All Films

Land for Pioneers

1944 • 15 min • Canada

Land for Pioneers is a documentary about economic development in the Canadian North from a 1944 nationalist perspective.

The Man on the Beat

1944 • 11 min • United States of America

Training and duties of a British policeman.

Let's All Sing Together No. 1

1944 • 9 min • Canada

Daisy Daisy, Old McDonald Had a Farm, Home on the Range, and Alouette are sung by the Four Gentlemen Quartet. Animated cartoons illustrate these songs.

A Few Quick Facts: USS Iowa/Brain/Shoes

1944 • 3 min

Director unknown, MGM studios from Issue 26 May 1944.

A Few Quick Facts: US Soldier/Bullet/Diarrhea & Dysentery

1944 • 3 min

Director unknown, MGM studios from Issue 24 April 1944.

G.I. Jive

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five perform "G.I. Jive"

Chimp's Vacation

1944 • 9 min

What does a monkey do on vacation? He avoids jail, throws coconuts, sticks his head in a cannon, torments a turtle and eats the feathers out of a pillow, apparently.

I'm Tired

1944 • 3 min

A Soundie with Apus and Estrellita.

Safety In Offices

1944 • 12 min • United States of America

The U.S. Navy teaches workers how to safely work in offices.

How Prices Could Rise

1944 • 2 min • Canada

A short film on the necessity of creating government price controls in wartime.

Antonia Santos

1944 • 60 min

Historical reconstruction of the last years of the Santander heroine, who from El Socorro led a good part of the community movement against the Spanish yoke.

Tea on the Terrace

1944 • 3 min

A Soundie with Marvel Maxwell.

The More We Get Together No. 2

1944 • 9 min • Canada

A lively sing-song in which a male quartet gives rousing performances of Billy Boy, What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor, and Marching through Georgia.

Corn Pone

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

Soundie featuring Skeets Tolbert & His Orchestra and Lupe Carterio (vocals).

Air Brakes: Principles of Operation

1944 • 25 min • United States of America

Explains the design and functions of the components in the air brakes system used in large military vehicles. Shows what happens when the brake pedal is depressed and released.

Cost of Living Index

1944 • 6 min • Canada

An animated film illustrating how the Canadian consumer price index was determined and the effect World War II had on it.

Jungle Jive

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

At the Sandwich Islands, which includes the "deviled egg" island, the "hot dog on a bun" island, and the "hamburger" island (with a sign, "Hold the Onions"), we see a man on the "tunaville" island surveying the area with a telescope. He notices a crate full of musical instruments wash ashore and alerts the others. The tribe finds these instruments strange and unusual at first but eventually really get the hang of them, particularly one member who plays a hot piano, his playing being somewhat interrupted by a pestiferous crab.

Keep Your Mouth Shut

1944 • 3 min • Canada

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end gossiping during World War II.

Rock the Boat

1944 • 4 min • Canada

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings on black cards were photographed with overlapping ‘zooms’ to suggest the forward movement of a canoe along rivers and lakes. This film appears in Chants populaires no. 5 and in Chants populaires no. 6.

A Night of Magic

1944 • 60 min • United Kingdom

London bachelor Reggie Bryant receives a most unusual gift from his uncle - an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with a 3,000 year old princess inside. More amazing still, when Reggie lifts the lid, he finds not a dried-up old mummy, but a very gorgeous and nubile young blonde who identifies herself as Princess Raviola. Forgetting all about his fiance, Reggie and the Princess set off on a wild drinking and dancing escapade through the nightclubs of London. Wishing to return the favor, Princess Raviola whisks Reggie 3,000 years back in time to ancient Egypt, where she intends to show him how they partied in Pharaoh's Palace!

Two-Gun Rusty

1944 • 7 min • United States of America

In this George Pal Puppetoon short, Rusty dreams of adventure in an old-West setting.

A Knight and a Blonde

1944 • 14 min • United States of America

Hugh has difficulty eluding a sleepwalking blonde.

Caravan

1944 • 3 min • United States of America

The Three Suns perform "Caravan".

Grim Pastures

1944 • 3 min

A humorous depiction of farm animals' need for proper fodder, Grim Pastures shows a horse and a cow both racing for the same bit of grass. The distracted beasts end up with sandwich boards with slogans imploring farmers to raise more fodder.