All Films

Don't You Believe It

1943 • 11 min • United States of America

This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.

Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

1943 • 11 min • United States of America

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

Election Daze

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

The Ghost and the Guest

1943 • 60 min • United States of America

Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in diamonds. With the help of chauffeur Harmony Jones, the honeymooners attempt to outsmart the villains.

Women at War

1943 • 21 min • United States of America

Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer, farm girl Stormy Hart wants to become involved in motor transport, and Lorna Travis seeks to win the approval of her father, a major general, who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military. Intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming war games conducted by General Travis and validate the value of the WACS to the war effort.

Confusions of a Nutzy Spy

1943 • 7 min • United States of America

Constable Porky Pig and his lazy bloodhound are on the trail of a Nazi spy, Missing Lynx, in this World War II propaganda piece (a spoof on the 1939 "Confessions of a Nazi Spy").

Confessions of a Vice Baron

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he frequently operated under an alias.

The Mummy Strikes

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

Egyptologists are attacked by mummies, drawing the attention of Superman.

Two Fisted Justice

1943 • 54 min • United States of America

Wells Fargo hires three cowboys to clean up a lawless town.

Hail to the Rangers

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

In this western, fake settlers make themselves at home on an ex-ranger's ranch and drive him away. A shady newspaper publisher and a gambler then conspire to take over the land. Fortunately, another ranger endeavors to help his pal. Enlisting the aide of his fellow rangers, they get oust the homesteaders. The publisher and the gambler shoot each other and the retired ranger gets his ranch back.

Freedom of Aberfeldy

1943 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A look at the Scottish town of Aberfeldy during the Second World War as troops arrive on leave.

Song of Texas

1943 • 53 min • United States of America

A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.

Days of Old Cheyenne

1943 • 56 min • United States of America

Clint Ross's skill at fisticuffs earns him the town marshal's job in Cheyenne. Thanks to the string-pulling of political boss Big Bill Harmon, Ross makes it all the way up to the governor's office. But when Ross figures out that Big Bill is a big crook, it's showdown time.

Romantic Nevada

1943 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short opens with views of Nevada's natural wonders, then visits a mining town and a dude ranch. It's then on to Reno.

Dead Man's Gulch

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

When the Pony Express disbands, riders Tennessee and Johnny head for Adobe Wells. Tennessee becomes the Deputy Marshal while Johnny joins an outlaw gang. It's not long before Tennessee catches Johny attempting murder. As Johhnny is his best friend, he gives him another chance. But to no avail as Johnny murders a man and this time Tennessee must do his duty.

Death Rides the Plains

1943 • 53 min • United States of America

A couple of crooks have repeatedly sold the Circle C Ranch to unsuspecting buyers, whom they summarily rob and kill before signing the papers. Enter Fuzzy Jones, whose cousin Luke was one of the unlucky would-be ranchers, and Rocky Cameron who goes undercover as a fellow outlaw to catch the murderers.

Calling Wild Bill Elliott

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.

Danger! Women at Work

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

Three women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business. Hi jinks ensue.

The Home Front

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

Defense Against Invasion

1943 • 12 min • United States of America

A doctor persuades a group of boys to be vaccinated by explaining how it will protect them against disease. Animated sequences depict the body metaphorically as a city, defended by the blood cells, which are stimulated by vaccination to amass arms and ammunition, in order to defend the city when it is invaded by germs.

London Blackout Murders

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of the "London Blackout Murders," a murder spree being committed against a ring of suspected Nazi spies, and Mary must determine if her kind landlord is an assassin.

Happy Birthdaze

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

It's Popeye's birthday, and Olive Oyl invites him over and bakes him a cake. Popeye invites depressed shipmate Shorty to join them.

Plan for Destruction

1943 • 22 min • United States of America

Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organization for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Fugitive from Sonora

1943 • 57 min • United States of America

In this western, a paroled desperado and his twin, a preacher, wander about the Old West to bring "salvation." The parson begins trying to help a gang leader's niece whose uncle has been forcing parolees to join him or return to prison. Naturally he tries to rope the paroled twin into his gang.