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A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.

Cameramen from Britain's Army Film Unit capture footage of concentration camps in German in 1945.

Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

Three Candidates, Two blind Politicians, One Race. Anytown USA follows a tightly run race in the small town of Bogota, New Jersey and resonates as an all-too-familiar look at partisan politics in our increasingly polarized nation.

The training and work of Cadet Nurses is explored in this documentary short film.

The Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces is the subject of this documentary short film depicting the rigors of training cadets go through.

A film presented by the British War Office for newly arrived World War 2 American soldiers, informing them of British ways.

Three soldiers, an American, a Brit and a Frenchman, work to promote solidarity between their different military forces during World War II.

Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa.

Documentary detailing the activities of American fighter escort pilots during bombing raids over Germany.

The World War II US Government account of the European theatre of the war from after the English and French entry to the fall of France.

Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War in 1943.

Wartime documentary propagandizing for greater participation in the U.S. war effort during the Second World War.

Ingrid Bergman talks about Swedish Americans.

Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA.

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.

One in a series of shorts made by the Office of War Information during World War II to portray America and it's values to overseas viewers, this one focuses on a small town in Indiana.

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

Animated documentary short film demonstrating the reasons and methods of the point system of wartime food rationing.

Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely lifted.

Vice-President narrates a patriotic, propaganda short designed to boost morale in the the early days of World War II.

Documentary short demonstrating American reasons for interning Americans of Japanese ancestry following the outbreak of war between the U.S. and Japan.

Wartime propaganda film intended to encourage more active participation in the U.S. war effort.