Cinematic Era: 1945 Vintage

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Part of the March of Time series, this episode (Volume 11, Number 11) focuses on a new sociological phenomenon - the teen-age girl. She is recognized as unique, with a mind of her own and not necessarily prone to following in her mother's foot-steps. Industry now recognizes this sector of society as a potentially lucrative market, the result being that magazines, beauty products and clothes are all being designed with the teen-age girl in mind. New music is central to their activities, and there is also an increasing demand for photogenic teen-agers as models.

It shows the Prešeren House after it was opened as a museum, on the day when the authors found out about the German assault on Poland, reflected in a dark atmosphere of clouds traversing the Karawanks. The film reflects Förster’s fine feel for light and composition.

A successful doctor moves back to her home village and notices severe flaws in its health services.

Mexican movie

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

This film was developed to show US Lockheed P-38 production line workers the Lightning in a wide variety of roles. The dramatic framing for the piece involves a straggling B-24 that is saved from certain destruction by the arrival of "Angels in Overalls" -- P-38s. You'll see all aspects of Lightnings in action. There's a cameo by Air Corps P-38 ace of aces Dick Bong too.

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

Produced in 1945 by Jam Handy, "The Naval Gun At Iwo Jima" is a sister film to "The Naval Gun at Okinawa". This film details the important role Navy guns played in assaulting Japanese forces that were dug into caves on the island. It also shows the close support of Marines during the long assault. Naval gunfire at Iwo Jima was critical, the film explains, due to the fact that low visibility limited air operations. The film details the role played by battleships, cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and auxiliary gunboats. Shows tactics employed in exposing Japanese defenses, for example how gunboats were used to draw fire from Japanese gun batteries, exposing them so that the 16-inch guns on the battleships could used to destroy the shore positions.

All black cast short featuring little known Milt Coles Trio.

A variety of craftspeople display their talent and work courtesy of the Craftsmen Work Committee at the Gaelic College of Crafts run by Mary Black.

Set during rehearsals for a cabaret show, this short film features singer Rosalind Melville.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 25 May 1945. A faithful horse retires as the method of getting to a fire and is replaced by a fire engine. Of course, when the big fire breaks out, the fire engine breaks down and Joe comes to the rescue!

The Ministry of Information presents this World War II documentary, produced by The Admiralty and The Army Film Unit. The black-and-white film covers the process of constructing, transporting, and installing the artificial harbors, Mulberry A and B, only a few days after D-day and the invasion of the beaches of Normandy. The British Army designed and built the harbor in the UK and transported them by sea to France to solve the problem of transporting supplies and vehicles to France along the Normandy coastline, where already existing harbors were too scarce.

A profile of the West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine, showing him at work as a welfare officer in Liverpool and on the cricket field.

An authentic “documentary of the heroic struggle of the Slovak nation against German domination”, whose materials were recycled by all of the later films about the Uprising.

A film impression, in which the images of ruined Warsaw (1945) are accompanied by Fryderyk Chopin’s ballade.

Stefan Jaracz, expecting his death, wrote a letter to his fellow artists. Quotations from this ideological testament and excerpts from a pre-war film titled “Jego wielka miłość” accompany the shots of the famous actor's funeral in 1945.

Sing O Come All Ye Faithful in the Style of "Traditional". Stingray Karaoke Holiday, Christmas - Traditional, English, Key F. O Come All Ye Faithful was one of four short visualizations of church hymns created by Neil McGuire Productions and the (ADA) Audio-visual Devotional Aids of North Hollywood, and released under the banner "Hymnalogue".

Life and industry in a Lincolnshire town.

"Up from the couch and out and choose!" The film is an appeal to the Danes to cast their vote at the general election on October 30, 1945 - the first election after the liberation.

Shot in Munich just a few weeks after it was taken by the American troops on April 30, 1945.

Shanghai Pete and his crew of pirate cats sail into San Francisco to kidnap sailors at the port for their crew. The mice sailors are unable to stop the assault from the buccaneers until a call is placed to Mighty Mouse at his headquarters at Telegraph Hill. The little superhero flies down and routs the villains.

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

Murthy and Kalyani are happily married till Murthy watches a street play in his village and notices the beautiful Subbalaxmi in that troupe. He advises Subbalaxmi's father to take her to Madras, where she could possibly become a big theatre artiste. After traveling to Madras, Subbalaxmi is offered the lead role and changes her name to Sujatha. Murthy falls for Sujatha's charms and neglects his family.

Violinist Eero Viida's wife Ruth has left her husband but wants to return. Eero no longer loves his spouse and rejects her advances. Ruth shoots her husband, who ends up in the hospital. Eero becomes attached to Marja, a student of his accompanist Pallas, which drives the jealous Ruth to take extreme measures.

A colorful British documentary about the manufacturing of steel.

Nationalistic news coverage of Queen Wilhelmina's return to the Netherlands after World War II (March - May 1945). With footage of her crossing the Dutch border at the village of Eede and visits to the western parts of the country: Aardenburg, Oostburg, IJzendijke, Middelburg Walcheren, Serooskerken to Oostkapelle, North Brabant (den Bosch), Eindhoven, Maastrich, Heerlen, and arrival at The Hague. She is welcomed by enthusiastic crowds everywhere.

Referred to by the creators themselves as a film poster, it'ss a typical example of an agitational message. The aim of the movie is to attack the bourgeois order and the aversion of the upper classes to the communist system.

Cab Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Walking with My Honey".

Fishing village by the Gulf of Bothnia

This short is about the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben" and how it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19, 1945. The USS Franklin was the most heavily damaged carrier in World War II to survive an attack.

Part of the "Flight Safety" series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one,completed by United Productions of America, describes the dangers of mid-air collisions during join-up maneuvers.

A short documentary about an aviator chimp who flies on a bi-plane.

(1945), directed by Benito Perojo – with Alberto Bello, Héctor Calcaño, Homero Cárpena, Tilda Thamar

Documentary about details of the intensive training of the Marines training for Commandos. Commando: The Story of the Green Beret was a drama documentary produced in late 1945. Sponsored by the Admiralty, it follows the progress of Fusilier Gordon Blake as he undergoes the rigorous training schedule designed to turn him into a Commando (“the soldier of the future”).

A presentation of Stran-Steel Division, Great Lakes Steel Corporation.

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.

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

Documentary short film depicting the breakthrough of Von Rundstedt's German forces in Europe and how complacency on the American homefront may have contributed to near-disaster for the Allies.

During World War II, Japanese Americans were forced to live under guard at several camps because of racist fears.

Delta Rhythm Boys perform "Snoqualomie Jo Jo".

Documentary about New York night clubs.

The life of Élida Passo, pioneer of medicine of the Buenos Aires of the XIX century. By 1870, the first women tried to practice medicine in an area reserved for men; and through sacrifice and struggle, they begin the path towards a more egalitarian society.

A FAB officer makes a forced landing on the pasture of a countryside and arrives at a house, where he is greeted by Maria, a paralyzed lace maker. Without a phone so that he could report the accident to the Aeronautics School, the officer decides to tell everything about the School.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 October 1945. Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are flown in to hunt big game. The two have something else in mind. They can't get out of there fast enough!

A romantic drama exploring the various facets of love

A Soundie with The De Castro Sisters.

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".

A documentary about how a bill for education (also known as the children's charter) passed by the British government in the 1940's will help all children get a good education.

A Soundie with Day, Dawn, and Dusk.

1945 Soundies musical short starring Merle Travis

A public relations film which implies that the relocation and interment of Japanese Canadians was benign and necessary. Views of a Vancouver slum, idle fishing fleet, and houses on outskirts. Sequences on rehabilitated ghost towns in the Slocan Valley including Nakusp. Sequences on the new town of Tashme being built. Sequences on Japanese making a living cutting firewood, operating lumber mills, farming. Interior of tuberculosis sanatorium and patients. Sequences on Japanese folk festival and dancing. Focus on life in Tashme with shots of happy people, hospital, school, general store, bakery, and a troop of boy scouts.

Soundie featuring Six Hits and a Miss and Lorraine Page Orchestra.