1944 Movies

A compilation of some of the action (on sea, air, and Normandy beach) that took place from D Day to Day Plus 3, 6-9 June 1944. Likely shown at SHAEF headquarters in London, June 12th.

Five musical performances from "South of the Border"

A humorous depiction of farm animals' need for proper fodder, Grim Pastures shows a horse and a cow both racing for the same bit of grass. The distracted beasts end up with sandwich boards with slogans imploring farmers to raise more fodder.

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy originally shot "Design Workshops" as a silent film to which he lectured when he presented the program of the Institute of Design. Now, after many years an added commentary and music. The film records students, faculty, and projects of the...

An interesting & fun novelty act, Reg Kehoe & His Marimba Queens star in one of the simply marvelous soundie A Study in Brown (1944). The group really go to town on the marimbas, Reg the only guy with marimba putting himself center forward, surrounding...

Chahine’s first film, made while he was still a student at the Victoria School in Alexandria, titled “School Life”

A romantic drama or a social film exploring themes of love, emotional expression, hidden feelings, or personal desires and the conflicts or joys that arise from them

WWII documentary film on helping child victims of war.

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

This documentary from the World in Action series tells the story of the great Allied invasion of Northwest Europe in 1944. The film reviews the preparation, strategy and campaign planning that went into this massive task.

Demonstrates the differences between alternating current and direct current arc welding processes, and in particular the finer control available with AC machines at the time.

The local doctor Aarno works with his nurse wife Asta. After the death of their child, the spouses have distanced themselves from each other. The man is completely immersed in the work, his invention of medicine, and the treatment of the outbreak of an epidemi...

In order to verify if her husband is cheating on her, a woman fakes her death and returns home pretending to be her twin sister.

Second World War British Ministry of Information animated cartoon newsreel trailer encouraging the public to make fewer social telephone calls in order to leave the telephone lines free for important calls in support of the war effort.

Propaganad film about the fight against nazism.

A short animated film that explains the necessity of curtailing the consumption of civilian goods in wartime.

Mexican movie

Documentary short on Nyborg, Denmark.