Title	Year	Length	Synopsis	Comments
Action at Anguar	1945	29:00	A unique promotional film for the sale of War Bons, featuring aerial action in the Pacific as U.S. planes strafe Japanese positions on Anguar.
Adolf Hitler
After Mein Kampf	1940	54:00	Combines documentary footage and dramatic recreations of German actions from Poland to the Battle of Britain.	Produced in Britain.
The Air Force Story
All Out for Victory	1943	20:16	Contributions of handicapped and disabled workers to World War II industrial production.
Appointment in Tokyo	1945	55:00	Army Signal Corps footage and captured Japanese newsreels are used to cover the entire Pacific war.	Director: Jack Hively
The Arm Behind the Army	1942	10:21	How winning World War II depends on successful labor-management collaboration.
The Army Nurse	1945	16:07	Shows the daily life and work of the Army nurse, including training and off-duty activities.
As the Twig Is Bent...	1943	10:49	On the problem of youth crime during World War II and the fear that America would lose a generation of children to delinquency.
Attack! The Battle for New Britain	1944	59:00	Chronicles the 1943 Allied assault on the entrenched Japanese forces n Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
Attack in the Pacific.	1944	52:00	Covers the war in the Pacific
Avenge December 7 (Pearl Harbor)	1942	1:45	War bond sales promo stridently advocating vengeance against Japan for bombing of Pearl Harbor
Battle for the Marianas	1944	20:00	United States Army, Navy and Marines join forces to wrest control of these Pacific island from the Japanese
The Battle of Midway	1942	18:00	Actual combat footage, a large part of which was shot by the director.	Directed by John Huston
Battle of San Pietro	1945	38:00	Follows the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division during the battles in the Liri Valley in Italy.	Directed by John Huston
Birth of the B-29	1945	20:06
Brazil at War.	1945	9:39	Praising Brazil for joining the Allies and declaring war against Germany, this film attempts to show Brazil's similarities to America.
Brought to Action	1945	22:00	Covering the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. Gen. MacArthur's "return" is included.
Campaign in Poland
Campus on the March	1942	18:07	U.S. Colleges and universities retool to assist war effort.
A Challenge to Democracy	1944	17:13	Government-produced film attempting to defend the massive internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II
Children of Japan	1941	10:10	Made just before the start of the war - shows home, work and school activities of a middle-class Japanese family.
Close Harmony	1942	10:35	Discussion on the need for unity between labor and management as the U.S. mobilizes for World War II.
Coast Guard SPARS	1943	5:42	Women in the wartime Coast Guard
Combat Aircraft
Combat America	1943	62:00	AAF Lt. Clark Gable follows a 8th Air Force B-17 crew through a series of missions over Europe.
Combat America (Part I)	1945	13:17
Combat America (Part II)	1945	13:33
Combat America (Part III)	1945	16:02
Combat America (Part IV)	1945	16:43
Combat Fatigue: Insomnia	1945	19:11	Dick York plays a Navy recruit who must learn to tackle his insomnia (PTSD).
Conquer by the Clock	1943	10:40	Encourages American workers to make the best possible use of their time in a war where industrial production and combat arses synchronized on an international level.
Curtiss-Wright Shorts	1944	8:58	Short screen ads recruiting workers for aircraft manufacturing during World War II.	7 Subjects
D-Day + Convoy to Normandy
D-Day Minus One	1945	16:45	Record of the operations of the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the 1944 invasion of France
December 7th, 1941	1942	34:00	Directed by John Ford.	Oscar-winning documentary
Desert Victory	1943	71:00	Oscar-winning British documentary looking at the North Africa campaigns.	Directed by David McDonald
Dropzone Normandy
Every Minute Counts	1944	10:13	Balancing work and family in a time of heightened mobilization.
The Fighting Lady	1944	63:00	The dramatic story of the development of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Fast Carrier Task Force, featuring the USS Yorktown as an "anonymous" US carrier.
The Fleet that Came to Stay	1945	22:00	Footage depicting the operation of the U.S. and British naval forces fending off Japanese Kamikaze air attacks.
Freedom Comes High	1944	12:29	A young wife learns that freedom must sometimes be paid for in lives, when her husband's ship is struck during battle.
Fury in the Pacific	1945	20:00	Invasion of Peleliu and the capture of Bloody Nose Ridge.
Gracia Amigos.	1944	15:42	How World War II was won through the help of South American republics wh furnished raw materials to the Allies.
The Great Battle of the Volga	1962	66:00	Soviet documentary on the war in Russia.
Henry Brown, Farmer	1942	10:40	Daily life of a patriotic African American farmer in Georgia during World War II
Here is Germany
Hollywood goes to war.
Kamikaze
Know your ally: Britain
Know your enemy: Japan
It's Everybody's War	1945	15:07	Plea for increased commitment by Americans to win the war.
It's Your America (Part I)	1945	16:58	The U.S. War Department described this film in the following words: "An American soldier, during his combat career, realizes the greatness of his country and determines to assume his share of the responsibilities of good citizenship upon his return to civilian life." Contains "seized enemy material."
It's Your America (Part II)	1945	16:58	The U.S. War Department described this film in the following words: "An American soldier, during his combat career, realizes the greatness of his country and determines to assume his share of the responsibilities of good citizenship upon his return to civilian life." Contains "seized enemy material."
Japanese Relocation	1943	9:26	U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens.
Let There Be Light
A Letter From Bataan	1944	13:51	A soldier pleads to the folks to home to conserve scarce wartime resources.
Marines at Tarawa - Return to Guam.	1945	38:00	Like the title says . . .
The Memphis Belle	1944	42:00	Award-winning documentary that follows a B-17 crew as they approach the semi-mythical "25th mission" that means their combat tour is done. Memphis Belle was the first such bomber to accomplish this feat.
Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Flying Fortress
Mr. and Mrs. America	1945	12:41	Mobilizing citizens on the homefront in World War II.
My Japan	1945	16:03	Complex and disturbing anti-Japanese propaganda produced to spur the sales of U.S. War Bonds.	Explicit racism and extreme violence
Nazi Concentration Camps
Negro Colleges in World War II	1944	8:16	Education and training of African Americans as part of the World War II effort.
News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor	1942	9:35	Attack on Pearl Harbor; the S.S. Normandie fire at New York.
The Nuremburg Trials	1945	57:00	War crimes trials of major German officials.	Produced by the U.S.S.R.
Our Enemy: The Japanese	1942	19:51	Stridently anti-Japanese film that attempts to convey an understanding of Japanese life and philosophy so that the U.S. may more readily defeat its enemy. Depicts the Japanese as "primitive, murderous and fanatical." With many images of 1930s and 1940s Japan, and a portentous and highly negative narration by Joseph C. Grew, former U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Pacific	1945	9:00	A short film of demolition and combat actions in the Pacific, from Okinawa to southern Luzon.
Payoff in the Pacific	1945	77:00	Covers major battles in the Pacific war.
Pearl Harbor	1942	3:20	Non-narrated agitprop film made as a quick response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II.	Short version.
Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part I)	1947	13:34	Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories. Amateur film made by George T. Fonda, assistant to the president, Weirton Steel Company.
Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part II)	1947	12:14
Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part III)	1947	9:20
Postwar Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (Part IV)	1947	10:57
Radio at War	1944	20:36	Communications facilitate World War II
Recognition of the Japanese Zero
Remember these faces	1945	17:12	Intense veiw of American Soldiers in combat, produced to sell World War II bonds.
Report from the Aleutians	1943	1943	Acadmey Award winner covering the often-forgotten front.	Directed by John Huston
Ring of Steel	1941	8:36	U.S armed forces protect the home front.	Stars Spencer Tracy
San Francisco: V-J Day	1945	13:18	Riotous celebrations in San Francisco and Redwood City, California as soldiers, sailors and civilians celebrate the end of World War II.
Secret Life of Adolf Hitler	1945	53:00	Based on archival footage and interviews with people around him in the last days.
Smashing the Reich
Solomon Islands	1945	31:00	The battle for the Solomons Islands chain. Footage includes Adm.s. William Halsey and Chester Nimitz.
The Stilwell Road	1945	51:00	Covers the U.S. effort in the China-Burma-India Theater.	Narrated by Ronald Reagan
Submarine Warfare	1987	53:00	Covers the U.S. "Silent Service" in World War II.
Suggestion Box.	1945	8:53	How war plant workers made suggestion that resulted in efficiency and economy.
Surrender in the Pacific	1945	20:00	Footage documenting Pacific events in the aftermath of war, highlightin Tojo's suicide attempt, the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasake, and a map of the newly reconfigured Japanese Empire.
Target for Tonight
Target Invisible	1945	8:24	Illustrates the use of radar on a dramatized mission over Japan.
These People	1944	15:08	Frigidaire plant converts to military production during World War II.
This is the Philippines	1945	31:00	A motion picture designed to prepare U.S. soldiers for active duty in the Philippines, including an overview of natural resources, exports, and indigenoous culture.
Thunderbolt	1945	45:00	65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group based on Corsica.	Directed by John Sturges and William Wyler
To the shores of Iwo Jima	1945	41:00	Include the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi.	Produced by Milton Sperling.
The Town	1945	10:41	Shows life during wartime in an American town (Madison, Indiana).	Directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Troop Train	1943	13:15	Evocative World War II-era film following a troop train: the coordination of effort; its staging and assembly of cars, cargo and passengers; its heavily guarded journey through the American countryside; and the food, sleep, exercise, training, drilling and recreation of its soldier-passengers.
The True Glory	1945	81:00	Compiled from footage of the Normandy invasion. D. D. Eisenhower narrates prologue.	Oscar for Best Documentary, 1945. Narration by Robert Harris and Peter Ustinov.
Tunisian Victory	1944	76:00	Made by British and United States Service Film units. Covers the period between the American intervention in 1942 and the Allied victory.	Directed by Frank Capra and Ray Boulting. Narration by Burgess Meredith and Bernard Miles.
U.S. News Review, Issue No. 3	1942	18:38	Government-produced World War II newsreel.
Unfinished Business	1948	19:40	Postwar adjustment is easy for a young World War II veteran who is welcomed back to his job at U.S. Steel with a position, training courses, and counseling.
United News	1945	9:00	Footage of the Japanese surrender onboard the USS Missouri.
Voice of Victory (Part I)	1944	14:03	How radio equipment helped to win World War II
Voice of Victory (Part II)	1944	13:11	How radio equipment helped to win World War II
Warsaw Ghetto
Wartime Nutrition	1943	10:21	Wartime work of public welfare agencies in the field of nutrition.
What makes a battle?	1944	15:34	Strategy and successes of the Marshall Islands battle in World War II
When Work Is Done	1943	8:55	War plant workers flood the town of Sylacauga, Alabama, and the town constructs facilities and organizes activities to make them feel welcome. Excellent, idealized view of homefront life in a World War II factory town.
Why We Fight: The Battle Of Britain	1943	53:00	Narrated by RAF ace Douglas Bader	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: The Battle Of China	1944	63:00	Documents China's long struggle agains the Japanese	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: The Battle Of Russia	1943	83:00	Oscar-winning documentary on the Soviet resistance to the German invasion. Long buried during the Cold War in the U.S.	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Part I)	1943	57:00	Describes the invasion of western Europe by the Germans.	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Part II)	1943			Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Part III)	1943			Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (Part IV)	1943			Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike	1943	43:00	Deals with the early stages of the war in Europe.	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: Prelude to War	1943	52:00	Describes how the diplomatic and political snafus made in the wake of World War I planted the seeds of World War II.	Directed by Frank Capra
Why We Fight: War Comes to America	1943			Directed by Frank Capra
Why We're Here: A Report from General Sultan 1944	1944	33:00	Gen. Daniel Sultan appeals for aid to China. Footage includes liberation of Chinese ports and U.S. provision of humanitarian and military aid.
With the Marines at Tarawa	1944	18:00	Reports on the actions to capture the island known as "Bloody Tarawa".
Wood for War	1942	6:24	Forest production and its strategic importance during wartime. In Kodachrome.
World at War (Part I)	1942	25:35	Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II
World at War (Part II)	1942	16:07	Portrayal of the steps that led up to Pearl Harbor and total mobilization of World War II

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