War Effort Movies

  • 1942
    Inflation

    Inflation

    Inflation

    6.31942HD

    The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

    Inflation
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse

    Horse

    6.31941HD

    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

    Horse
  • 1999
    Rosies of the North

    Rosies of the North

    Rosies of the North

    71999HD

    They raised children, baked cakes... and built world-class fighter planes. Sixty years ago, thousands of women from Thunder Bay and the Prairies...

    Rosies of the North
  • 1944
    The Weakly Reporter

    The Weakly Reporter

    The Weakly Reporter

    5.61944HD

    A newsreel spoof with WWII homefront gags, including rationing, air raid drills and women filling in men's jobs.

    The Weakly Reporter
  • 1943
    You, John Jones!

    You, John Jones!

    You, John Jones!

    6.21943HD

    Volunteer air raid warden John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs.

    You, John Jones!
  • 1943
    Scrap Happy Daffy

    Scrap Happy Daffy

    Scrap Happy Daffy

    6.61943HD

    During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis...

    Scrap Happy Daffy
  • 1942
    Wacky Blackout

    Wacky Blackout

    Wacky Blackout

    5.41942HD

    We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.

    Wacky Blackout
  • 1943
    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    6.31943HD

    This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

    Seeing Hands
  • 1917
    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

    01917HD

    This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in...

    Women’s Munition Work