1945 Movies

This Ford Motor Company promotional film describes its huge aircraft factory at Willow Run, east of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The plant made B-24 Liberator...

This short film depicting Bolesław Bierut and Michał Rol-Żymierski visiting the troops of the 1st Polish Army was produced by the Polish Army Film Stu...

"Hannibal Victory" is a 1945 documentary about the U.S. Maritime Commission's ship, the S.S. Hannibal Victory, during World War II. It depicts the shi...

The development and manufacture of plastic, and its many uses in the everyday world.

It's the end of WWII. Many Canadian military men are returning back to Canada to resume a working life as a civilian. Seven percent will work in the r...

This travelog starts in London, then visits several towns and villages of historical interest. Among the places visited are Aylesbury, where Benjamin...

A short documentary detailing the development of television as well as describing promises regarding its presence in postwar America.

A documentary that shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the Uni...

Trials and executions of Nazi war criminals.

Footage showing the Japanese signing their final surrender.

Hong Kong horror movie from 1945.

This short is about the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, nicknamed "Big Ben" and how it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber on March 19, 1945. The USS Fra...

Britain welcomes children liberated from the notorious Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

A two-reeler on making cakes.

Unique scenes from the early postwar reality of the capital city in footage taken by an unknown cameraman.

Appeal for War Bonds, showing scenes of enemy activity and suggesting these could occur over various locations in the United States.

A Secrets of Life short.

Chilean national anthem performed by orchestra and tenor soloist, accompanied by images of the Chilean landscape and paintings depicting the independe...