Cinematic Era: 1942 Vintage

Photographed by Philip Hanson Hiss, “Holland in the Western Hemisphere" (1942) is a color documentary film about the Dutch Caribbean. Made by the Netherlands Information Bureau, part of the Netherlands' government in exile, the film highlights both the beauty of the former Dutch colonies and Dutch territorial holdings as ideal vacation destination and delves into the strategic significance of the area for the Allied powers during World War II and into the post-war period as a shipping port.

A colourful look at the various types of gardens to be found in England, a nation of gardeners.

This documentary short film depicts the methodology and necessity for fighter pilots during World War II to recognize and note information from the ground during their passage over enemy territory and targets. Using a fictional locale, the film shows a squadron of fighter escorts accompanying bombers on a mission and then making note of the damage to targets, identifying ground elements, and upon return comparing notes with each other to verify findings.

A portrait of the town of Schwedt in the Uckermark and its history. The architecture of Schwedt Castle and tobacco growing outside the town are also covered.

5: "Seattle Trip etc." contains images of clouds, many people in a small boat, a shoreline with small white buildings, a sailboat, rigging on a boat, ice coating the boat rigging, sunsets, flag blowing in breeze, Juneau shoreline, Ketchikan Cold Storage building, a woman picking flowers, and more. 6: "St. Paul" contains scenes of (possibly military) ships, a procession led by men carrying a United States flag and religious banners, many people in small boats and standing on shore, small children standing and waving, girl's and women's foot races, men participating in a pie-eating contest and tug-of-war match, baseball game, ship at sea, and more. 7: "St. George misc." contains scenes of a man smoking, boys participating in a gunny sack race and pie-eating contest, people coming out of a church (possibly a wedding party), a procession led by men carrying a United States flag and religious banners, seals, a landscape and hills, reindeer, and birds on a rock.

This film profiles the history, culture, and farm produce of the Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico. The film emphasizes the self-reliant nature of Puerto Rican farmers and their families, the difficulties they face, and the assistance offered to them by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) extension services.

Abstract experiments by Dwinell Grant undertaken in 1941 and 1942.

Short film about a tourists trip through Scotland detailing noteworthy locations.

A musical short featuring Maxine Sullivan and friends.

Documentary propaganda film presenting the history of the Romanian people. The film shows documents, historical monuments etc. and a montage of archival footage about Bucovina, Bucharest, Transylvania and Peleș castle.

A Soundie with Kay Lorraine.

A Soundie with Nita Norman.

A Soundie with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Martha Wayne, and Buddy Stewart.

A Soundie with Patricia Hall and The Murphy Sisters.

A German coach trains two Japanese ski jumpers for the upcoming Olympic Games.

A Soundie starring Barry Wood.

One of H. Lee Water's community portraits in his "Movies of Local People" series.

An Estonian documentary made during the WWII about the Bolshevik terror in Estonia during the period 1940- 41. Unfortunately only 21 minutes of footage survived – the rest was destroyed by the communists after the war.

Tourist entertainment film about pigeons in Venice.

Raising steam aboard Royal Navy destroyer.

This is a half-reel film telling its audience how to use inedible parts of plants from their garden to make compost. It seems pretty basic stuff, but there were a lot of city boys working in what were called Victory Gardens in the United States. Letting them know how easy it was to make compost for a better truck garden meant a lot of fresh food on the home front.

A commercial for Co-op tea in the guise of a documentary about tea production

Associated Screen Studios' 'The Thousand Days' is a dramatic, impressionistic review of an historic one thousand days--since September 1939. You see Winston Churchill speaking to the Canadian Parliament, you see activities in the largest machine gun factory in the world (Canadian), factories producing shells, tanks, army vehicles.

An Argentine arrives in Mexico and finds his vocation in music, succeeding as a tango singer. At the same time, he tries to conquer a capricious Mexican, who at first seems distant, slapping him, but she ends up kissing him.

The painter, Ákos, upon returning to his villa unexpectedly, is tied up by burglars ransacking it. The beautiful Apache girl, Bözsi sets the man free, who in turn calls the police instantly.

1942 Hungarian comedy.

It's laundry day in 1942.

Documentary about Montreal, old French city and modern metropolis. Thanks to its secular churches, its old houses, its old markets, Montreal retains some features of its former face. But its art galleries, its universities, its airport, its sorting stations, where millions of tons of goods pass, its port touched by cargo ships from all over the world now give it the look of a great modern city.

Monkeys battle polar bears in air combat. Short film from 1942.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 29 May 1942.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 3 April 1942.

A bulldog, shocked by the friendship between a cat and mouse, decides to take their lead and become friends with the whole world.

A Toreador, who talks like Jimmy Durante, wants to marry the fair Spanish lass, who talks like Lupe Velez, but her father, who talks like Leo Carrillo, tells him he must first prove himself worthy by fighting the bull. He does so and, after a few incidents in which things do not appear to be going his way and some scattered 'ole's, wins the hand of his fair lady.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 21 August 1942.

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

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

A short drama documentary about the life of a Sami family in the northernmost part of Sweden, Lappland.

Documentary on the Portuguese coastal town of Póvoa de Varzim, where the director had filmed Ala-Arriba! in 1942.

A short documentary illustrating the lives of the residents of Dover in Kent as the Nazi war machine - a mere 21 miles away - did it’s worst and at just how ready they were to fight back.

Mother Goose rhymes are given the 40's era toon treatment.

Views of the military training and learning activities given to cadets at the Chorrillos Military School during the 1942 academic year.

NSB propaganda film from 1942 about the members of the Fifth Mussert Company marching through Utrecht. On the eve of their departure to the Luftwaffe Nachrichtentruppen, of which they are to form a part. They also march in formation past the NSB headquarters on the Maliebaan.

A beautifully filmed documentary film by Erik Blomberg about the Jämijärvi glider and motor flight training during the war year of 1942. Matti and Pekka are on both glider and motor flight courses. The end of the film is dramatic and charged, and it is not staged. How does a cloud flight training landing succeed in poor visibility when the field is lost? "At least that boy is still alive, the brave one is eating a rocket..."

The film teaches you how to wash laundry with minimal detergent.

A film about the history of Finland since 1918.

Ad for Tungsram light bulbs.

Second part of the Mare Senki (Malaya War Record) series produced by Nihon Eigasha in 1942. While the first installment documented the Japanese advance through Malaya, Birth of Syonan-to portrays Singapore under occupation after its fall in February 1942. The film shows the renaming of the city to Shōnan-tō (“Light of the South”), Japanese victory celebrations, military parades, and efforts to depict the transformation of the colony under Japanese rule. Designed as a propaganda feature, it aimed to legitimize occupation and emphasize Japan’s leadership in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

An affectionate portrait of the Colombian scientist and writer César Uribe Piedrahita. Shot in the quiet intimacy of his country home in Sasaima, the film is a tribute to a cherished friendship and an exceptional man.

A film about the German Reichsbahn and its supply of the Wehrmacht, despite severe winter weather, as well as the use of existing railway lines in occupied Europe by the German Reichsbahn. It also covers the restoration of railway lines, bridges, and stations destroyed during the war in occupied Eastern Europe and France.

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Soundie with Gael Amber singing and few couples dancing.

Vintage United States Navy Training Film.

Detailed training film describing preflight and airborne operations of Consolidated B-24D heavy bomber.

A documentary tracing the history of aviation from the Wright Bros. first flight.