All Films

So Long Mr. Chumps

1941 • 17 min • United States of America

The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with executive ability. Their search leads them to a woman who's fiancée is honest, but he's in jail. The boys decide to commit a crime so they can go behind bars to find him. In prison the boys locate the man and help him escape, only to find out that their benefactor is a con man and on the way himself to the slammer.

Dangers in the Dark

1941 • 6 min • United Kingdom

“During the Second World War, blackout regulations were imposed to make it harder for enemy aircraft to find their targets over Britain. This plunged parts of the country into darkness and made travelling by road especially dangerous. It was hoped that the resulting increase in road accidents could be curtailed, by encouraging road users to follow some of the featured safety precautions.” - BFI

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos

1941 • 10 min • United States of America

In this musical short, Cliff Edwards and his cowhands run a struggling dude ranch. When a pretty girl arrives, Cliff believes she is an heiress.

Know For Sure

1941 • 23 min • United States of America

A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.

Billy the Kid's Range War

1941 • 57 min • United States of America

Williams is out to stop Ellen Goreham from completing her road that is under construction and is using a man to impersonate Billy the Kid. When Billy sees the wanted posters and learns of the murders he supposedly committed, he sets out to find the imposter. His sidekick Fuzzy is there to help him but his friend Jeff, now a Marshal, is also after him.

Fair Today

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

Cartune cartoon set in a country fair.

A Polo Phony

1941 • 18 min • United States of America

Salesman Leon Errol joins a polo club to secure an order from a tough-sell member. He manages to gum up the deal for his company and gets fired.

Bottoms Up

1941 • 3 min

A Soundie with The Globe Trotters.

Army Champions

1941 • 11 min • United States of America

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldiers. We watch target practice by Army personnel with shoulder weapons, mortars, and various artillery pieces.

The Cat's Tale

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

The mouse, tired of being chased by the cat, convinces him there's no reason for it, and that the cat should talk to the dog and convince him too. The talks are not successful...

Main Street on the March!

1941 • 20 min • United States of America

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.

It Happened to Crusoe

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

WARNING This cartoon features ignorant racial stereotypes and is NOT meant for children or the sensitive.

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

Bugs Bunny is hunted by Hiawatha, a stereotyped Native American who fills roughly the same role as Elmer Fudd in other Bugs Bunny cartoons of this era.

Letter from Home

1941 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Two evacuee children living in the United States receive a letter from their mother, Mrs Taylor, telling them of her life in Blitz-era London. Glimpses of the events of Mrs Taylor's typical day, including ration shopping and fire warden training, belie the letter's innocuous statements.

Pluto's Playmate

1941 • 8 min • United States of America

Pluto is playing with a ball on the beach. The ball goes into the water and starts moving in strange ways, because a sea lion is playing with it. Pluto does not want to share the ball, and eventually tries to bury it, but the sea lion is too clever. Pluto goes after the sea lion, but has to tangle with a persistent octopus. The sea lion saves Pluto, and resuscitates him, so Pluto agrees to play.

Bullets for O'Hara

1941 • 50 min • United States of America

A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.

The Tell-Tale Heart

1941 • 20 min • United States of America

In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.

Porky's Preview

1941 • 6 min • United States of America

The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child tickets for her eggs. A skunk tries to buy a ticket, costing a nickel, but he only has one scent. He looks for a way to sneak in. Meanwhile, Porky introduces the show: a collection of cartoons, drawn as stick figures. At the end, the audience is all gone because the skunk managed to sneak in. Porky's cartoons include: Circus Parade, Choo-Choo Train, Soldiers (Marchin), Horse Race, and Dances (hula, Mexican hat, and ballet). All accompanied by a self-parody musical score.

Out of Darkness

1941 • 11 min • United States of America

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.

Man from Montana

1941 • 59 min • United States of America

A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.

Swing Cleaning

1941 • 7 min • United States of America

Gabby is a servant in a castle and is required to do a little housework.

Ye Olde Minstrels

1941 • 11 min

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Donguri and Shinomi

1941 • 29 min • Japan

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

In Old Cheyenne

1941 • 58 min • United States of America

Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.