Category: Propaganda

2800. NOSTALGIA WORLD WAR II VIDEO LIBRARY #13 (1944-1945 USA) Short films produced by our military at war. 1. BEHIND NAZI GUNS (1944). A navy film narrated by WILLIAM L. SHIRER. “Advancing allied armies sometimes capture valuable enemy films. Recent Nazi pictures have been selected to provide American workers a behind-the-scenes report on their special […]

2801. THE CURSE OF THE CLAP (1944, 1947-USA). Two military training films using techniques that seem hopelessly dated today, but the message is still a valid one. You have your fun, you pay the price! 1. ONE A MINUTE (1944). A Navy training film. The “one a minute” refers to the birthrate of suckers, as […]

2638. SAMURAI (1945-USA). American soldiers were perishing at the hands of merciless “Japs” in the Far East when this potent and fascinating World War II propaganda film was placed in production, it is a scathing account, which begins as an earthquake hits Tokyo in 1923. Young orphan Ken Kenikitchi is rescued by American medical evangelists […]

2571. ATOMIC MEMORIES (C.1946-C.1963). A series of short military and Civilian Defense films dealing with a new reality: atomic bombs. 1. DUCK and COVER (1950). A Civil Defense film featuring the era’s most famous animated character of defense: “Burt The Turtle.” Burt ducks into his shell whenever danger threatens, and so should the school children […]

2524. THE JEEP GOES TO WAR! (1942-1944-USA). A series of short U.S. Government films showing the new “General Purpose” Vehicle (or “G.P.”Ñpronounced “Jeep.”) in action. 1. WAR ON WHEELS (c.x1944). “This film is presented to the men and women of ihe American automotive industry to demonstrate the performance of the combat vehicles they build.” A […]

2261. THE SPIRIT OF ’43…AND MORE! (1941-1950s USA). PARTIAL COLOR 1. THE SPIRIT OF ’43 (1943-USA). COLOR. With DONALD DUCK. Everybody’s favorite animated duck is cast as a typical American worker who has just collected his paycheck. However, this wartime. So it is no time for Donald to spend money on anything he absolutely does […]

2131. THE MENACE OF COMMUNISM! (1955-1962-USA). Produced by The Office or Armed Forces Information and Education of The Department Of Defense. Three short films made after the war, when America was concerned that Communists would soon control the United States, and perhaps the whole world! 1. COMMUNIST BLUEPRINT FOR CONQUEST (1955). An explanation of the […]

2098. RESTRICTED TRAINING FILMS (Not For The Public!) (early 1940s-USA-England). 1. PARACHUTE TRAINING IN THE GERMAN ARMY (USA). Produced by the U.S. War Department. This historically significant training film features German army footage. How must a parachute be properly packed? How do you correctly jump out of a plane and land without breaking your neck […]

2083. THE NEGRO SOLDIER (1944-USA). Produced by FRANK CAPRA for The War Department. This classic World War II propaganda documentary offers a revealing look at the manÂner in which our government set out to kindle the fires of patriotism among African-Americans, it is set in a black church whose preacher tells his flock that the […]

1993. KNOW YOUR ENEMY-JAPAN (1944-USA), Directed by FRANK CAPRA and JORIS IVENS. This riveting documentary is composed of American and Japanese-made newsreel footage, Japanese motion pictures with historical backgrounds, and several re-enactments, it was produced as a training film for American soldiers who were set to head overseas and do battle against the Japanese enemy […]