Cinematic Era: 1945 Vintage

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

A documentary covering the actions of the 6th Marine Division on Okinawa during WWII.

About hobbies. The Swedish King Gustaf V enjoys embroideres. The CEO Arvid Öhlin plays with his toy trains. The countess Ebba Bonde collects porcelain parrots, white the count Carl Bonde is fond of miniature books. And so on.

Promotional film for camera equipment shop "Radio Armor".

Mexican movie

Singalong of traditional Christmas hymn.

Ángela, a young orphan studying at a school abroad, decides to spend the Christmas holidays in Madrid, at the home of her guardian and closest relative, an unmarried lawyer with a somewhat dissipated life.

Norwegians in Sweden during WWII.

Based on the Anoush by Hovannes Toumanian, and the operetta of the same name by Armen Dickranian

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Combat Bulletin was a new reel type series keeping folks up-to-date with the combat of World War II.

Wajdi is confused about the three girls who claim to love him without knowing about his morals. He is a wealthy person looking for a girl who wants him for himself. InSaf meets and is shocked that her rich father is very stingy, the father conspires to marry his youngest daughter from a neighbor, to marry Scrooge from the daughter of the neighbor. Wajdi pretends to be a driver and works for the father.

Notions of religion restrict a man from fulfilling his mother’s last wish- immersing her ashes in the holy Ganga. Will he be able to break the shackles?

Chhamia, a street dancer falls in love with Ranjit, a man from a higher social class. Their relationship faces significant challenges and disapproval due to their differing backgrounds and the interference of Ranjit's family, specifically his aunt and uncle. The plot explores the emotional trials and societal prejudices Chhamia endures as she tries to maintain her love amidst these obstacles.

A Soundie with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.

Our Job in Japan was a United States military training film made in 1945, shortly after World War II. It is the companion to the more famous Your Job In Germany. The film was aimed at American troops about to go to Japan to participate in the 1945–1952 Allied occupation, and presents the problem of turning the militarist state into a peaceful democracy. The film focused on the Japanese military officials who had used the traditional religion of Shinto, as well as the educational system, to take over power, control the populace, and wage aggressive war.

Valmiki is a Tollywood film released in 1945.

A viewer can visit the whole world in a cinema or revisit historic moments. This industry was born thanks to the Lumière brothers, who synthesized research into motion reproduction at the end of the 19th century. The first public screening took place on December 28, 1895. Since then, cinema has gone from strength to strength, with the addition of sound and research into 3D cinema, for example. Louis Lumière expressed his pride in having committed this “sin of youth”.

A documentary on Vidkun Quisling.

Tennis competitions between Swedish actors at Saltsjöbaden.

A film which contrasts the old and the new outlooks in Kenya

Presents explorations in infinite space that reveal God's majesty, his love and care.

'Hospital School' shows how children were treated, rehabilitated, and educated at The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College in Alton, Hampshire.

A dentist explains to a group of schoolchildren about the continuous battle going on inside out months between "good" blobs that are trying to protect our teeth and "bad" blobs that are trying to fill them full of cavities.

A $5,000 reward is put out for the capture of a notorious wolf. Two of the wanted posters are put on the trees where the Fox and the Crow live. When they see the posters, each thinks the other is the wanted one, and they try to capture each other for the reward money. After many attempts, they end up at a police station where their mistake is pointed out to them. They then punish themselves profusely for making the error. Re-released theatrically in 1956.

Directed by Alberto Lattuada

A short film describing the benefits of the drug Sulfa.

This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second World War. A variety of pilots are depicted recounting their actions in combat missions such as strafing runs, softening up of invasion sites, bomber protection, and the destruction of enemy resources and fortifications. One of the pilots has made a disastrous error in his mission, and viewers are invited to guess which of the pilots failed in his duty.

A short propaganda cartoon about the right to vote. Drawings were made by Walter Neugebauer and it was shot by Frano Vodopivec.

Arvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.

A narrative tour of different public houses around England.

A piece of reportage realized by the Polish Army Film Studios at the end of the war. It tells a story of Warsaw children who started a camp in the summer of 1944 in Stoczek Lyczkowski. The authors show the children’s life, it’s full of small amounts of happiness and many problems. Near the camp the war is still on, the children’s relatives are still in danger.

Laikan Otto falls in love with a fair-haired beauty at the market, who later turns out to be Elina, daughter of the wealthy Orttenmaa family. The girl falls in love with Otto, but does not want to marry someone poorer than herself. The hurt man returns to his home village, where the sweet Anna Kervilä awaits him.

The author Morten Korch (1876-1954) shows around home at Bro Skovgård. He arrives with the 'red horses', walks with his wife and reads aloud to the grandchildren. On the audio side he quotes his original poems and tells a story of sounding Funen from the publication "Godtfolk".

Documents the arrival of Holocaust victims in Sweden.

This film revolves around Choghtu Khong Tayiji, a 17th century Mongolian prince who waged a campaign of independence against Tibetan and Manchu forces.

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Deryck Sampson's Band in "Half-Past Jump Time."

If you weren't there to experience the Blitz and its aftermath, then this is probably as close as you would like to get. The German V1 rocket seen flying overhead places this film in the last 12 months of the war, and the citizens of Southwark appear well-practiced in picking up the pieces of their decimated neighbourhood. By the end of the film the worst is over, as the Royal family are driven through crowd-lined streets and kids enjoy a victory party.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 20 July 1945. A twisted version of some famous fairy tales! The Wolf introduces himself and explains that he's misunderstood! Red Riding Hood comes along, and the Wolf changes into his zoot suit, grabs Red and makes her do a jive boogie-woogie dance with him! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he clobbers the Wolf. Then the Wolf cross-dresses to impersonate Little Bo Peep, and lures a flock of lambs into his trap. He whips out a gun and makes the sheep take their wool off! Mighty Mouse sees this, and he beats the heck out of the Wolf. The Wolf then tries to get into the Three Little Pigs' house by pretending to be a cowboy. He calls for backup. The Wolves attack the pigs, Mighty Mouse trounces them, and all is well in Cartoonland!

Bernt comes to a small town to rob the bank. But behind the counter stands his old friends Hjalmar, and he has to pretend it was all a joke. Hjalmar asks him to spend the night at his home. He meets Ellen, now Hjalmar's wife. Bernt is still attracted to her and it was only a coincidence that it was Hjalmar who married her and not Bernt. When Hjalmar goes on a business trip, Bernt stays with Ellen.

A husband lives happily with his wife until a frivolous woman enters his life and turns it upside down. He leaves his wife and lives with the new woman, until he faces many crises after he borrows money from everyone he knows.

Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time, circumstances during the immediate postwar period following the Second World War, leading to the formation of the United Nations are discussed.

A middle-age woman and a young composer live a tragic romance.

Santa Claus arrives at the home of two children and proceeds to tell them stories about monkeys and the nature of his existence.

Cab Calloway sings "We the Cats Shall Hep Ya".

Humorous short film about burglary prevention and robbery. A journalist and a press photographer come in possession of a couple of magical gallows who can make them invisible. Immediately, they see their cut to leverage the shoe's features to catch thieves on fresh deed - and get a good story on the cover!

Physicist Hugh Bradner took these remarkable color home movies at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project with informal permission from the U.S. Army. The films include images from inside the top-secret laboratory, and depict scientists leaving for the Trinity test. Bradner's movies also capture recreational activities scientists enjoyed during the Manhattan Project, including hiking, skiing, swimming, and horseback riding, as well as Bradner's wedding at the home of Dorothy McKibbin in Santa Fe.

A social drama centered on a romance between its leading stars, Naseem Bano and Ashok Kumar, set within a Muslim social context.

Produced by The National Film Board 1945. Directed by Maslyn Williams. When this film was made, Canberra was one of the world's youngest planned cities. This film briefly outlines how the Australian colonies became one nation in 1901 and how the need was felt for a city to be the symbol of national unity. Canberra, a tiny hamlet in the rolling countryside of New South Wales, was chosen as the site. It turned into a thriving city of Federal Government, growing according to plan yet retaining all of its rural charm. This film features some of Canberra's most dignified buildings - Parliament House, the National War Memorial, the Institute of Anatomy - as well as broad tree-lined roads and lawn-fronted homes. It also looks at the people who have come to live in the nation's captial.

Headmistress of a girl's school and one of her pupils get into romantic-comedy trouble trying to keep their lies straight.