U S War Department Movies
- 1942
Prelude to War
Prelude to War6.41942HD
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was...
- 1943
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike6.41943HD
The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with...
- 1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia6.71943HD
The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and...
- 1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer6.81943HD
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.
- 1945
Know Your Enemy: Japan
Know Your Enemy: Japan5.81945HD
Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.
- 1943
December 7th
December 7th5.71943HD
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii...
- 1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain6.81943HD
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was...
- 1946
Seeds of Destiny
Seeds of Destiny61946HD
Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on...
- 1944
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Why We Fight: The Battle of China6.21944HD
The sixth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series illustrates Japan's occupation of China, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's...
- 1919
The End of the Road
The End of the Road01919HD
Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while...
- 1944
It's Your War Too
It's Your War Too01944HD
Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film...
- 1943
The Japanese Army and Navy
The Japanese Army and Navy01943HD
An official U.S. War Department film restricted in nature and produced by the US Army Pictorial Service, “The Japanese Army and Navy” is...
- 1943
Enemy Mines in Tunisia
Enemy Mines in Tunisia01943HD
A short documentary on German mines and their deployment in the campaign for North Africa during WWII.
- 1947
V2 Rocket
V2 Rocket01947HD
This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun...
- 1944
Movies at War
Movies at War01944HD
Government documentary short explaining the usage and distribution of feature films donated by the motion picture industry for viewing by American...
- 1945
Operation Titanic
Operation Titanic01945HD
Operation Titanic (code name Frantic - 1944) in WWII. Western Allies planes on bombing missions (raids) over Germany shuttle between their bases in...
- 1945
Action at Angaur
Action at Angaur01945HD
Action at Angaur is a 1945 short documentary film created by the United States War Department during World War II. The film was created for the 7th...