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- A documentary on the 25th bombing mission of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 in the US 8th Air Force.
- Director John Huston documents the Battle of San Pietro Infine in December 1943.
- Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
- Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.
- Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.
- Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.
- Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.
- Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.
- Documentary short demonstrating the process of building a medium bomber for the United States Army Air Corps.
- Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1954 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made the world a better place.
- Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.
- John Jones' (James Cagney) daughter is rehearsing the Gettysburg Address in preparation for a school elocution when he is called away by an air raid alarm. He sits alone in the evening and contemplates how lucky he is in America, where no bombing occurs. He imagines "his baby" (Margaret O'Brien) suffering in the war-torn nations of England, Greece, China, Yugoslavia, France, and Russia, and thanks God that no harm has come to her. When he returns home, his daughter completes her recitation of the Gettysburg Address with her parents as audience.
- Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
- Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits.
- A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
- Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.
- Government documentary short explaining the usage and distribution of feature films donated by the motion picture industry for viewing by American troops.
- Documentary short film produced by the U.S. Army, intended to enlighten the American public on the final thrust of the Allied war effort in Europe and on the plans for the return home of American forces.
- Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan.
- Well before he made the Westerns for which he would primarily be remembered, director Budd Boetticher put together this documentary of World War II's Battle of Okinawa from footage shot by Navy cameramen in the thick of the fighting. The vital editing skills Boetticher learned from Academy Award® -winning editor Barbara McLean helped him tell this complicated and protracted story with a directness and power that are both impressive and horrifying, as the soundtrack pounds with bombs and gunnery fire and the screen fills with dozens of Japanese kamikaze pilots deliberately crashing their planes into battleships and aircraft carriers. War correspondent Ernie Pyle makes a brief appearance, only weeks before he was killed on an island near Okinawa. - Marilyn Ferdinand
- The story of the first bombing raid on Tokyo by B-29 Superfortress bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Crews are followed from their training staging at Grand Island, Nebraska to their bombing embarkation point on the island of Saipan. From there, the B-29 attack on the Nakajima aircraft plant outside Tokyo is depicted.
- Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.
- Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.
- Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa.
- Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.
- The training and work of Cadet Nurses is explored in this documentary short film.
- Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for American troops.
- Animated documentary short film demonstrating the reasons and methods of the point system of wartime food rationing.
- Documentary short depicting the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of secret military information, showing the unintended and disastrous results of careless conversation and improper maintenance of secret records.
- Documentary short film depicting American Army, Navy, Marine, Air Forces, and Coast Guard joint assaults on a Japanese-held island.
- 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.
- Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific, industrial, and voluntary-services activities.
- Documentary short film depicting the successful but costly invasions of the Japanese-held islands of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, in the Mariannas chain.
- Documentary short explaining proper techniques for handling and disposal of incendiary bombs.
- Animated short documentary film made to advance the cause of a balanced diet for the benefit of the public health and for the advancement of the American war effort.
- Documentary short film detailing the work on American black college campuses in response to the call for military recruits and trained workers.
- Documentary detailing the activities of American fighter escort pilots during bombing raids over Germany.
- Documentary short film dramatizing the efforts of a black farmer and his family to help the American war effort by increasing production.
- Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.
- Documentary short film explaining the need for secrecy in the exchange of sensitive government information, so as to prevent sabotage or subversion of the American war effort.
- Documentary short film depicting the successful Allied advance into Rome, freeing it from German control during World War II.
- The prevention of deliberate and accidental fires as a vital part of the war effort is the subject of this documentary short.
- Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely lifted.
- A fundraising trailer made to solicit contributions to the relief of China during the Second World War.
- Documentary short detailing the American soldier's part in preserving the fundamental ideals of this nation.
- Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort.
- Short subject intended to promote unified action and sacrifice by Americans on the home front during the war.
- Documentary short demonstrating American reasons for interning Americans of Japanese ancestry following the outbreak of war between the U.S. and Japan.
- Documentary short film reporting on the successes of the U.S. Navy in World War II, told from the perspective of a mother serving as a Navy WAVE.
- Documentary short film depicting the activities of the American Red Cross in the Allied war effort.