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The Little Toy Soldier

The Little Toy Soldier

1945 • 12 min • United States of America
A judgmental toy jumps from owner to owner, seeking a Christian boy who can provide him a home.
The Dawn of Better Living

The Dawn of Better Living

1945 • 16 min • United States of America
Produced for Westinghouse Electric
The Army Nurse

The Army Nurse

1945 • 16 min • United States of America
This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion that they provide on a daily basis. The film also shows the many different conditions they have to deal with in and out of work during wartime.
All Ruzzitt Buzzitt

All Ruzzitt Buzzitt

1945 • 3 min • United States of America
Soundie featuring Dallas Bartley and his Band performing "All Ruzzit Buzzit."
The Atom Strikes!

The Atom Strikes!

1945 • 31 min
The U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictorial Division made this short documentary shortly after the end of WWII to look at the after-effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is no credited crew or cast.
Barão do Rio Branco

Barão do Rio Branco

1945 • 30 min • Brazil
Detailed description of the diplomatic and territorial conquests of José Maria Paranhos, the Baron of Rio Branco. Considered the father of Brazilian diplomacy, Rio Branco, through his skillful negotiation skills, was the protagonist of important diplomatic resolutions, which preserved a large part of Brazillian borders.
Arrivée de Fernand Léger devant  la gare du palais (Québec)

Arrivée de Fernand Léger devant la gare du palais (Québec)

1945 • 1 min • Canada
Artist Fernand Léger arrives in Canada two days after Liberation.
Learie Constantine

Learie Constantine

1945 • 9 min • United Kingdom
A profile of the West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine, showing him at work as a welfare officer in Liverpool and on the cricket field.
Romance Without Finance

Romance Without Finance

1945 • 3 min • United States of America
Tiny Grimes and his band perform #Romance Without Finance".
Enemy Bacteria

Enemy Bacteria

1945 • 24 min • United States of America
A Navy animation film about bacteria.
Health for the Americas: The Unseen Enemy

Health for the Americas: The Unseen Enemy

1945 • 10 min • United States of America
Disney animated educational film about staying safe from disease.
Sally the Sparrow

Sally the Sparrow

1945 • 9 min • United Kingdom
Explore London Zoo with one of its greediest residents, Sally the sparrow.
Saddle Serenade

Saddle Serenade

1945 • 57 min • United States of America
Doris Rogers, half owner of a dude ranch, as Jimmy Wakely, "Lasses" White and Dusty Smith to help run it. U.S. Marshal Tom Logan, posing as a stage driver, is killed during a mock holdup of new arrivals to the ranch. Brenda Amers and Horatio Pennypacker, eastern jewel thieves, bring their loot to Roy Williams, who owns the other half of the ranch as a blind for his gang which resells stolen jewels. Vaughn, the desk clerk, re-cuts the jewels in a secret room in the ice house. Fearing he will be caught, Brenda refuses Williams her stolen diamonds and hides them in a bar of soap.
Sixth Avenue—Subway—Post

Sixth Avenue—Subway—Post

1945 • 7 min
"Sixth Avenue—Subway—Post" demonstrates that a travel diary doesn’t need to record a foreign locale, as Charles L. Turner documents his daily commute from his home near MoMA to the US Army Pictorial Service, when it was based at the Astoria Film Studio in Queens during World War II.
Two Down and One to Go

Two Down and One to Go

1945 • 32 min
Documentary short film produced by the U.S. Army, intended to enlighten the American public on the final thrust of the Allied war effort in Europe and on the plans for the return home of American forces. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.
Marshal of Laredo

Marshal of Laredo

1945 • 56 min • United States of America
Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw
French Town...

French Town...

1945 • 12 min • United Kingdom
Portrait of a small French town following its liberation during World War II.
The Sport Parade: Snow Thrills

The Sport Parade: Snow Thrills

1945 • 9 min • United States of America
A silent short documentary highlighting winter sports - skating, skiing, bobsled, dogsledding, and features lots of folks falling down.
The Pied Piper of Basin Street

The Pied Piper of Basin Street

1945 • 7 min • United States of America
In this swing version of the famous tale, a small town is overrun with rats. The mayor (caricature of Lou Costello) is in a quandary. His phones are busy with demands to do something. He hears a voice say: "what you need is a Pied Piper." Looking up, he sees a young man with a trombone (Jimmy Durante) who claims that he can run every rat out of town for a fee. The mayor makes a deal with him, and the trombone player goes to work leading the rats out of town with the playing of his trombone, and he locks them in a cage. Returning to the mayor's office, he's handed a bag of peanuts and thrown out. Unable to get the reward promised, the Pied Piper puts on his "Hank Swoonatra" (Frank Sinatra) suit croons to the girls. He leads them aboard a swinging showboat and opens the cage full of rats and they return to town, where only the mayor is left. The rats swarm the mayor's office and give him a bad time for his treatment of the pied piper. Production Number: D-10 A Swing Symphony cartoon.
Hitler Youth

Hitler Youth

1945 • 10 min • United States of America
William L. Shirer, the author of The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich, talks about the youth who were under Hitler. He speaks on the influence, hate, death, war and conquest has on the youth. How these concepts are built into them the moment they are born.
6th Marine Division on Okinawa

6th Marine Division on Okinawa

1945 • 47 min • United States of America
A documentary covering the actions of the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa during WWII.
Hold Your Horsepower

Hold Your Horsepower

1945 • 13 min • United States of America
Non-theatrical industrial short Produced for The Texans Company
White Rhapsody

White Rhapsody

1945 • 10 min • United States of America
White Rhapsody is a 1945 short film directed by Jack Eaton, with Ted Husing narrating. The film explores the popular sport of skiing. It was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Subject, One-Reel. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.
Story of a City

Story of a City

1945 • 15 min • Australia
The film illustrates the fact that Australia's Newcastle, like its British counterpart, has developed into a large city but still retains its essential mining atmosphere. The great steel industry which feeds on its black gold is shown in full blast. But the film reaches beyond coal, steel and the activity of a great port into the lives of the people of Newcastle. It covers not only the mines and the mills but moves into the dwelling and working places and the natural beauty of their surroundings where they find their pleasures.