All Films

The Olympic Champ

1942 • 7 min • United States of America

A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.

Concerto in B Flat Minor

1942 • 7 min

With Tschaikowsky's music on the sound track, this parody of long-hair, temperamental orchestra conductors and concert pianists is a long string of sight gags. The pianist has a new hair-do in every scene he is in, all designed to help him see the piano. One fat musician nonchalantly wanders in in the midst of the concert, takes off his hat, coat, muffler and gloves, unpacks his instrument, a triangle, hits one note, repacks, puts on his gloves, muffler, coat and hat, and goes home.

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line

1942 • 3 min • United States of America

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.

Kickin' the Conga Round

1942 • 7 min • United States of America

Shore leave in South America; Bluto muscles in on Popeye's girl, Olivia Oyla. Popeye muscles him out, but when they get to the conga club, he doesn't care to dance, so Bluto wins again.

Land of the Quintuplets

1942 • 9 min • United States of America

This James A. FitzPatrick TravelTalks short visits Callander, the Ontario, Canada hometown of the world-famous Dionne Quintuplets, where we meet the five girls and the doctor who delivered them, and take a look about the town.

Donald's Decision

1942 • 3 min • United States of America

Donald Duck buys Canadian war bonds in World War II.

The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

1942 • 59 min • United States of America

Tom Cameron must prove himself innocent after he is wrongfully charged with the murder of a prison guard.

Sex Hygiene

1942 • 30 min • United States of America

Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute. Later, he discovers he has contracted a venereal disease. A graphic and frank presentation of the types and treatment of venereal disease follows. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2007.

Fire, Clay & People

1942 • 32 min • Sweden

A movie about the history of the Gustavsberg porcelain company.

Puss n' Toots

1942 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom is playing with Jerry when a cute lady cat is delivered to Mammy for her to take care of. Tom is smitten at first sight.

The Dumbconscious Mind

1942 • 6 min

Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.

Twenty-One Miles

1942 • 11 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst and at just how ready they were to fight back.

Conquer by the Clock

1942 • 10 min • United States of America

Conquer by the Clock was a short dramatic propaganda film produced by the RKO Pathé in 1942 to encourage wartime industrial production. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943.

Where Has My Little Dog Gone

1942 • 3 min

A Soundie with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Martha Wayne, and Buddy Stewart.

This Is Colour

1942 • 15 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products.

Úpa en apuros

1942 • 12 min • Argentina

Upa en apuros is a 1942 Argentine short animated colour film created by Dante Quinterno. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Quinterno won the Special Prize (Premio especial) for the film due to it being the first animated colour film in Argentine cinema.

Minnesota: 'Land of Plenty'

1942 • 10 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits some of the important cities and sites of Minnesota.

Hobby Horse-Laffs

1942 • 6 min • United States of America

A spoof of a popular radio program of the time called "Hobby Lobby", with blackout gags showcasing people's various hobbies and/or inventions.

Shy Anne from Old Cheyenne

1942 • 3 min

A Soundie with Denver Darling and His Texas Cowhands.

Listen to Britain

1942 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the turmoil and privation caused by the war, all without narration.

Cactus Makes Perfect

1942 • 17 min • United States of America

The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to find the treasure. After some mishaps with Curly's gold finding invention, they locate the mine and strike it rich. When two crooked miners try to take their gold they hole up in an abandoned hotel and, although they get bombarded by dynamite, triumph over the crooks.

There's One Born Every Minute

1942 • 60 min • United States of America

A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.

We Do It Because

1942 • 10 min • United States of America

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.

West Point on the Hudson

1942 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits the United States Military Academy at West Point just before America's entry into World War II. It starts with a short history lesson on the area's strategic importance in the Revolutionary War. We then get a look at some of the historic buildings on the campus. New soon-to-be-cadet arrive by train on their first day. After a look at the troops in some of the training areas on the post, the film ends with cadet marching on the parade ground.