5 min • United States of America

U.S Army Signal Corps animated film explaining the concept of Lend-Lease.

Let Everybody Vote

1945 • 2 min • Yugoslavia

A short propaganda cartoon about the right to vote. Drawings were made by Walter Neugebauer and it was shot by Frano Vodopivec.

Doin' You Good

1945 • 3 min • United States of America

Lawrence Welk and his orchestra perform "Doin' You Good"

Dive Bombing Crashes

1945 • 5 min • United States of America

Dive Bombing Crashes (1945) is a Warner Brothers Cartoon made as a training film for US Navy pilots. The film warns pilots not to neglect observing their altimeters during bombing dives.

Dance, Baby, Dance (Tantze Babele)

1945 • 3 min • United States of America

Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones sing the title song in this 1945 Soundie (a short film produced to be played on jukebox-like Panoram machines).

Rigoletto

1945 • 3 min

A Soundie with Day, Dawn, and Dusk.

Pumpa Pumpa

1945 • 3 min

A Soundie with The De Castro Sisters.

El Sereno de Bogotá

1945 • 60 min

An old man - in charge of taking care of the streets and keeping the lanterns lit that illuminated the nights of the city - a job known as “Sereno” - finds himself at the beginning of a day with an insomniac passerby. He decides to tell her his life, a series of tragedies that includes a poor childhood, loss of parents, estrangement from his beloved, marriage and loss of wife and son.

British Paramount News No. 1532

1945 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Britain welcomes children liberated from the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

We 46,000

1945 • 32 min • Sweden

Norwegians in Sweden during WWII.