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Filming the Nagasaki bombing was assigned to Project Alberta's Aerial Observation Team, a small unit of the larger Manhattan Project substructure responsible for measuring the atomic bombs from instrumentation aircrafts
A rare documentary about the Finnish parliamentary elections in March 1945. Finland was the first country at war to hold parliamentary elections. The Finnish parliamentary elections attracted exceptionally wide attention from foreign media at the time. Prime Minister J.K. Paasikivi also waited in line for an hour for the polling station to open, as did other voters in the constituency.
This short film depicting Bolesław Bierut and Michał Rol-Żymierski visiting the troops of the 1st Polish Army was produced by the Polish Army Film Studio.
British documentary on India's role in World War II.
The Singing Pipes is a film produced in 1945 by the Canadian Film Board. Much of this was filmed inside the organ building factory of Casavant Frères in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Camelón and the princess Golosina are stalked by the wizard Malastripas. They will have to be careful with his evil deeds.
The film narrates the struggle of the Greek Nation.
A series of burlesque peep-show acts for servicemen.
Camelón and the princess Golosina become prisoners of the wizard Malastripas and are taken to the castle of queen Murriega, where they are incarcerated in a dungeon. Their loyal friend, Tobalito the dog, will rescue them through wit and some beatings.
A Secrets of Life short.
How a scientist helped the fishermen in a Gaspe fishing village.
A Soundie featuring Caridad Garcia with Gerald Marks and His Orchestra.
A Soundie with Day, Dawn, and Dusk.
Sami Pitkänen and Santtu Pätkänen have arrived in Turku from America. The friends end up working in a restaurant run by Olikka, the boss of a gang involved in black market trading and food card fraud. The friends flee the city and find work with their acquaintance Veikko Koivunen, who is planning an ideal agricultural community.
Shows children enjoying winter sports, making a snow man, playing fox and geese, sledding and skiing.
Vera Lynn, the popular female vocalist known as 'The Forces Sweetheart', visits units of the 14th Army at Sylhet, a short distance from the Indian-Burmese border
Humorous "sketches" of human interest stories by Max Fleischer, who headed Jam Handy's animation department in the mid 1940s and 1950s.
Illustrates the properties and uses of both thermoplastic and thermosetting compounds in the 'FOURTH KINGDOM' of plastics.
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.
This motivational film was shown to U.S. war workers to encourage them to be more efficient and productive in their efforts. The film shows the story of combat operations in Okinawa, Japan, from the softening up of an enemy beach with naval artillery, to the landing of troops by amphibious assault, close air support, and more.
The film illustrates the fact that Australia's Newcastle, like its British counterpart, has developed into a large city but still retains its essential mining atmosphere. The great steel industry which feeds on its black gold is shown in full blast. But the film reaches beyond coal, steel and the activity of a great port into the lives of the people of Newcastle. It covers not only the mines and the mills but moves into the dwelling and working places and the natural beauty of their surroundings where they find their pleasures.
An American girl tells her classmates about her visit to her grandmother's farm in a Polish Village. She tells them about vilage life, farming, schools, church, a wedding, and briefly about some of the cities: Lowicz, Krakov, Zakopane, Gdvina.
Footage showing the Japanese signing their final surrender.
Instructional film from the middle of forties (Simmel Meservey Productions) that teaches how to act (and not to act) for a festive dinner.
Includes mid-1940s scenes of Chicago scenes at various beaches, schools and universities, business districts, factories, parks, scenic drives and more.
Four popular songs, with animated backgrounds, sung by the Four Gentlemen Quartet. The songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, En roulant ma boule, Clementine, and I've Got Sixpence.
Action at Angaur is a 1945 short documentary film created by the United States War Department during World War II. The film was created for the 7th War Loan drive[1] and documents the untried 81st Infantry "Wildcat" Division in the Battle of Angaur in the Palau Islands.
Non-theatrical Industrial short Produced for National Better Light Better Sight Bureau
Events in the aftermath of war, and the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Bollywood 1945
A brief newsreel from British Pathe documenting the monarch's appointment of Clement Attlee as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1945.
Day in the life of members of 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron RAF. After a brief introduction of their lives before the war, the narrative focuses on their day: patrolling, training, aircraft maintenance, destruction of a U-boat.
Manufacturing and presentation of Kalevala Koru products.
The revival of trade and cultural relations between Finland and England after the war, the documentary film depicts the unloading of the first English cargo ship and the presentation and mediation of English culture in Helsinki.
An inland waterway boat trip in Central Finland, described from the perspective of a regional presentation.
The production and use of Paulig frozen foods.
A propaganda film showing the recruitment and preparation for the service of Poles in the assembly camps in France.
Contemporary montage of shots taken in the first quarter of 1945 in Warsaw by an unknown cameraman. The special specimen is part of the project "Film Memory. Miracle at the Vistula River and other historical events in FINA's film resources".
Chilean national anthem performed by orchestra and tenor soloist, accompanied by images of the Chilean landscape and paintings depicting the independence.
An experimental film by Dwinell Grant
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five and their Tillie.
Appeal for War Bonds, showing scenes of enemy activity and suggesting these could occur over various locations in the United States.
Shows images of refugee routes along the Swedish-Norwegian border.
Hong Kong horror movie from 1945.
Animated commercial.
A Secrets of Life short.
Documentary sponsored by the Rochester Public Library illustrating the range of community services offered by public libraries. Not by Books Alone shows how libraries advance education, provide recreational opportunities, help job seekers, and promote good citizenship.
An alternative Danish film. A montage of quickly edited footage (upside down, mirrored, black and white, color etc.) of various sights, Danish culture, history and nature.
Late WWII film
This United States government documentary short film recapitulates the efforts made by the United States Army Air Forces in coming to terms with the necessities and exigencies of war in the lead-up to and during the Second World War. Archival footage, charts, and animated illustrations depict the unprepared state of America's air power in face of the threat from Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the massive efforts made to catch up to the enemy in terms of manpower, training, and materiel.
A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools.