1945 Movies

Master composer Jean Sibelius turned 80 on December 8, 1945. He was not an easy case for filmmakers, as his world had long been closed to outsiders. H...

A colony of rabbits (and their newborns) is terrorized by a wake of marauding vultures (who fly around like bad enemy Second World War airplanes- even...

Manufacturing and presentation of Kalevala Koru products.

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...

The production and use of Paulig frozen foods.

Do Not Disturb, produced by Institute of Design head Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and his students in 1945, is the perfect encapsulation of this brio. Jealousie...

Training film from 1945 to educate soldiers and civilians on the threat of mosquitoes.

A Rio Reuelto, directed by the Chilean Luis A. Morales from a story by Ricardo Villarán, was shown to the indifference of the public and critics, and...

Thomas always seems to have bad luck until he is celebrated as a hero after rescuing little Monika from drowning. After the fanfare subsides, he immed...

'Hospital School' shows how children were treated, rehabilitated, and educated at The Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples Hospital and College in Alton, Hamps...

A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools.

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

Klettern im Eis is an instructional documentary about ice climbing produced in 1945 by filmaker and producer Theo von Hörmann, producer of the success...

The work of a district officer in the province of Bengal.

An odd bit of WWII propaganda in which an obviously Caucasian actor, using a fake Japanese accent, talks about the beauty of his homeland and how "his...

Filled with lots of WW II-era propaganda, this tuneful war drama tells the syrupy tale of a strong and beautiful Scottish lass who works in a Glasgow...

A concert short spotlighting Dame Myra Hess performing the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, “Appassionata.” Filmed in an...

Harry Cool perform "Stardust".

The compilation documentary We Will Remain Faithful is a testimony to the Czechoslovak resistance during the Second World War. The film covers the per...

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...