All Films

The Inside Passage

1941 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short looks at what was then the Alaska Territory, which according to the film, was being looked at as a potential home to millions of refugees from World War II.

Charlie Chan in Rio

1941 • 60 min • United States of America

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.

Meet John Doughboy

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Rats in Spats

1941 • 27 min • United States of America

Live-action short directed by Irv Spence.

Glimpses of Florida

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series entry takes the viewer to a number of locations throughout the state of Florida.

$21 a Day - (Once a Month)

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

The first Swing Symphony cartoon Be sure to look for cameos by Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Snuffy Skunk

Carnival of Rhythm

1941 • 18 min • United States of America

A colorful music and dance tribute to the peasants and workers of Brazil.

The Medico of Painted Springs

1941 • 58 min

Medico of Painted Springs was the first of western hero Charles Starrett's appearances as frontier doctor Steven Monroe. Riding into a small town, Dr. Monroe finds himself smack-dab in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and sheepmen.

Forbidden Trails

1941 • 54 min • United States of America

Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea.

Fancy Answers

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

Historic Maryland

1941 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short highlights such Maryland destinations as Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, Annapolis, and Fort McHenry.

Haiti: 'Land of Dark Majesty'

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

In this FitzPatrick's Traveltalk short, a trip to Haiti serves as a portal into its history, mainly under 19th century ruler Henri Christophe.

Farm Frolics

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

A series of wacky vignettes involving farm animals.

More About Nostradamus

1941 • 11 min • United States of America

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Road Agent

1941 • 60 min • United States of America

Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are tossed into the hoosegow, only to be released when their alibi checks out. Far from offended by his ill treatment, Duke agrees to take the job of sheriff, retaining Pancho and Andy as his deputies. The gruesome threesome then sets about to solve a series of mysterious Wells Fargo robberies

Porky's Snooze Reel

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky Pig narrates a very strange newsreel.

Song about Friendship

1941 • 38 min • Soviet Union

Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to the city from Zaraysk to the amateur olympiad. Fedya meets an old friend Ryhor Shemet and also allows him to live in his room, not knowing that Lara did the same with her friend. Living under the same roof, Alesya and Rygor begin to feel sympathy for each other...

Racconto da un affresco

1941 • 10 min • Italy

The first art film by Emmer and Gras dedicated to Giotto's frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. By capturing the humanity of the figures that populate the story of the life of Jesus, the two Directors treat the series of paintings like a true canvas, isolating the single scenes from the context of the work, and then re-composing them in a new synthesis. The film was re-edited in 1946 and entitled Il dramma di Cristo.

Born to Swing

1941 • 3 min

A Soundie with Ginger Harmon.

Paran-Pan-Pan

1941 • 3 min

A Soundie with Maya's Pan-American Orchestra.

1-2-3-Go!

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year

1941 • 3 min

A Soundie with The Landy Trio.

The River of Life and Death

1941 • 10 min • Czechoslovakia

The River of Life and Death captures the slow time in the well-known Indian pilgrimage place of Benares, the act of purification by water, the burning funeral pyres, and the dandling snakeheads under the temple stairs.

Yosemite the Magnificent

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short celebrates the beauty of Yosemite National Park. Besides the majestic mountains, we see Bridal Veil Falls and a giant sequoia with a road cut through its trunk. Tourist activities, including horseback riding and fishing, are also highlighted.