All Films

Secret Agent

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.

Law of the Saddle

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

With his sidekick Fuzzy Q. Jones, Rocky Cameron rides into a small town plagued by cattle rustlers. He can expect no help from the sheriff as he is the head of the rustlers.

Jig-Saw: Careless Talk Costs Lives

1943 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Scraps of information are gathered and pieced together by an enemy who lurks in the shadows, proving that nowhere is safe to discuss sensitive wartime information on the home front.

The Gold Brick

1943 • 3 min • United States of America

A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

Wild Horse Rustlers

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

Tom Cameron learns that his twin brother is with a group of German spies. They intend to thwart the government's efforts to round up horses for military service.

Scenic Oregon

1943 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short begins along the mighty Columbia River, which empties into the Pacific Ocean at Portland. The river passes through three dams. The salmon have a difficult task of making it up Celilo Falls, a spot where many native fishermen await. Outside of Bend, Rasmus Petersen has constructed a miniature village composed primarily of volcanic rock, semi-precious stone and petrified wood. At Crater Lake National Park, its waters and its bears are our final views.

Mighty Niagara

1943 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk entry visits places along the Niagara River and gives the viewer spectacular images of Niagara Falls.

The Meanest Man in the World

1943 • 57 min • United States of America

Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.

The Man from the Rio Grande

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

The suspicious death of Henry King during a hunting trip with his brother John leaves the inheritance of the rich Santa Rita Ranch to be shared with John, Henry's daughter Doris and a young girl from New York, Twinkle Watts. King says that a son, Henry King Jr., who left home as a young boy was killed in a Texas gunfight. - Written by Les Adams

Super-Rabbit

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny becomes a superhero who does battle with a rabbit hating cowboy and horse.

The Kid Rides Again

1943 • 55 min • United States of America

Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943 • 18 min • United States of America

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

Scrap Happy Daffy

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers. Hitler reads about Daffy's scrap pile and about Daffy's stated intent to win the war with junk and, after throwing a fit and chewing a carpet like a mad dog, orders Daffy's scrap pile destroyed.

All Star Melody Masters

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Cole Porter times three! Al Kemp and His Orchestra swing "Begin the Beguine," Emil Coleman and His Orchestra sell us "Just One of Those Things," and Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra love some "(Let's Do It) Let's Fall in Love."

The Renegade

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

Town banker John Martin calls on Billy and Fuzzy for help in capturing the men that robbed his bank.

Cheyenne Roundup

1943 • 59 min • United States of America

Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series was drawing to a close when Cheyenne Roundup was released in mid-1943. Brown is herein cast in a dual role, as honest Gils Brandon and his less-than-honest brother Buck. Pursued by lawman Steve Rawlins (Tex Ritter), Buck tries to pass himself off as the upright Gils.

Over the Wall

1943 • 21 min • United States of America

A prison Chaplain is forced to leave his post for health reasons, but fate provides him with another chance to reform an escaped convict.

The Winged Scourge

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

The Seven Dwarfs fight malaria.

The West Side Kid

1943 • 58 min • United States of America

Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and chasing women. Sam hires gangster Johnny April to bump him off but Johnny, liking the old man, defers the killing and sets about making the family appreciate Sam.

The Marry-Go-Round

1943 • 8 min • United States of America

Popeye wants to propose to Olive, but can't work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.

Who's Superstitious?

1943 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of superstitions in the Flying Dutchman tale.

The Texas Kid

1943 • 57 min • United States of America

Marshals Nevada and Sandy are after Scully and his gang who have been robbing stage-coaches. The Texas Kid is part of the gang and Sandy thinks he is bad but Nevada knows him and thinks he may be good.

Barnyard Blackout

1943 • 6 min • United States of America

"Put out that light!" Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are Civil Defense air raid wardens on the home front during World War II. They come across a rooster and his family. The rooster fails to heed the media warnings to prepare in advance for blackout drills and scrambles to find suitable materials to make a blackout room in his house- with covered-up windows and no lights on- when the drill does come with hilarious results.

That's Why I Left You

1943 • 10 min • United States of America

Young couple Joe and Mary Thompson love each other and their children despite the struggles that they have that are typical of most young couples early on in their married life, such as the basics of trying to make ends meet. But after Joe leaves Mary and their inner city life, she finds an unpostmarked envelope under their apartment door with her name written in Joe's handwriting. It contains a letter explaining why he left. It has primarily to do with his feeling that another part of his life was being left behind for his married life, that other life which consists of a want to travel, especially sail the south seas. The actual impetus to leave was inadvertently fostered by Mary through the birthday present she bought for him. So what actually did happen to Joe and will he ever return to his loving wife?