World War II Films

- My Japan
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan
- A direct challenge to the American war effort against Japan, given by a Caucasian narrator made to look, and attempting to speak, like a stereotypical Japanese citizen. Japanese film footage is used, interspersing scenes of the beauty of Japan's...
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- Hungry Minds
- Education--Europe; Intellectual cooperation; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage
- A documentary report of intellectual starvation in Nazi occupied countries. Points out that schools are lost in the rubble of homes, hospitals, and churches, and children gather knowledge of the world from the black markets and refuse dumps. ...
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- Combat America
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Heavy), 351st--History; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany
- A dramatized story of the 351st Bomber Group of the United States Army Air Forces, from its training in Colorado to a mission over Germany. Portrays the crews and gunners at a base in England and on a mission. Includes combat footage.
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- Letter from Bataan
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies; Rationing
- A Hollywood short aiding the war effort, emphasizing the need for preparedness and conservation of materials, i.e. rubber, metal, shellac. An American soldier writes home from Bataan, and while his family reads the letter, the soldier's ghostly...
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- Freedom Comes High
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
- A man on a destroyer in the Pacific is forced to make a decision which results in the loss of his ship and crew.
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- Fury in the Pacific
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Palau
- A photographic record of the invasion of the Palau Islands in 1944.
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- Nazis Strike
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland; Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945; Germany--Military policy; Austria--History--1938-1945; Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945; Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945
- A picture of the start of World War II using captured German film to show the pattern of Nazi preparation for war. The conquest of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the attack on Poland. This film is one of the Why We Fight series.
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- Fight for the Sky
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American
- A record of the operations of the fighter command of the U.S. 8th Air Force in preparing for the 1944 invasion of France and in supporting Allied ground forces.
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- D-Day Minus One
- United States. Army--Airborne troops; United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd; United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
- A record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 1O1st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of France, and of paratroops, gliders, and troop carriers landing in France a day prior to the main invasion.
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- News Parade of the Year 1939
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1939. Segments include: FRANCO’S VICTORY: 3 Year Old Spanish Civil War Comes to an End, WINGS OVER ATLANTIC: Air Passenger Service Between America and Europe Becomes Reality, LONDON’S GREAT DAY:...
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- News Parade of the Year 1940
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1940. Segments include: EUROPE'S TOTAL WAR!, FATE'S IRONY!: Nazis and French sign armistice at Compiegne, BRITAIN'S HEROIC STAND!, AMERICAN DESTROYERS TO BRITAIN!: Fifty World War vessels are exchanged for...
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- News Parade of the Year 1941
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1941. Segments include: CHINA WAR ENTERS FIFTH YEAR!, BATTLE IN THE NEAR EAST!, FRANCE'S TRAGIC FATE!, BRITAIN AVENGES HOOD!, ROOSEVELT-CHURCHILL MEET!, U.S. FORCES IN ICELAND!, NAZI TORPEDO CRIPPLES U.S.S....
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- News Parade of the Year 1942
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1942. Segments include: [YANKS FIGHTING AROUND THE WORLD], JAPS BOMB ALASKA!, U.S. MARINES BATTLE JAPS IN PACIFIC!, BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC!, RUSSIA'S HEROIC STAND!, BRAZIL WARS ON AXIS!, CANADIANS RAID...
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- News Parade of the Year 1943
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1943. Segments include: BATTLING THE U-BOATS!, TRAGEDY AT TOULON!, MacARTHUR'S SMASHING OFFENSIVE!, ARGENTINA REVOLTS!, ALLIES ON THE MARCH!, BOMBS OVER HITLERLAND!, RUSSIA'S MIGHT ASTOUNDS WORLD!
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- News Parade of the Year 1944
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1944. Segments include: ALLIES LIBERATE FRANCE!, PARIS - GENERAL EISENHOWER AT ARC de TRIOMPHE!, YANKS CARRY WAR TO GERMAN SOIL!, BRUSSELS LIBERATED!, CANADIANS-BRITISH DRIVE INTO HOLLAND!, POPE PIUS BLESSES...
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- News Parade of the Year 1945
- Newsreels; World War, 1939-1945
- A Showcase of news events for the year 1945. Segments include: NOW IT CAN BE SEEN! BRITISH BATTLESHIP BOMBED!, HITLER'S V2 BOMB! Exposed by Allies, MILLIONS MOURN ROOSEVELT: Harry S. Truman Succeeds to U.S. Presidency, FINAL BATTLE IN EUROPE!,...
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- Voice of Truth
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda; Propaganda, Japanese
- A Tokyo Rose broadcast and its effect on fighting men in the Pacific.
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- Conquest of the Night
- Boats and boating--Electronic equipment; World War, 1939-1945--Radar; Radar
- An introduction to the numerous electronic devices aboard ship designed to detect the presence of the enemy, locate his exact position, and correctly aim guns so as to achieve a hit. Gives details of the cost of winning the war, using radar and its...
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- Peace comes to America
- World War, 1939-1945--Peace; World War, 1939-1945--Influence; Peace; World War, 1939-1945--United States--Influence; Patriotism--United States
- Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war.
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- Salute to the Navy!
- United States Navy; Warships--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American;
- Asserts that two years after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. has the world's greatest navy. Features many of the navy's ships and other equipment, including destroyers for convoy and battle, cruisers, the "battlewagon," P.T. boats (motor torpedo boats),...
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