1944 Movies

This film, produced by the Aetna Life Insurance Co., shows parents how their children can be prevented from descending into a life of crime, immoralit...

An examination of the living conditions at Japanese-American relocation centers.

A full scale burlesque on "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Knut Storlien walks over the mountain on his way home to his parents' farm after several years in South America. He does not quite remember the road a...

Soundie featuring June Richmond (vocals) and Roy Milton performing "Hey Lawdy Mama."

Nahid's husband squanders his wife's money on his mistress, and after his wife's wealth is lost, he begins to embezzle from his business's money, unti...

Li'l Abner, tired of being constantly pursued by Daisy Mae, decides to run away from home but drops by to inform her that he is leaving. But she doesn...

In the frozen North, Willoughby Wren, with the assistance of his magical hat, attempts to save a damsel in distress from a large mean villain.

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

A starving horse tries to convince Puzzlewitz the window-washer to give him a lunch break. The horse washes windows, too!

A Soundie with Nick Lucas.

Columbia Short film from Cypress gardens 1944 with a bunch of ladies doing water sports.

"Flat Hatting", at the time, was the practice of buzzing civilians in military aircraft. Flat Hatters were looked at as heroes in the WWII air corps:...

U.S. Coast Guard training film about the adjustment from civilian life to military life. Anxiety, lack of privacy, homesickness, uncertainty, and worr...

In the town of Nowhere, the main street is divided by a broad green line. The mice live on one side. The cats live on the other, and never cross over...

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

This short film describes how Chris Musser of Spring Run Farm in York County, Pennsylvania has adopted soil conservation practices--contour farming in...

A humorous depiction of farm animals' need for proper fodder, Grim Pastures shows a horse and a cow both racing for the same bit of grass. The distrac...