1945 Movies

A "know-your-enemy" propaganda film similar to "Know Your Enemy: Japan" and "My Japan", films about Japan with the same objective. It contains a histo...

A film impression, in which the images of ruined Warsaw (1945) are accompanied by Fryderyk Chopin’s ballade.

A rare documentary about the Finnish parliamentary elections in March 1945. Finland was the first country at war to hold parliamentary elections. The...

A musical short.

Łopuszna is located on the Dunajec River, 100 km south of Cracow. It is the kingdom of trout and salmon, one of the greatest tourist attractions of Po...

The Jubalaires perform "The Preacher & the Bear".

Produced by The National Film Board 1945. Directed by Maslyn Williams. When this film was made, Canberra was one of the world's youngest planned citie...

Propaganda film for diphtheria vaccination. The film shows drastically how many carriers can be found among us. Every 11th Dane is a carrier of diphth...

Harald Moltke (1871-1960) works on a picture of two Greenland hunters. Two completed paintings are displayed.

A historical drama about the conflict between Magadha and Vaishali. When Vaishali refuses Magadha's suzerainty, its commander Abhayaraj is released. A...

Dr. Helmy falls in love with a singer called Amina and marries her, but his family opposes the marriage because Amina hails from a poor family. Helmy'...

Fathia travels to Lebanon to spend a period of convalescence, leaving her husband Sami behind. Fathia meets an Egyptian young man in Lebanon at the sa...

The end of WWII has brought much hardship to Western Europe, especially in the area of food security and availability. The war has wiped out much of E...

The Scarecrow and the Crow trick Jasper out of all of his possessions. The Crow reads to the Scarecrow from Jasper's book. The Scarecrow falls asleep...

Cab Calloway performs "Blowtop Blues".

Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Albanian life immediately after the communists came t...

Violinist Eero Viida's wife Ruth has left her husband but wants to return. Eero no longer loves his spouse and rejects her advances. Ruth shoots her h...

From the Department of the Navy.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the li...

Soundie featuring Dallas Bartley and his Band performing "All Ruzzit Buzzit."

Sören, a poor tailor with many children, dreams of becoming a miller and buys the windmill of the village with money he does not have.