All Films

Take It Off

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

The Pretty Priorities perform "Take It Off".

Strictly G.I.

1943 • 20 min • United States of America

A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was broadcast and filmed at a live performance at Camp Roberts, California. Lana Turner, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland and Bob Hope star.

Three Cheers for the Girls

1943 • 16 min • United States of America

This short film showcases six production numbers from various Warner Bros. musicals.

The Scarecrow

1943 • 10 min • France

Animated short originally produced in France by Paul Grimault.

The War for Men's Minds

1943 • 21 min

Propaganda short about the Second World War.

The New Lot

1943 • 43 min • United Kingdom

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.

Momotaro's Sea Eagles

1943 • 37 min • Japan

Considered the first animated feature film from Japan. Although it's short, it was billed as a main attraction. This government funded propaganda film features the classic folklore character Momotaro and his animal friends as they attack Pearl Harbor which is defended by characters strikingly similar to Bluto and Olive Oil from the Popeye cartoons. The animation is mixed with real video footage from the attack on Pearl Harbor supplied by the military.

The Bismarck Convoy Smashed!

1943 • 10 min • Australia

An Australia propaganda war film documenting the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Nominated for the Academy Award.

Six Gun Gospel

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown once again goes undercover in this Nevada Mckenzie series entry from Great Westerns Prod./Monogram. Masquerading as a parson and a drifter, Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton) and Nevada Jack McKenzie (Mack Brown) come to the aid of the beleaguered residents of Goldville, a small ranching community being terrorized by greedy saloon keeper Ace Benton (Kenneth MacDonald) and his gang of cutthroats. Unbeknownst to the citizenry, the railroad is planning to build tracks through town and Benton is attempting to secure the land by scaring off the settlers.

I Spied for You

1943 • 17 min • United States of America

Ole discovers Nazi spies planning to take over the ship he's working on.

Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra

1943 • 9 min • United States of America

Ozzie Nelson leads his orchestra in two standard numbers, and Ozzie performs two novelty songs.

When Hitler Kicks the Bucket

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

"When Hitler Kicks the Bucket" is sung by Toni Lane. The lyrics recount all the delightful things that will happen on the day of Hitler's funeral.

Never a Dull Moment

1943 • 60 min • United States of America

Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

1943 • 56 min • United States of America

Tex Wyatt is blamed for a murder actually committed by Ransom and Holman, a couple of thieves. Tex manages to escape and is reunited with his two ranger pals Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins, both of whom are working undercover as performers in a medicine show.

Three Smart Guys

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?

Autour de Brazzaville

1943 • 25 min • France

"The crime of the cease fire was to capitulate as if France had no empire" - Charles De Gaulle

Debris Tunnelling

1943 • 19 min • United Kingdom

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

Lice Are Scary

1943 • 14 min

Short Film by Tai Katō

Farmer for a Day

1943 • 17 min • United States of America

Andy tries to do his bit for the war effort by planting a victory garden.

People's Avengers

1943 • 55 min • Soviet Union

About the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War.

Aladdin's Lamp

1943 • 7 min • United States of America

Gandy Goose takes on the classic story.

Boobs in the Night

1943 • 17 min • United States of America

Auxiliary home defense workers El and Monte are sent to a spooky house where they come across a mad scientist and his assistant.

Report from the Aleutians

1943 • 47 min • United States of America

A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. The film opens with a map showing the strategic importance of the island, and the thrust of the 1942 Japanese offensive into Midway and Dutch Harbor. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Frontier Law

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

A town is cleared of crime when a group of cowboys under the direction of Hayden battles an outlaw gang. They also manage to restore the reputation of a friend wrongly accused of murder.