1942 Movies

Official War Film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps shows the importance of U.S. and allied factories in turning out military arms and vehicles t...

Composition no. 3 by Dwinell Grant.

Short film about syphilis.

Forest animals do their part for the war effort. A cartoon that makes you proud to be an American.

53: ships on the water, a community along the shoreline (possibly Ketchikan),totem pole, sunsets, views from boat on water, people disembarking ship...

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

A spoof of a popular radio program of the time called "Hobby Lobby", with blackout gags showcasing people's various hobbies and/or inventions.

Manned by veterans and inexperienced youths, hundreds of freighters braved the dangers of the sea to keep open the life-lines of the Allies. The worst...

A propagandistic documentary.

The fakir González must make an emergency landing in the jungle and is captured by a tribe of cannibals.

Erskine Hawkins and his jiving Sepia Scorchers are "Hot in the Groove."

Photographed by Philip Hanson Hiss, “Holland in the Western Hemisphere" (1942) is a color documentary film about the Dutch Caribbean. Made by the Neth...

Why prices for goods in Canada are rising due to World War II.

A silhouette animation version of Princess Kaguya, also known as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th century folk tale.

Vintage United States Navy Training Film.

Operation Of Diesel Engine Governors, Overspeed, Overspeed Trip And Regulating Governors.

The film recorded kindergarten teacher and children in Japan, 1942.

Gandy appears on the "Dunker's Doughnuts" radio show and recalls a disastrous day when he and Sergeant Sourpuss were training for combat.