1944 Movies

Plot based (loosely)on World-War II orphaned-children from Europe who had been adopted by American citizens and given home in the United States; Crow...

A tour of Salt Lake City, Utah.

A Soundie with Lee Sullivan and The Dream Dolls.

Mice, seeking shelter from a storm, enter Dr. Jekyll's house. His cat chases them, ultimately crashing into the lab, where he mixes up some of the pot...

Li'l Abner is busy sculpting a giant-granite statue of his two ideal role-models of bachelor-hood, Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat, who live in a ca...

Soundies short film with Maurice Rocco and His Rockin' Rhythm performing "Rhumboogie".

Harold Richards and Jeanne Claire sing "Sweet Leilani".

"Underwater Spearfishing" was produced with assistance by Captain Hal Messinger, a diver of some renown. It shows free divers training, and the succes...

In this film, Matthew McMurray, Royal Voluntary Service Keeper of History sets the scene for the charity’s beginnings and its impact on British societ...

Newsreel of Operation Hailstone, the U.S. assault on the naval base at Truk (aka "Japan's Pearl Habor").

'Wounded in Action' is a 22-minute 1944 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of the wartime Canada Carri...

Carol Adams introduces us to a juke box cafe where while she sings she serves couples who are sitting. They eventually raise up to jitterbug while she...

Promotional film for International Harvester farm implements, focusing on harvesting machines that can be operated by one man.

How to properly assign a new worker into the production line.

Carolina Cotton Yodeling with the Spade Cooley's Western Dance Gang.

The Le Donne Trio's Hotsy Totsy.

This Royal Navy instructional film was released in February 1944 to emphasise the need among serving personnel to understand the potential consequence...

A 1944 British documentary showing farming in a rural part of Britain. Produced by Greenpark Productions for the Ministry of Information.