All Films

Lone Texas Ranger

1945 • 56 min • United States of America

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.

Where the Pest Begins

1945 • 17 min • United States of America

Jonathan Bass (Tom Kennedy), an inventor working for the government, makes the mistake of his life. He moves next door to Shemp. Lazy, obtuse and obnoxious, Shemp plays the good neighbor by wrecking the Bass' garage, car and china... and somehow makes it look to Bass' wife (Christine McIntyre) that Jonathan is clumsily at fault. Bass' latest project is a new bomb for the Army, and it's only a matter of time before helpful Shemp turns up in the laboratory basement offering his assistance.

African Diary

1945 • 6 min • United States of America

Goofy narrates his own quest to Africa accompanied by various tour guides. He is in search of wild game. After run-ins with various animals while camping for the night and taking his morning plunge (ruined by a hippo that takes all the water with him when exiting the pool), he sets off in search of the black rhinoceros. Unfortunately for Goofy, the rhino is prepared for Goofy (thanks to a stool pigeon bird resting on his horn) and charges him. Goofy tries his gun against the rhino but the rhino is still to much for Goofy so he leaves Africa and leaves the rhino for other hunters.

The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round

1945 • 17 min • United States of America

Vera is one of many of a group of jurors who must work together to come up with a decision whether or not a man is guilty of murder.

Rustlers of the Badlands

1945 • 55 min • United States of America

The Durango Kid fights to catch the rustlers who killed an Army officer.

Sentinels of Safety

1945 • 8 min • United States of America

Safety hazards in the home.

The Stilwell Road

1945 • 51 min

Documentary - Documentary about the construction of the Stilwell Road--originally called The Ledo Road--a 478-mile passage from Assam, India, to Ledo, Burma, during World War II. The road, which was built by 63,000 workers and cost $150 million, was used by the British, Chinese and Indian armies to transport supplies, troops and other essentials from India to Burma in order to keep the Japanese from overrunning the entire theater. - Ronald Reagan, Harold Alexander, Claude Auchinleck

Swing Out, Sister

1945 • 60 min • United States of America

Universal cowboy star Rod Cameron plays Geoffrey, conductor of a high-toned symphony orchestra. Secretly harboring the desire to become a swingin' jazz trumpeter, Geoffrey takes a job at a "hot" Broadway nightclub. Here he meets and falls in love with café songstress Donna (Frances Raeburn), who has led her family to believe that she's studying for a classical-music career. Meanwhile, a comedy-relief romance develops between Geoffrey's snooty valet Chumley (Arthur Treacher) and Donna's best pal Pat (Jacqueline De Wit). For those not interested in the plot (what there is of it), Swing Out, Sister includes specialty numbers by organist Selika Pettiford and the Lou Diamond Quintet.

Brotherhood of Man

1945 • 10 min • United States of America

Made from a pamphlet and financed by a union, the message that the similarities between people are greater than any racial differences, was part of a post WW2 optimism which was soon to be seen as leftist propaganda and now reads like simple multiculturalism.

The Battle of San Pietro

1945 • 38 min • United States of America

This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

L'Enquête du 58

1945 • 26 min • France

A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair. During his interrogation, the driver refuses to provide an explanation for his action and is charged with malpractice. The only one he will tell the truth to is the gatekeeper's wife.

Meeting of Artists

1945 • 3 min • Belgium

A family film, a short summer film, made to record the joy of being together. But what a family! Léon Spilliaert, Paul Delvaux, Edgar Tytgat and his wife Maria, Luc and Paul Haessaerts. A garden, some seats and a camera that films the group of friends. They talk (given all the jollity, laughter and gestures seen it is a shame that it is a silent film). A period document only a few minutes long, a witness that puts names to faces, a reminder of a sunny afternoon. Emotion that loses itself in the moment.

No Buddy Atoll

1945 • 5 min • United States of America

Private Snafu is stranded on a tiny island with a Japanese officer; he must depend on his wits to defend himself against his sword-wielding foe.

In the Aleutians

1945 • 3 min • United States of America

A humourous look at the Aleutian Islands and their strategic value.

Wild and Woolfy

1945 • 8 min • United States of America

Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.

House №13

1945 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Follows a fire in the bunny house and its causes.

Flaming Bullets

1945 • 57 min • United States of America

Bullets fly as the Texas rangers fight an outlaw gang.

A Self-Made Mongrel

1945 • 7 min • United States of America

A wealthy eccentric owns a talking mongrel dog, and the dog, deciding to upgrade his pedigree, decides he is a born watch-dog. The owner puts on a mask with the intention of breaking into his own house and testing the dog's abilities. But, before he breaks in, a real burglar does so, and has taken over the house and the self-proclaimed self-made protector.

Ain't That Ducky

1945 • 7 min • United States of America

Daffy Duck hears a duckling crying, arousing Daffy, so he asks the duckling why he is so sad. The duckling is short-tempered and cried, until the hunter succeeded in stealing the satchel reads a note finding out why the duckling is so sad.

Myra Hess

1945 • 11 min • United Kingdom

A concert short spotlighting Dame Myra Hess performing the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, “Appassionata.” Filmed in an intimate hall setting, it focuses on her touch and phrasing, presenting the movement as a self-contained showcase of her artistry.

It's Murder She Says...

1945 • 5 min • United States of America

A haggard mosquito complains how tough life is with the military taking the proper precautions against malaria infection.

The Channel Islands 1940-1945

1945 • 17 min • United Kingdom

The occupation of the Channel Islands.

Mama Loves Papa

1945 • 60 min • United States of America

A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.

A Diary for Timothy

1945 • 39 min • United Kingdom

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.