All Films

Russian Soil

1941 • 20 min • Soviet Union

1941 Oscar nominated documentary

Liverpool 1941

1941 • 40 min

An amateur silent film documenting the effects of German bombing raids on the city and the docks in May 1941. Liverpool landmarks glimpsed include the Royal Liver Building, Mersey Docks, Our Lady and St Nicholas Church, St Luke's Tower, Derby Square, Haymarket and Lewis's department store.

The Rapture

1941 • 12 min • United States of America

Enactment of possible events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ.

I Want To Be A Secretary

1941 • 16 min

Follows a young woman through her clerical training and job search. Shows pre-World War II offices and office workers, primarily women

Beat the Fascist Pirates

1941 • 2 min • Soviet Union

This animated "political poster" grants "no mercy for Hitler's bloodthirsty sharks," which are depicted prowling international waters to sneakily "bite" Allied ships from beneath.

Tomorrow Always Comes

1941 • 30 min

Rayon is the future!

Work of the Stock Exchange

1941 • 16 min

Examines each step of incorporation and listing of stock. Illustrates the details of buying and selling operations on the exchange floor and in the broker's office, showing how these operations bring to land, labor and management the necessary capital for production.

How the Eye Functions

1941 • 11 min • United States of America

The science of vision is explained with animated diagrams of the human eye

International Moves The Browns To Sterling Street

1941 • 20 min

Motivational film for International Silver salespeople describing how installment buying has made silver tableware available to a broad range of consumers.

In Defense of the Nation

1941 • 11 min

A VD film from the Jim Handy studio

Estonian Land

1941 • 48 min

The plot of the picture is based on a comparison of life in the Estonian SSR and in independent Estonia from a socialist point of view.

Island of Madeira

1941 • 33 min

Film by Dr Catherine Delano-Smith taken during the ‘Oxford University Women's Expedition Madeira 1961’. Shows scenery and local people mainly at or near Funchal. Includes rural landscape views (mountains, rocks, forests and vegetation), urban landscapes, market scenes, the port area and shipping, merchants selling crafts from boats, views of a smoking crater and people engaged in agricultural work of various kinds.

Iceland on the Prairies

1941 • 22 min • Canada

Documentary which tells how Icelandic settlers came to Canada and their contributions to the country's heritage.

Swing for Sale

1941 • 3 min • United States of America

The Charioteers perform "Swing for Sale"

Petroleum

1941 • 14 min • Germany

Short film about the formation and extraction of petroleum

The Farm Is Called Ekhult

1941 • 15 min

An impression of life on a Swedish farm in Småland during the summer of 1941 by Prins Wilhelm.

Bomber: A Defense Report on Film

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

Documentary short demonstrating the process of building a medium bomber for the United States Army Air Corps.

Alive in the Deep

1941 • 25 min • United States of America

Alive in the Deep is a 1941 American short documentary film directed by Stacy Woodard and Horace Woodard. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject.

Dumb Like a Fox

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

A conceited fox sends an irascible little fox hound, who has never seen a fox before, after a beaver.

Boogie-Doodle

1941 • 4 min • Canada

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a rhythmic, brightly colored film experiment. The main title is in eight languages.

How War Came

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

An animated documentary describing the involvement of Japan, Italy and Nazi Germany as the aggressors and instigators of World War II.

I Want a Big Fat Mama

1941 • 3 min • United States of America

Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra performing "I Want a Big Fat Mama."

The Collapse of Yugoslavia

1941 • 54 min • Germany

German war documentary about Yugoslavia from 1941.

Bampton Shows the Way

1941 • 5 min • United Kingdom

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.