1943 Movies

An Indian film drawing on the ancient concept of the "poison maiden." It depicted a mysterious and dangerous woman whose very touch or presence could be lethal.

Military training film in which three B-17 bomber pilots compare notes on emergency techniques used while flying the aircraft. Among the topics covered are engine failure, landing gear failure, and stalling.

This film documents one of the end of the year exhibitions of student work from the 1940s. It begins with a collection of abstract sculptures of cast white plaster. It then moves to drawings illustrating specific problems, kinetic sculptures, a composite photo...

1943 film Oscar nominated in the category Best Documentary, Short Subject

This brief animated film was designed to promote the remodelling of old clothing as part of the World War II effort.

Thirteen people have gathered at Mayor Bartoš's. The company is uneasy about this number and therefore warmly welcomes the fourteenth guest, who is the new librarian Pavel Čtrnáctý...

Young Pim and the villain Avelino race against each other. In order to win the race, and the prize, Avelino cheats as much as he can.

It depicts a crime scene — the exhumation of bodies and personal belongings found with the remains of Polish officers in a mass grave in the Katyn Forest, murdered in 1940 by the Soviet NKVD political police. The film also shows members of the International Me...

World War II propaganda film made to show an American audience that the Dutch were and would continue to be valuable allies in the fight against the Axis powers.

The film shows the preparations and proceedings of a traditional peasant wedding in the Schwalm region. Special focus is placed on the traditional costumes (especially those of the bride) and the rituals surrounding the marriage ceremony.

This colour, silent 16mm film shows various commercial activities on the streets of Peshawar, Kabul and other towns, highlighting the importance of trade to the people living and travelling through the North West Frontier and Khyber Pass. Architecture and arch...

A young man, discharged from the army, returns to his coal town.

'At the National Houses set up, owing to the war, in the United Kingdom through the co-operation of the Allied European Governments and the British Council, Allied nations kept alive their own culture and traditions, and studied the British way of life. The fi...

A look at British glass manufacturing.

British documentary on Tuberculosis.

Wingy Manone & Ann Lee sing us some upbeat blues.

Ole Eriksen is a young engineer with lots of good ideas and a lot of courage. That's why it's all the more frustrating that his immediate boss doesn't care about innovation or progress, and that the CEO is more interested in women than business. In the end, Ol...