1945 Movies

A newsreel from the 1940s summarizing the activities of the 1945 carnivals mentions the coronation of Armandina Dongo as "Queen of Labor" at the Segura Theater and her acceptance speech. It shows the parade of floats and the queens in the new Plaza de Acho, be...

Guided tour of an English village

This cartoon was featured as part of the U.S. military's "Army-Navy Screen Magazine, No. 60", issued in September 1945. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World...

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

A propaganda film showing the recruitment and preparation for the service of Poles in the assembly camps in France.

This documentary was secretly and 'illegally' shot inside the prison camps, established during World War II by American authorities to detain US citizens of Japanese descent who were considered a potential threat to national security.

3-D Composition No. 1 in 6 Major by Dwinell Grant.

The Mel-Tones relax with friends in their apartment and sing Lullaby of Broadway.

Events in the aftermath of war, and the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A short documentary detailing the development of television as well as describing promises regarding its presence in postwar America.

Action at Angaur is a 1945 short documentary film created by the United States War Department during World War II. The film was created for the 7th War Loan drive[1] and documents the untried 81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division in the Battle of Angaur in the Pala...

This film explains the need for money from the purchase of victory bonds. It shows the work the Allied Military Government did in reconstructing roads and buildings, dredging harbors, opening schools, and providing medical care.

Documentary about the 1944 landing of British, Norwegian and Belgian commandos on the German-occupied island of Walcheren, The Netherlands.

Newsreel film about a World War II operation to provide aerial supply to resistance fighters in France, Italy and the Low Countries by the U.S. Army Air Forces.

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

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

Three popular songs, with animated backgrounds, sung by the Four Gentlemen Quartet: All Through the Night, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, and Waltzing Matilda.

Late WWII film

Short film which uses illustrations to tell the story of the threat of malaria and the mosquitoes that spread it. Produced by the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, Atlanta, Georgia.

British infantry of 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment board Royal Indian Navy LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanised) make an amphibious landing ten miles south of Ramree Town, in the Arakan region of Burma