1943 Movies

Private Gandy Goose and Sergeant Sourpuss go in hot pursuit of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, depicted respectively as a hog and an oversized monk...

A look at British glass manufacturing.

"Put out that light!" Gandy Goose and Sourpuss are Civil Defense air raid wardens on the home front during World War II. They come across a rooster an...

An Indian film drawing on the ancient concept of the "poison maiden." It depicted a mysterious and dangerous woman whose very touch or presence could...

A Gandy Goose cartoon.

A little man has the job of ringing the clock tower bell in his village but his timekeeping is poor and things look bleak until he discovers Kelloggs...

Documentary short that was short-listed for the 16th Academy Awards

Pratima (Kanan Devi),a nurse, is persuaded by Jayant (Ganguly) to pretend to be his wife for a day, in order to convince his father Dr Dindayal (Chou...

A WWII training film (part of the “Fighting Men” series) designed to psychologically prepare troops for the rigors of army life. It features various s...

Good Old Corn was released theatrically in 1943 and later as a small 8mm silent film for the home market. Uses clips from silent films.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 11 June 1943. As the story unfolds, viewers are introduced to the valiant Super Mouse, whose courage knows no bounds. Wh...

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

The film begins with a number indicating that the number of volunteers for the army increased sharply from 1938 to 1940 (by 35 times) after the Nation...

A courtroom drama or a social film centered around a legal professional

Documentary short film detailing the work on American black college campuses in response to the call for military recruits and trained workers.

Gandy Goose and Sourpuss and stationed in Egypt. As Gandy plays an Egyptian tomb, Sourpuss dreams of the terrors (or pleasures?) that await them insid...

This Traveltalk series short visits Australia.

First an episode about the manufacturing of violins. Then an episode from the radio manufacturer Centrum Radio in Stockholm and some singing by Sven-O...