War Propaganda Movies

  • 1943
    Gripes

    Gripes

    Gripes

    6.71943HD

    Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.

    Gripes
  • 1945
    Death Mills

    Death Mills

    Death Mills

    6.51945HD

    Originally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this film was the first documentary to show what the Allies...

    Death Mills
  • 1944
    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

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    A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the...

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland
  • 2009
    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood

    6.82009HD

    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in...

    A War in Hollywood
  • 1925
    Napoleon Gas

    Napoleon Gas

    Napoleon Gas

    5.71925HD

    A squadron of American warplanes, armed with gas developed by Corsican chemist Gannimer (dubbed "Napoleon Gas") flies to Leningrad. American workers...

    Napoleon Gas
  • 1940
    Young America Flies

    Young America Flies

    Young America Flies

    01940HD

    World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

    Young America Flies
  • 1942
    Food Will Win the War

    Food Will Win the War

    Food Will Win the War

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    World War II propaganda film on the importance of American farming. A morale booster film stressing the abudance of American agricultural output.

    Food Will Win the War
  • 1942
    Burma War Record

    Burma War Record

    Burma War Record

    01942HD

    This film records the Japanese military's efforts to capture the Burma Road,one of the major supply lines to China, from the British beginning in...

    Burma War Record
  • 1943
    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

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    Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the...

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
  • 1943
    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    61943HD

    This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

    Seeing Hands
  • 1945
    Two Down and One to Go

    Two Down and One to Go

    Two Down and One to Go

    6.21945HD

    Documentary short film produced by the U.S. Army, intended to enlighten the American public on the final thrust of the Allied war effort in Europe...

    Two Down and One to Go
  • 1941
    Hoch der Lambeth Valk

    Hoch der Lambeth Valk

    Hoch der Lambeth Valk

    7.31941HD

    A 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film set to the tune of The Lambeth Walk, a popular song from the musical Me and My Girl.

    Hoch der Lambeth Valk
  • 1941
    My Life for Ireland

    My Life for Ireland

    My Life for Ireland

    6.21941HD

    A Nazi propaganda movie from 1941 directed by Max W. Kimmich, covering a story of Irish heroism and martyrdom over two generations under the...

    My Life for Ireland
  • 1915
    Colonel Heeza Liar Foils the Enemy

    Colonel Heeza Liar Foils the Enemy

    Colonel Heeza Liar Foils the Enemy

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    Despite the bombs which he suffers from at the war front, war correspondent, Col. Heeza Liar succeeds to foil the enemy lines.

    Colonel Heeza Liar Foils the Enemy
  • 1969
    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    6.51969HD

    Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend
  • 1942
    For the Common Defense!

    For the Common Defense!

    For the Common Defense!

    4.7141942HD

    This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent...

    For the Common Defense!
  • 1987
    Prisoners of Propaganda

    Prisoners of Propaganda

    Prisoners of Propaganda

    61987HD

    In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the "exemplary conditions" under which prisoners of war...

    Prisoners of Propaganda
  • 1942
    People of Russia

    People of Russia

    People of Russia

    01942HD

    This FitzPatrick Miniature visits the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the largest geographically unbroken political unit in the world,...

    People of Russia
  • 1941
    From the Four Corners

    From the Four Corners

    From the Four Corners

    01941HD

    Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them...

    From the Four Corners
  • 1943
    Headin' for God's Country

    Headin' for God's Country

    Headin' for God's Country

    01943HD

    In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger...

    Headin' for God's Country