Cinematic Era: 1944 Vintage

British war documentary

This 1944 black and white silent film provides brief glimpses of the lifestyle among Kenya's white/European settlers during the Second World War.

The romance between a Spanish correspondent and an Argentine daughter of Poles during the Nazi invasion of Poland.

An honest rancher becomes a bandit after being accused of murdering his girlfriend's father

A famous operette star Kirsti Kalpa escapes her busy and selfish fiance and hides as maid to house of 3 bachelors ( professor, composer and butler) , who basically hate women.

A young American pilot, fighting in 1944, who writes a final letter to his father, a stoic veteran of World War I, bearing his soul to the man who inspired him to enlist.

Cilly Goose is a bit ashamed since she's only laid one egg and the rest of the farmyard animals are much more productive. So, she lays a plan to become the goose that lays golden eggs.

A short compilation movie similar to When Comedy was King (1960), and The Golden Age of Comedy (1957).

Axel is courting women in large quantities. He increasingly conscious and excessively uses his innate and viable charm, evolving into a pure Don Juan.

Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him.

In Fuente Clara over ten years since any man born. The population, mostly female, are desperate and resorts to the reigning prince.

Vera, a hypochondriac, mistakes an escaped lunatic for a physician who can help "cure" her.

The titular Marie-Louise is a young French lass who is evacuated to Switzerland when her country is overrun by the Nazis. Suffering a nervous breakdown, she is given comfort and shelter by a wealthy family. Unfortunately, living in the lap of luxury makes Marie-Louise hesitant to return home to her mother and war torn home. Eventually the girl comes to her senses, but it isn't easy.

A movie director discovers Lulu and decides to put her in pictures.

Private Investigator Terry Moran, who is in love with Nora O'Brien the daughter of Police Detective Tim O'Brien, is hired by Mrs. Hamilton to solve the murder of her husband, a fur dealer.

A tour through the South Sea islands including Tahiti, New Zealand, Fiji, Pago Pago, Papua and Kalabahai

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.

A group of friends form a masked gang nicknamed 'The Skulls of Terror' and confront a local political boss. Originally produced as a six-hour collection of serial chapters (1943), then edited down (1944) into a 3-hour feature... then re-released (1950s?) as two 90-minute features. The first one seems to have disappeared, this is the second one.

Gandy (who sleeps with Sourpuss for some unknown reason) dreams about Sourpuss's girlfriend, so Sourpuss keeps waking him up and beating the heck out of him. Later, Sourpuss figures out how he can get into the dreams, too.

The film tells the story of the women of Larsvik Manor, especially the young lady of the house Barbi during World War II.

A mysterious woman brings disaster to a small country town.

In this entry in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series young Frank Davis, dropping out of school and joining a small-time hoodlum gang, finds out that leading a life of crime is not all he thought it would be.

May be lost.

British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Grundtvig High School in 1944, this tribute was made to a cultural-historical achievement. In a quietly progressive, classic film language with often staged reconstructions, the spiritual preconditions of the colleges, the efforts of the time, and the life that unfolded are told about the peasants and girls meeting the paternal, fundamentalist spirit. There are recordings from eg. Vallekilde Højskole and Frederiksborg Højskole, but very many high schools across the country are introduced in short clips.

A dramatized documentary film by Säästöpankki about saving money. In the film, Säästöpankki helps a farm that has fallen on hard times. It emphasizes the importance of saving money in the lives of Matti and Liisa, a young couple.

Historical information about the opera "O escravo", by Carlos Gomes, highlighting the fourth act, in which Iberê sings Iara's love.

This is the story of a group of Mexican children who celebrated Christmas by re-enacting the journey of Mary, the mother of Jesus and Saint Joseph searching for room at the inn. "Posada" meant "inn", or "shelter", and their parents told them "no posada" at each house until they came to one where they were offered shelter in a stable. This leads to festivities including the breaking of the piñata, which in turn leads to Donald Duck trying to break his own piñata as well.

Young newlywed Martin Mansfeld suspects his wife Maria Mansfeld of infidelity and together with his friend sets a trap for her.

Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her, and is preparing to join the army (where Bluto apparently is). Popeye stops her at the door, and insists on showing her sequences from two earlier two-reelers to prove his strength, but she's unimpressed. Fortunately, this was all a dream; he awakens in the blood bank, and dashes over to see Olive, who reaffirms her love.

Mamsie catches Lulu making a mess of the kitchen, so she punishes Lulu. When Lulu asks, "How do you know that I made this mess?", the maid says sarcastically, "A little bird told me!" Angered that the bird outside her home snitched to the family's maid, Lulu goes after the bird with her slingshot.

Using Snafu as an example, Techanical Fairy First Class teaches the methods of effective camouflage.

When the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands, the Allied forces must push them back.

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

A marshal goes after a bandit gang who is robbing stagecoaches and that, unbeknownst to him, is led by one of his town's prominent citizens.

Musician Ezzat Hamdy lives happily with his wife, Rawhiya, until the Ghanaian Fifi enters his life. Ezzat loves her and neglects his wife. However, Fifi is in a relationship at the same time with Fawzi Bey. Hamdi learns about the relationship and hatches a plan to surprise them both.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

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 distracted beasts end up with sandwich boards with slogans imploring farmers to raise more fodder.

This Traveltalk series short visits various places around the United States. At the first stop, we admire the natural beauty of Crater Lake in Oregon. The next stop is the open pit copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, the world's largest copper mine. We then spend time in Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of author Mark Twain. After a short visit to a log-rolling contest in Washington State, we cross the country to get a view of Washington, DC from across the Potomac River. The final stop on this tour is Arlington National Cemetery, where we see the Tomb of the Unknown, Arlington House, and the mast of the USS Maine, which was sunk in 1898 in Havana Harbor.

Elias, who is preparing for his wedding, dances drunk with a beggar in front of the church and dies of a heart attack. His fiancée Anna is devastated by grief and on the verge of suicide. In his despair, he experiences a religious awakening, which is supported by Antti, who is in love with Anna, and some of the villagers. The pastor sees the revivalist movement as a threat to himself, the church, and public order.

A collection of spot gags spoofing travelogues complete with narration.

Grete Hansen is looking for work at "Morgenbladet". Here she meets the womanizer Vilmer, who wants Grete to meet him on her first night out on the town, and Bob, a young man who plays private detective. When Bob reads that there are a number of counterfeit 100 kroner notes in circulation, Bob and Grete decide to catch the thief. First they break into the home of a policeman whom they suspect of being a counterfeiter. Later they play servants at the home of another suspect. Then Grete discovers something suspicious about Vilmer - she follows him to a spooky house.

After a long and arduous life, where she is tyrannized by her husband, the nice old lady becomes a widow. And she inherits a fortune. Now she takes revenge and spends money - much to the outrage of the whole family. They desperately try to have her disenfranchised. The family's attempts to stop the old lady's play with the money give rise to lots of baroque and very comical situations. The laugh muscles are frequently appealed to - and the ending is very surprising...

Jasper is hunting in the jungle with his friend the Scarecrow. Along the way, they run into Bugs Bunny, making a rare cameo in a non-Warner Bros. production.

Ninni is a girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. Her mother dies and she is taken care of by a friend of the family. She is trapped in the heart of Stockholm and can't get out of the city because the lack of money.

Eugenia de Montijo, an extraordinarily beautiful woman, educated and intelligent daughter of the Count of Montijo, decides to start a European tour when she discovers that the Duke of Alba, whom she believed her suitor, actually intends for her sister. In Paris she meets Napoleon III, the future emperor of France, who is bewitched by the beauty of the young aristocrat from Granada

Barbro is a young, happy girl, with a lot of male acquaintances. She unfortunately meets men that infects her with syphilis. Without being aware of this Barbro transmits the disease to other men. Medical doctor Bernard tries to help her.

This government documentary short film depicts and explains the processes for retrieving a glider in the field. In combat situations in World War II, gliders were used to transport men and materiel to sites not suitable for landing powered aircraft, and the gliders were constructed so that they could be reused. The preparation of the grounded glider is explained, as well as the preparations and maneuvers aboard the C-47 aircraft which will pick up the glider.

Dramatised recruitment film for the Women's Army Corps, formerly the WAAC.

The sisters reject the daughter their father had out of wedlock until she receives a fortune from her dead mother.

A French-language Free French propaganda short made in wartime London: Germaine Sablon performs three resistance songs—most notably the first filmed performance of “Le Chant des Partisans” (music: Anna Marly; lyrics: Joseph Kessel & Maurice Druon)—for morale and circulation among Free French forces; Cavalcanti’s film was shown to troops in Britain and Canada and conceived for clandestine delivery to partisans.

A short film made for the U.S. Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs about the history of the Amazon basin.

Part of RKO's "This is America" series, this is an Oscar nominated short documentary from 1944 that follows the plight of European immigrants arriving in the USA looking for hope and safety.