1943 Movies

Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Lane Truesdale sings "Who's Yehoodi?".

A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.

This film from 1943 explains the mysteries of sound recording on film.

A U.S. Army training film made during World War II to teach soldiers hand-to-hand combat techniques.

An Admiralty film depicting the functionality and uses of the submarine including an underwater attack on an "Hun" convoy and a surface attack on an U...

Reports on the capture of Munda and Rendova in the Solomon Islands. The role of medical instruments and supplies as weapons in these battles is emphas...

A training film by the Wehrmacht whose purpose was to show the German soldiers the different types of infantry anti-tank warfare.

How America mobilizes.

Ralph Richardson provides a patriotic voiceover for this glowing tribute to the success of Allied bombing of Germany.

This animated film was utilized in a classic experiment in cognitive psychology. Subjects were requested to interpret the moving picture-film of about...

"The Boogie Man" from Johnny Long and His Orchestra.

Pennsylvania Dutch farmers demonstrate how American farmers can contribute to the war effort in this documentary short subject.

"We know that victory is won only through the sweat of workers and the blood of soldiers. Out there, there isn't one unimportant soldier, back here th...

War Department Training Film No. 107-B. This is the second in a series of pictures introducing pilots to the P-47. A third picture will cover high a...

A stook is a group of sheaves of grain stood on end in a field, which can be stacked in ingenious and skilful fashion, in barn or field, to preserve a...

Everything you never wanted to know about head lice. The film offers scalp-itching close-ups of nits as well as invaluable advice on how to avoid and...

Rules in Fog. Sound signals. Title screen says, “Fog signals must be used in fog, mist, falling snow or heavy rain-storms, whenever visibility falls b...