Cinematic Era: 1944 Vintage

What does a monkey do on vacation? He avoids jail, throws coconuts, sticks his head in a cannon, torments a turtle and eats the feathers out of a pillow, apparently.

United Newsreel (U.S. Office of War Information) news from June 1944.

WWII documentary film on helping child victims of war.

A lost hat brings a powerful director and an aspiring actress together.

Until now, the detective stories by author Paul Sanders had always sold splendidly – ​​likely due in no small part to the fact that he always tested all his murderous tricks on his long-suffering secretary, and that all the cases came from the archive of his friend Caspar Natter, a retired police detective. Sanders was all the more shocked, therefore, when his publisher informed him that readers were no longer interested in his books, a fact confirmed by the weak sales figures.

Hugh has difficulty eluding a sleepwalking blonde.

A Secrets of Life short.

Animated U.S. Army Signal Corps film from World War II.

In 1910, István Primusz, a master carpenter, was living in a small street in Óbuda with his three beautiful daughters, known locally as the "three doves". Guszti Groll, the wealthy master builder's full-grown son, courts the eldest daughter, Manci, and arranges a six-room apartment for her. But Manci loves the young and penniless baron. The young man only begins to woo the girl at the behest of his wealthy employer to seduce her for him, but eventually falls in love with her himself. Guszti Groll then quickly moves on to the middle girl, Ica, but soon finds out that she is already engaged to the apothecary. Now only the youngest girl, Stefi, is free, but she happily agrees to move into the six-room apartment with Guszti.

"This documentary, filmed in the surroundings of Ainhoa ​​and other border towns, covers the most romantic and bucolic landscapes and moments of the French Basque lands. Filmed by Herbert Brieger in 1944, it is an attempt to capture in images a mythical vision of the Basque people passed through the filter of Nazi propaganda. A tableware with Basque motifs shows the use of swastika in its decoration. The discoidal stelae of the cemeteries will also be the center of attention. It is part of the work of the filmmakers of the German regime to use peoples of Europe that served them to justify their songs of race during the years of World War II." Punto de Vista Film Festival

Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2009.

A touching documentary directed by Holger Harrivirta (1915-86) about Finnish children, about 70,000 of whom were sent to Sweden during the war years. The film's train of war children arrives from the Karelian Isthmus in the summer of 1944, travels via Kuopio and Haparanda to Stockholm. In Haparanda, there is a sauna and a medical examination, as well as a check of the surrender papers. Another batch of Karelian war children travels via Helsinki and Vaasa to Umeå in the summer of 1944.

Disney short. Part of the "A Few Quick Facts" series.

The loves of a Sevilian girl living in a patio house at Macarena's quarter and his sweetheart Manolo are troubled by her older and generous housekeeper who is also in love with her.

Soundie featuring "champion judo experts" Mary Parker and Lou Leonard.

A man intends to cure a blind aborigine, taking her to the city, but her boyfriend wants to stop him.

An unusual story of Mangala, a young blind widow who believes her deceased husband still communicates with her

Gracias Amigos was a 1944 propaganda short produced by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to educate the American public about the contributions of Latin America during World War II. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2012.

This documentary dives into an in-depth look at the weapons and methods of German and Japanese anti-aircraft warfare. Also highlights the evasive actions that were utilized by U.S. bomber crews.

Management addresses the special problems of women workers with concern and a heavy dose of sexism.

An Academy award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.

A parrot, sick of eating crackers, receives a luncheon invitation from a goat. Nuts, bolts, springs, door hinges and other inedible edibles are on the menu.

A mythological and devotional drama based on the life of Bhartrhari, a legendary king who renounced his throne and worldly life to become an ascetic and poet, known for his philosophical and moral verses. The film explored themes of renunciation, spiritual enlightenment, and the transient nature of worldly pleasures.

Military training film detailing flight procedure, crew assignments, and armament of the B-29 bomber aircraft.

A free adaptation of Gottfried Keller's novella "Romeo and Juliet in the Village," which reveals elements of the Nazis' blood-and-soil ideology: Vroni and Friedel, the children of feuding farmers, fall in love. But Vroni is promised to the wealthy innkeeper Paust.

A drunken lion tries to sneak home without waking mamma. His kid discovers him, and the noise making difficulties that beset him are prolonged until, by the time he gets in, it is time to get up.

A short documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde.

Robbers steal some gold and pass it off in Andy's store, but he and his friend think there's been a gold strike. They go off to do some prospecting.

Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

Kay Starr singing "Stop That Dancing Up There".

Angels throwing snowflakes, introduces us to a story where the cold and snow, more than disadvantages, are allegory of happiness, and announce the arrival of Christmas and of course the Magi.

A short film on the necessity of creating government price controls in wartime.

A Soundie featuring Yasha Davidoff with Simeon Karavaeff, Lalla Zalipskaya, Nadia Veralle, and the Russian Balalaika Orchestra.

A Soundie with Bobby Davis.

Gryning is a short Swedish film by Arne Sucksdorff, presented without narration or dialogue. It follows a hunter tracking animals through the forest at daybreak, but as the dawn light transforms the landscape, he lowers his rifle, overcome by the beauty of the morning, and walks away. The film is also known by the English titles The Shadow of the Hunter and Dawn.

In order to verify if her husband is cheating on her, a woman fakes her death and returns home pretending to be her twin sister.

British documentary short made to describe the attacks made on England by Hitler's V-1 bombs and the successful destruction of many of these bombs before they could fall on their targets.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 December 1944. Our tourist is taking in all the sights: the band playing on the snowy slope, goats harmonizing, skiers dancing on skis. But best of all, mice are shaving the Swiss cheese to run through the player piano to make the music. Dogs, pigs and ducks are all laughing, singing, playing and having a good time- until they get on a runaway snow sled...

The run-up to the Allied invasion of Normandy, including Eisenhower strategizing.

A small, mountain town. The populace here has long lived off the artisanal production of axes. But due to a glut of cheap, factory goods, the business magnate Brugger is no longer able to sell his axes and he dies before a complete economic collapse. His daughter Anna wants to marry Thomas Volderauer, a friend of her father's, who wishes to once more bring work to the town by moving his metal working factory there. Thus Franz, the son of old Atzinger, has no chance with Anna; especially as his father implores Anna to marry Volderauer. Embittered, Franz leaves the town. In order to earn money, Franz ends up as a tourguide for wealthy tourists and notices that their ice picks aren't good for anything, except maybe cutting ice for their fancy cocktails. He realizes that the manufacture of high quality ice picks, for example, could be good business for his town. He therefore returns there and organizes resistance to the demolition of the town forge.

One of a series of World War II-era RAF training films, this instalment instructs Coastal Command pilots on proper formation and firing techniques for interdicting enemy shipping.

A Soundie with Max and His Gang.

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

Documentary short subject depicting the battle for the island of Rendova, a vital part of the American campaign against the Japanese in World War II.

A look at everyday life in the crofting community of Achriesgill in Sutherland.

Attitudes to and treatment of juvenile delinquency in Scotland.

An antifascist Dutch family living under German occupation prepares for the arrival of the English liberators -- who never arrive. Short NSB propaganda film that mocks the rumors of upcoming liberation that were circulating in the Netherlands.

The Three Suns sing "My Heart Tells Me".

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

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

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