1945 Movies

A Terrytoons cartoon released 25 May 1945. A faithful horse retires as the method of getting to a fire and is replaced by a fire engine. Of course, when the big fire breaks out, the fire engine breaks down and Joe comes to the rescue!

World War II propaganda trailer asking travellers to have patience and make concessions when travelling on trains. Film mostly consists of rostrum animation of still cartooned images with some very short pieces of true animation. (BFI)

Chilean national anthem performed by orchestra and tenor soloist, accompanied by images of the Chilean landscape and paintings depicting the independence.

Series of camera tests shot on 16mm Kodachrome color film

Filming the Nagasaki bombing was assigned to Project Alberta's Aerial Observation Team, a small unit of the larger Manhattan Project substructure responsible for measuring the atomic bombs from instrumentation aircrafts

The animated character Careless Charlie once again comes under attack from typhoid carried by lice, flies and mosquitoes. The film proposes solutions and demonstrates how people can protect themselves from the diseases carried by insects.

An animated film from the U.S. Army Signal Corps explaining the functions of the United Nations.

Includes mid-1940s scenes of Chicago scenes at various beaches, schools and universities, business districts, factories, parks, scenic drives and more.

An American propaganda film produced by the South West Pacific Area Newsreel, an internal military newsreel that both chronicled and uplifted the United States military efforts in the Southwest Pacific.

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

The film illustrates the fact that Australia's Newcastle, like its British counterpart, has developed into a large city but still retains its essential mining atmosphere. The great steel industry which feeds on its black gold is shown in full blast. But the...

In the 1945 propaganda film commissioned by the US War Department, we see how the B-29 bomber came into being and watch it on aerial bombing missions in Japan during WW2.

If you weren't there to experience the Blitz and its aftermath, then this is probably as close as you would like to get. The German V1 rocket seen flying overhead places this film in the last 12 months of the war, and the citizens of Southwark appear well-prac...

Santa Claus arrives at the home of two children and proceeds to tell them stories about monkeys and the nature of his existence.

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

Soundie featuring Dallas Bartley and his Band performing "All Ruzzit Buzzit."

A compilation of early auto racing clips.

An explanation for American audiences of what rationing means to ordinary British families.

A newsreel from the 1940s about the tribute to José Antonio Miró Quesada on the centenary of his birth. The ceremony was directed by Dr. Manuel Vicente Villarán, and the speeches included Doctors Víctor Andrés Belaúnde and Hoyos Osores, who highlighted the ser...