1945 Movies

An old man - in charge of taking care of the streets and keeping the lanterns lit that illuminated the nights of the city - a job known as “Sereno” - finds himself at the beginning of a day with an insomniac passerby. He decides to tell her his life, a series...

Polish documentary showing the damages of Warsaw after World War II.

Produced for Westinghouse Electric

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Short film looking at the nature, habits and characteristics of some of the famous terrier breeds in the 40s.

This short is about the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben" and how it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19, 1945. The USS Franklin was the most heavily damaged carrier in World War II to survive an attack.

A documentary that shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the United States.

The middle of the 19th century. Hadzi Gencho's daughter Lila and Dyado's Liben son Pavlin are in love. Hadzhi Gencho is proud of his learning and of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land whereas Dyado Liben used to be a rebel in his youth. The two fathers get drunk...

(1945),directed by Benito Perojo – with Alberto Bello, Héctor Calcaño, Homero Cárpena, Tilda Thamar

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

"Hannibal Victory" is a 1945 documentary about the U.S. Maritime Commission's ship, the S.S. Hannibal Victory, during World War II. It depicts the ship's maiden voyage, transporting eight steam locomotives and cars from San Francisco to the Philippines. It als...

On the importance of refrigeration in the battle against disease. The title refers to the speed with which bacteria multiply if their reproduction is not inhibited by cold. Includes shot of a professor lecturing in a college classroom; a train; truck on highw...

A 1940s newsreel about the Chan Chan archaeological site describes a Moche shrine discovered by Eudoro Hoyle, built on the ruins of Huaca Esmeralda near the city of Trujillo, where remains of tombs and an interior lagoon now covered in reeds can be seen. It al...

An experimental film by Dwinell Grant

Jeunes Montagnards is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Aiguilles Du Diable. It was produced in 1945.

Dive Bombing Crashes (1945) is a Warner Brothers Cartoon made as a training film for US Navy pilots. The film warns pilots not to neglect observing their altimeters during bombing dives.

TIme Inc's newsreel film series comes to Ireland in the aftermath of the second world war.

Accompanied by commentary by Jan Kott and Tadeusz Makarczyński, together with neoclassical music of Witold Lutoslawski, this is a typical propaganda film that was supposed to confirm the rights of the Polish Recovered Territories (from Germany) in the west.