Movies: War propaganda

  • 1943
    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943)

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

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    Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA....

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
  • 1962
    Red Nightmare

    Red Nightmare (1962)

    Red Nightmare

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    A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creat...

    Red Nightmare
  • 2009
    A War in Hollywood

    A War in Hollywood (2009)

    A War in Hollywood

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those w...

    A War in Hollywood
  • 1943
    Rumors

    Rumors (1943)

    Rumors

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    Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed....

    Rumors
  • 1942
    Inflation

    Inflation (1942)

    Inflation

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    The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States....

    Inflation
  • 1943
    Spies

    Spies (1943)

    Spies

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    The doltish but self-confident and self-congratulatory Private Snafu is in possession of a military secret during World War II. Over the course of the day, spouting rhymed couplets, he divulges the secret a little at a time to listening Axis spies. H...

    Spies
  • 1943
    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion (1943)

    Reason and Emotion

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    A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime....

    Reason and Emotion
  • 1943
    Headin' for God's Country

    Headin' for God's Country (1943)

    Headin' for God's Country

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    In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. Th...

    Headin' for God's Country
  • 1941
    7 Wise Dwarfs

    7 Wise Dwarfs (1941)

    7 Wise Dwarfs

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    7 Wise Dwarfs is an educational short animated film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada as a short film for educating the Canadian public about war bonds during World War II. The short features the seven dwarfs from Disney's Snow White ...

    7 Wise Dwarfs
  • 1942
    The Ducktators

    The Ducktators (1942)

    The Ducktators

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    A wartime cartoon that satirizes the Axis leaders of World War II....

    The Ducktators
  • 1941
    From the Four Corners

    From the Four Corners (1941)

    From the Four Corners

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    Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them understand why they're fighting....

    From the Four Corners
  • 1943
    Gripes

    Gripes (1943)

    Gripes

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    Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army....

    Gripes
  • 1943
    Scrap Happy Daffy

    Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)

    Scrap Happy Daffy

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    During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis powers. Hitler reads about Daffy's scrap pile and about Daffy's stated intent to win the war with jun...

    Scrap Happy Daffy
  • 1944
    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland (1944)

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland

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    A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War....

    A Propos of the Truce with Finland
  • 2014
    Forbidden Films

    Forbidden Films (2014)

    Forbidden Films

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    Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called "Vorbehaltsfilme", are locked away from the public with an uncertain future. Should they be re-released, dest...

    Forbidden Films
  • 1943
    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands (1943)

    Seeing Hands

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    This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works ...

    Seeing Hands
  • 1943
    Food and Magic

    Food and Magic (1943)

    Food and Magic

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    A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America's advantage if conserved properly in winning the then current World War. Preserved by the Academy F...

    Food and Magic
  • 1974
    Swastika

    Swastika (1974)

    Swastika

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    Comprised of video shot during the Nazi regime, including propaganda, newsreels, broadcasts and even some of Eva Braun's colorized personal home movies, we explore the way in which the Third Reich infiltrated the lives of the German population, from ...

    Swastika
  • 1943
    The Old Army Game

    The Old Army Game (1943)

    The Old Army Game

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    The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past "Taps" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete....

    The Old Army Game
  • 1942
    All Together

    All Together (1942)

    All Together

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    The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds....

    All Together