1943 Movies

This “issue” of the screen’s graphic humor magazine bears some stylistic influence of New York’s Fleischer animation studio.

An official U.S. War Department film restricted in nature and produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, “The Japanese Army and Navy” is a black-and-white creation that “has been assembled from Japanese films and is designed for use in the Civil Affairs Traini...

Commissioned to make a film about a pilot health scheme in the Highlands and Islands, Mander decided against a straightforward documentary approach, recording doctors and nurses going about their work, and instead wrote her own storyline about a medical emerge...

War Department Training Film No. 107-B. This is the second in a series of pictures introducing pilots to the P-47. A third picture will cover high altitude flight and aerobatics. In this film you will see GROUND HANDLING ... TAKE-OFF ... NORMAL FLIGHT ... L...

Experimental film by Herbert Seggelke.

In "Pacific Milk Run" U.S. Marine SBDs and other aircraft attack Japanese-held Islands in the Pacific during World War II.

Documentary short film detailing the first high-altitude daylight bombing of Germany by American B-17 bombers.

At the end of the school year, students presented their work in an exhibition. The film begins with the production of wood hand sculptures and delicate wooden plates and bowls produced on a lathe. Moholy-Nagy in his signature white lab coat walks among student...

A courtroom drama or a social film centered around a legal professional

Retrospective on the history and the evolution, thanks to the technical progress, of the press filmed since the beginnings of the cinema in 1895 until 1943.

Excerpts compiled by OSS to try to provide a basic understanding of the social, economic, political and religious aspects of Japanese culture and how they effect national behavior. R.1: Illustrates the old, new, and western influences on Japanese culture. Scen...

This short film was made by Central Intelligence Agency in order to train American AIOs (Air Intelligence Officers) with techniques for interrogating enemy airmen, and ways to gather vital intelligence. You'll take a look at an AIO training school, where candi...

Shows the processes that crystals have to go through before they are ready to be inserted into radios to facilitate clearer communications.

Soundie with a Latin theme.

An Admiralty film depicting the functionality and uses of the submarine including an underwater attack on an "Hun" convoy and a surface attack on an U-boat.

U.S. WWII War Department training film -- "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" -- covers the major infantry weapons in use by the U.S. Army.

The film skims along close-up head shots of seven day and evening students. It then shows a disassembled bent plywood armchair. Various student projects are presented, including chess pieces made of transparent plastic, posters, a four-part lamp design, a radi...