War Propaganda Movies

  • 1942
    For the Common Defense!

    For the Common Defense!

    For the Common Defense!

    51942HD

    This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent...

    For the Common Defense!
  • 1944
    The Negro Soldier

    The Negro Soldier

    The Negro Soldier

    6.21944HD

    Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

    The Negro Soldier
  • 1943
    Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

    Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

    Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

    6.81943HD

    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...

    Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
  • 2002
    John Ford Goes to War

    John Ford Goes to War

    John Ford Goes to War

    5.52002HD

    When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill...

    John Ford Goes to War
  • 1942
    Cinema-Circus

    Cinema-Circus

    Cinema-Circus

    4.61942HD

    Soviet propaganda cartoon from World War 2. Adolf Hitler, introduced by Charlie Chaplin's the Tramp, is ridiculed in three short skits.

    Cinema-Circus
  • 1987
    Prisoners of Propaganda

    Prisoners of Propaganda

    Prisoners of Propaganda

    71987HD

    In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the "exemplary conditions" under which prisoners of war...

    Prisoners of Propaganda
  • 1942
    Panama Hattie

    Panama Hattie

    Panama Hattie

    5.71942HD

    Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.

    Panama Hattie
  • 2018
    Panoramas of War

    Panoramas of War

    Panoramas of War

    6.32018HD

    The end of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) saw the birth of the panoramas of war, huge circular paintings depicting scenes of war, cruelty and...

    Panoramas of War
  • 2026
    Wasington

    Wasington

    Wasington

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    This is the sad tale of the township of Wasington, nestled in the uttermost reaches of the northwest of the US of A. Two young Americans had planned...

    Wasington
  • 1971
    Vĩnh Linh Steel Rampart

    Vĩnh Linh Steel Rampart

    Vĩnh Linh Steel Rampart

    01971HD

    The story of the resistance of the people of the Vinh Linh area of Vietnam which was heavily bombed by the United States during the Vietnamese War....

    Vĩnh Linh Steel Rampart
  • 1943
    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

    6.41943HD

    The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation, a Shipyard owner and Chief engineer Jaap van...

    The Silver Fleet
  • 2019
    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

    The Phoney War

    82019HD

    September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when...

    The Phoney War
  • 1969
    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend

    6.51969HD

    Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.

    The Letter to a Chinese Friend
  • 1943
    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    6.31943HD

    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...

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
  • 1992
    The First Circle

    The First Circle

    The First Circle

    51992HD

    In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a...

    The First Circle
  • 1943
    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

    Reason and Emotion

    6.51943HD

    A World War II propaganda film about the need to remain calm and logical during wartime.

    Reason and Emotion
  • 2014
    Forbidden Films

    Forbidden Films

    Forbidden Films

    6.52014HD

    Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called...

    Forbidden Films
  • 1942
    Song of Victory

    Song of Victory

    Song of Victory

    7.51942HD

    A vulture, a gorilla and a hyena (“with no small resemblances to actual dictators”) bully the woodland animals, who eventually fight...

    Song of Victory
  • 1938
    Rainbow Hill

    Rainbow Hill

    Rainbow Hill

    71938HD

    A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named...

    Rainbow Hill
  • 1942
    All Together

    All Together

    All Together

    4.61942HD

    The entire Disney menagerie appears in a parade urging the purchase of war bonds.

    All Together