War Effort Movies

  • 1942
    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

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    In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he...

    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
  • 1944
    Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

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    In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind...

    Since You Went Away
  • 1950
    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

    Three Came Home

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    Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes Newton Keith is separated from her husband and...

    Three Came Home
  • 1942
    Eyes in the Night

    Eyes in the Night

    Eyes in the Night

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    Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

    Eyes in the Night
  • 2019
    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

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    September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when...

    The Phoney War
  • 1945
    Keep Your Powder Dry

    Keep Your Powder Dry

    Keep Your Powder Dry

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    A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.

    Keep Your Powder Dry
  • 1943
    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

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    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

    Show-Business at War
  • 1999
    Rosies of the North

    Rosies of the North

    Rosies of the North

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    They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies...

    Rosies of the North
  • 1944
    The Very Thought of You

    The Very Thought of You

    The Very Thought of You

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    Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.

    The Very Thought of You
  • 1943
    Scrap Happy Daffy

    Scrap Happy Daffy

    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...

    Scrap Happy Daffy
  • 1942
    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

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    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

    The Tree in a Test Tube
  • 1944
    You Can't Ration Love

    You Can't Ration Love

    You Can't Ration Love

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    In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to begin rationing their...

    You Can't Ration Love
  • 1942
    Inflation

    Inflation

    Inflation

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

    Inflation
  • 1943
    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    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...

    Seeing Hands
  • 2016
    Asunder

    Asunder

    Asunder

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    Esther Johnson’s film uses local archive footage to convey the story of Sunderland's involvement in the First World War, from the men who...

    Asunder
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse

    Horse

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    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

    Horse
  • 1944
    Meet the People

    Meet the People

    Meet the People

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    A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some...

    Meet the People
  • 1944
    Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

    Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

    Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

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    A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.

    Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
  • 1917
    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

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    This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in...

    Women’s Munition Work