All Films

A Wee Thing

1943 • 2 min • Canada

A short animated film promoting the use of war savings stamps at Christmas. Although a "wee thing," one war savings stamp is large enough to buy seven rifle bullets.

Nutrition

1943 • 2 min • Canada

An animated short film explaining the nutritive values of staple foods. It lists the body's basic nutritional requirements and specifies the foods which meet these needs. Emphasized are the types of diets needed for active and inactive work.

Price Shock

1943 • 1 min • Canada

Due to the lack of price controls during World War I commodities became very expensive. This animated film contrasts that situation with the price controls of World War II. (Also known under the title A Case of Price Shock.)

The String

1943 • 2 min • Canada

An animated short emphasizing the importance of not cashing in Victory Bonds before the end of World War II.

Unwanted Guests

1943 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Everything you never wanted to know about head lice. The film offers scalp-itching close-ups of nits as well as invaluable advice on how to avoid and destroy the little blighters. Sponsored by the Central Council for Health Education.

Champions Carry On

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Champions Carry On is a 1943 American short documentary film about how American sports figures were contributing to the war effort, produced by Edmund Reek. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 16th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

Amphibious Fighters

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Amphibious Fighters is a 1943 short directed by Jack Eaton. In 1944, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 16th Academy Awards.

Tomorrow We Fly

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

1943 Oscar nominated film in the category Best Documentary, Short Subject.

Trinidad

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

Rudy Burckhardt shot plenty of film while he was stationed in Trinidad with the Signal Corps in the early 1940s. This short film compiles some of the choicest bits.

Bury the Axis

1943 • 6 min

The cartoon chronicles Hitler's birth, brief childhood and eventual rise to power.

Assault on Salamaua

1943 • 9 min

The campaign to take back the small administrative and port centre of Salamaua from the Japanese army constituted one of the most important actions in the battle for New Guinea.

Through the Colorado Rockies

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series entry on Colorado begins in Colorado Springs, then proceeds to Pike's Peak. We experience a train ride over Royal Gorge and the sights along the Gunnison River. In Palisade, Colorado, we see men on stilts picking the local peach crop in order to avoid ladder damage to the fragile fruit trees.

Little Miss Muddlehead

1943 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Laundry soap brand Rinso was quick to jump on the 1940s fuel rationing bandwagon and remind housewives that, unlike other soaps, Rinso required very little hot water (it was customary to boil clothes at the time). This ingenious two-pronged marketing approach - bolster the war effort while increasing sales - was in keeping with the soap manufacturer's pioneering approach to advertising.

Stitch and Save

1943 • 3 min • Canada

This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.

Strich-Punkt-Ballett

1943 • 3 min • Germany

Experimental film by Herbert Seggelke.

Backstage Blues

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

A little music from Lynn Albritton, Lou Ellen and The Harlem Cuties.

Callisto, la petite nymphe de Diane

1943 • 13 min • France

"The little nymph of Diana" is ecstatic in front of the wheat fields and the joys of the family, Vichy obliges, we are struck by the erotic poetry of the subject, as under the spell of an esoteric soundtrack, graceful, and glittering.

Women in Blue

1943 • 9 min

WWII-era documentary short about women training for the WAVES (Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Service).

Beat Me, Daddy

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

Soundie featuring Maurice Rocco and Mable Lee in "Beat Me, Daddy."

Coastal Village

1943 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.

Fighting Men: Crack That Tank

1943 • 13 min • United States of America

A tank driver explains the nature of the armored combat vehicle and the techniques of how the infantry can deal with them in combat.

Swingonometry

1943 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Three female performers – pianist Renara, tap-dancer Irene Cutter and singer Shirley Lenner – are supported by Harry Parry and his band in this short film. Cinema audiences were cheered up through WWII by entertaining revue films such as this.

Latvians!

1943 • 4 min

A message from Adolf Hitler to the Latvians that they are here to save them from Bolshevism.

The First Motion Picture Unit

1943 • 21 min • United States of America

A documentary showing the functions of the Army Air Corps' First Motion Picture Unit, which made training and inspirational films for the Army Air Force during the Second World War.