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December 7th poster
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"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.

December 7th

Mar 1943

Know Your Enemy: Japan poster
Movie

Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.

Know Your Enemy: Japan

Aug 1945

Know Your Ally: Britain poster
Movie

Know Your Ally: Britain was a 45-minute propaganda film made in 1944. It was narrated by Walter Huston and produced by the United States War Department and Signal Corp to solidify Anglo-American solidarity within the ranks as well as counter Nazi propaganda aimed at weakening the Alliance.

Know Your Ally: Britain

Jan 1944

Why We Fight: Prelude to War poster
Movie

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

May 1942

Attack! The Battle for New Britain poster
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Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glouster, New Britain island in 1943 in the South Pacific theatre of World War Two, and the handicaps of the wild jungle in addition to the Japanese snipers and pill-box emplacements.

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

Jun 1944

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer poster
Movie

The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Jan 1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain poster
Movie

The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Oct 1943

Seeds of Destiny poster
Movie

Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on children. The film surveys the Nazi/Japanese atrocities, post-war devastation and the early relief efforts. This film was responsible for raising over $200,000,000, making it a top moneymaking film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

Seeds of Destiny

Jan 1946

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike poster
Movie

The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with Otto von Bismarck and the Nazis as its latest incarnation.

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Jan 1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of China poster
Movie

The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's stirring address before congress, the rape of Nanking, the great 2,000 mile migration, and Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers.

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Nov 1944

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia poster
Movie

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Nov 1943

The End of the Road poster
Movie

Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.

The End of the Road

Feb 1919

It's Your War Too poster
Movie

Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film Collection, in 2009.

It's Your War Too

Apr 1944

Seek, Strike, Destroy! poster
Movie

On the training of tank destroyer teams at Camp Hood, Texas. Shows ceremonies as the training center is officially opened. Troops learn operation and maintenance of half-track vehicles. A track is replaced during simulated combat. Mock German tanks are destroyed by 75mm antitank guns during maneuvers.

Seek, Strike, Destroy!

Jan 1942

The Japanese Army and Navy poster
Movie

An official U.S. War Department film restricted in nature and produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, “The Japanese Army and Navy” is a black-and-white creation that “has been assembled from Japanese films and is designed for use in the Civil Affairs Training Schools conducted by The Provost Marshal General.”

The Japanese Army and Navy

Nov 1943

Enemy Mines in Tunisia poster
Movie

A short documentary on German mines and their deployment in the campaign for North Africa during WWII.

Enemy Mines in Tunisia

Apr 1943

Movies at War poster
Movie

Government documentary short explaining the usage and distribution of feature films donated by the motion picture industry for viewing by American troops.

Movies at War

Jun 1944

Action at Angaur poster
Movie

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.

Action at Angaur

Jan 1945

V2 Rocket poster
Movie

This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun designed and helped develop this "vengeance" weapon at Peenemunde during WWII. This was the first long-range ballistic guided missile.

V2 Rocket

Aug 1947

Operation Titanic poster
Movie

Operation Titanic (code name Frantic - 1944) in WWII. Western Allies planes on bombing missions (raids) over Germany shuttle between their bases in England resp. Italy and bases in Russia.

Operation Titanic

Dec 1945