All Films

O carro e o home

1945 • 12 min

The car represents more than a labor transport in rural Galicia. It was part of the work, the culture, the landscape and the leisure of the farmers. Thus, it shows the life cycle of a car from its construction to its "death", as well as other tasks of the daily life of the village such as threshing or linen making.

The Poet & Peasant

1945 • 7 min • United States of America

Andy Panda conducts the "Hollywood Washbowl Orchestra" (an ensemble of farm animals, on a farm) in the title tune. After Andy removes a frog from under his wig, he begins. All is well until his shirt gets stuck on a nail; while he's fighting it, the orchestra breaks into a swinging tune. Back under control, a talkative squirrel in the audience annoys the pig sitting next to him; the pig zips the squirrel's mouth shut. A bird lands on Andy's baton; he waves it, and 2, 3, 4, and 5 birds appear (apparently, his baton's become a magic wand). He waves some more, and the birds disappear one by one, finally replaced with a very happy cat. Two ducks dance as ballerinas; then one fox and one duck, but the second duck is not as easily captured.

Mutoscope Reels

1945 • 2 min • United States of America

An mutoscope motion picture installation commissioned for the 86th anniversary of the Guggenheim museum. Later preserved and turned into a short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Gateway to Asia

1945 • 10 min • Canada

This short film highlights the province of British Columbia and its position after World War II. Located on the Pacific Coast, it is the gateway for those travelling to Asia and Russia and a vital link between the rest of Canada and its neighbours in the Far East. The film looks at British Columbia's population, natural resources and industries along with some of its social issues.

Istria

1945 • 25 min • Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the liberation of Istria at the end of the World War II.

The Air Plan

1945 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Eric Portman narrates this 1945 retrospective account from the RAF Film Production Unit, celebrating the RAF's role in the Normandy campaign, with outstanding footage of RAF Typhoons's blitzing targets with salvos of rockets and cannon fire.

India Strikes

1945 • 35 min • United Kingdom

British documentary on India's role in World War II.

The Director is Busy

1945 • 19 min • Sweden

About hobbies. The Swedish King Gustaf V enjoys embroideres. The CEO Arvid Öhlin plays with his toy trains. The countess Ebba Bonde collects porcelain parrots, white the count Carl Bonde is fond of miniature books. And so on.

In Rural Maharashtra

1945 • 12 min • India, United Kingdom

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

A Sporting Chance

1945 • 55 min • United States of America

After the death of shipping magnate William Reardon, his young partner, Steve Walker, becomes executor and manager of his shipyards, in accordance with his will. Reardon's spoiled niece, society girl Pamela Herrick, will inherit her uncle's entire estate on condition that she hold a job at the shipyards for a year on her own merit. Steve is to be the sole judge of her actions and decide whether she will receive her inheritance.

Lawless Empire

1945 • 58 min • United States of America

In the lawless town of Dusty Gulch, the Durango Kid comes to the aid of Reverend Harding in his fight against Blaze Howard and his henchman. When Durango foils all bad guy's plans, Blaze's boss Doc Weston realizes Cannonball it tipping off Durango. Weston then lets Cannonball overhear false information that will send Durango into a fatal trap.

Land and Live in the Desert

1945 • 35 min • United States of America

Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving water, providing shelter, and signaling for help are depicted.

Craftsmen at Work

1945 • 16 min

A variety of craftspeople display their talent and work courtesy of the Craftsmen Work Committee at the Gaelic College of Crafts run by Mary Black.

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

1945 • 31 min • Soviet Union

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

Bothered by a Beard

1945 • 33 min • United Kingdom

A flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones graced many an educational film in the 1930s and 40s. Jumping from the Bronze Age to Ancient Egypt to the dicey barbers of Victorian England (cue Tod Slaughter hamming it up in "Britain's most fruity drama", Sweeney Todd), the film follows the development and mass production of King Camp Gillette's 1890s invention.

Not by Books Alone

1945 • 22 min • United States of America

Documentary sponsored by the Rochester Public Library illustrating the range of community services offered by public libraries. Not by Books Alone shows how libraries advance education, provide recrea­tional opportunities, help job seekers, and promote good citizenship.

V-e +1

1945 • 21 min • United States of America

The silent 16 mm footage that makes up "V-E +1" documents the burial of beaten and emaciated Holocaust victims found by Allied forces in the Nazi concentration camp at Falkenau, Czechoslovakia, as World War II ended in Europe.

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya

1945 • 3 min

Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

Marked for Murder

1945 • 57 min • United States of America

In this western, the Texas Rangers must stop a range war between sheepherders and cattle ranchers from erupting.

The Ship That Wouldn't Die!

1945 • 8 min • United States of America

This short film focuses on the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier that in March 1945 suffered heavy bombing damages and a massive toll on servicemen before returning to the U.S.

My Japan

1945 • 16 min • United States of America

An odd bit of WWII propaganda in which an obviously Caucasian actor, using a fake Japanese accent, talks about the beauty of his homeland and how "his" people are different (and superior) to naive American soldiers. According to the narrator of the film, a US invasion of Japan would not succeed due to the superior fighting power of the Japanese people who, if forced, would retreat from the island and take up refuge in caves on mainland China.

Grampaw Pettibone's Gripes: Join-Up Collisions

1945 • 4 min

Part of the "Flight Safety" series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one,completed by United Productions of America, describes the dangers of mid-air collisions during join-up maneuvers.

Sliphorn King of Polaroo

1945 • 6 min • United States of America

This Swing Symphony cartoon from Walter Lantz features the sweet trombone playing (for Jackson)of Jack Teagarden and baritone Lee Sweetland as the speaking and singing voice of Jackson, the trombone-playing merchant-marine sailor who is shipwrecked in the icy wastes of the far north. His trombone playing knocks the native seals and penguins out of their sox, and his jive and jazz keeps everyone steppin', truckin' and warm, and he is crowned the Sliphorn King of Polaroo.

Trail of Kit Carson

1945 • 57 min • United States of America

Bill Harmon receives a letter from his partner, Dave MacRoy informing him of a rich gold strike in their California mine. Arriving there, Bill learns from elderly miner John Benton that Dave is dead and that he sold the mine at a strangely low price the night before his supposed accidental death. Harmon suspects murder.