World War II Homefront Films Stock Footage

AERIAL NAVIGATION - DEAD RECKONING

WWII training film on basic aircraft navigation using dead reckoning a procedure relying heavily on mathematical calculations where cadets conduct 15 to 20 weeks of training.
Historical Films 1940s BW 25min

AMERICAN HERITAGE AND THE U.S. SOLDIER

Documenting our American Heritage and the history of the American fighting men from Roger's Rangers to the modern soldier of the 1960's.
Historical Films BW 28 min

AMERICAN PEACE MOBILIZATION: NEUTRALITY NOT WAR

Documents the anti-war movement and Communist Party activities in America in the early 1940's and formation of the American Peace Mobilization.
Historical Films 1940's BW 11min (SILENT)

AMERICAN RED CROSS EARLY HISTORY

The history of the American Red Cross from the American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence through the early 1950s.
Historical Films 1950s BW 22 min

RED CROSS NEWS: 1944 - ISSUE 5

WWII Red Cross Army Nurses leave landing craft with combat troops in Naples Italy, Red Cross Canteens are set up in the U.S. to take care of traveling soldiers, Red Cross put together care packages to be shipped to Allied P.O.W.s. held by enemy.
Historical Films 1944 BW 10 min

ARMY NURSES IN BASIC TRAINING 1943

Army Nurses take to the field for Basic Training before transitioning to the classroom.
Historical Films 1943 BW 8min (SILENT)

B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER MFG AT WILLOW RUN

Built for WWII mass production of the B-24 Liberator Bomber the Willow Run Defense Plant was an important plant for the war effort with interior and exterior scenes with machine tools in operation by men and women workers.
Historical Films 1941 BW 14min (SILENT)

BIG CHANGE OVER, THE: WAR-TIME PRODUCTION

Conversion of American manufacturing plants producing peace-time civilian goods to WWII Defense Plants producing all manner of weapons and war materiel.
Historical Films 1940s BW 8min

BUILDING A TANK: CHRYSLER TANK ARSENAL DETROIT

Located in Warren Michigan, the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant becomes the first war plant to mass produce military tanks .
Historical Films 1942 BW 20min

BUILDING THE ALASKA HIGHWAY

The U.S. Army started construction of the Alaskan Highway, also known as ALCAN Highway as a supply route during WWII.
Historical Films 1940s COL 35 min

COAST GUARD SPARS: WWII WOMEN ENLIST

The U.S. Coast Guard during WWII urges all patriotic women to join them and the war effort against Axis tyranny.
Historical Films 1943 BW 6min

COMING HOME FROM WAR

Returning WWII servicemen arrive back to the U.S. on all types of of ships escorted by destroyers and Navy blimps streaming into New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty.
Historical Films 1945 COL 5min

CORRUPTION OF AMERICA: 1930s GERMAN PROPAGANDA FILM

A German propaganda film describing the decadence of the United States in the 1930's with, topic aside, has some outstanding footage of violent labor strikes, the 1939 Milk Wars, migrant workers, ghetto slums, gangster John Dillinge.
Historical Films 1930's BW 15min (GERMAN)

DEFENSE PLANTS GO TO WAR: SUBCONTRACTING FOR DEFENSE

America quickly increased military production in WWII. New factories were built and smaller plants and machine shops converted to the production of materiel for the war effort.
Historical Films 1940s BW 9 min

DISABLED VETERANS: WHAT'S MY SCORE?

Veterans Administration VA explains how disabled WWII veterans can make a meaningful contribution to private industry and should be considered for employment for the demonstrated skills and to help them merge back into civilian life.
Historical Films 1946 BW 13min

EMBARKATION OF 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION

Part of Operation Husky the invasion of Sicily Italy the 45th Infantry Division line up for loading onto a troop transport in Virginia as women from the Red Cross give out cups of coffee to the waiting soldiers.
Historical Films 1943 BW 4min (SILENT)

FARM OFFENSIVE: PRODUCING FOOD FOR WAR EFFORT

Farmers and other people producing food during WWII. Scenes of vintage farm equipment and farming methods of that era. Scenes depicting the Mexican Bracero Program, immigrant labor, in WW2.
Historical Films 1944 BW 11min

GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER TRIUMPHANT RETURN

America gives a hero's welcome to WWII Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower with his arrival in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Historical Films 1945 BW 22min

FORD MOTOR COMPANY: FROM CIVIL AIR TO WAR FOOTING

The Ford Motor Company aviation division built planes for civil air use and quickly re-tooled their plants for WWII building the famed B-24 Liberator Bomber as well as Waco CG-4 gliders for combat troops.
Historical Films 1920's-1940's BW 8min (PARTIAL SOUND)

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF THE WAR EFFORT

Women take to the factories to manufacture war materiel, join the armed forces and take over other jobs in the city and on the farm.
Historical Films 1943 9 min BW

HALL OF HEROES

Honoring the bravery of the men in the Hall Of Heroes and dedicated to those who have won the Medal Of Honor.
Historical Films 29 min COL

HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN CELEBRATION: JAPAN SURRENDERS

U.S. servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen celebrating the surrender of Japan. Scenes of shipyard workers and Navy personnel celebrating VJ-Day.
Historical Films 1945 BW 10min (SILENT)

AFTER PEARL HARBOR: DETAINING JAPANESE-AMERICANS

Fear of potential sabotage and spying along the coastlines prompted the U.S. Government via Presidential Order to detain and house Japanese-Americans.
Historical Films 1942 BW 10min (SILENT)

INTERNMENT CAMPS: CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY

Inside WWII Internment Camps in Arkansas and Wyoming for Japanese-Americans who were forcibly relocated from U.S. coastlines by the U.S. Government after naval forces of the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
Historical Films 1942 COL 18 min

JAPANESE AMERICANS FORCED INTERNMENT

Unedited footage of the WWII relocation of Japanese-Americans away from the U.S. coastline to relocation camps with scenes of Japanese-American businesses, a Japanese-American Boy Scout Troop, policemen inspecting suitcases for contraband.
Historical Films 1942 BW 10min (SILENT)

JAPANESE AMERICANS: LIFE IN WWII RELOCATION CENTERS

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, citizens of Japanese ancestry were removed from their homes a placed in relocation centers.
Historical Films 1945 COL 34 min (SILENT)

JAPANESE RELOCATION BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT

Fearing that the West Coast of the United States could become a war zone after the WWII surprise attack on Pear Harbor Hawaii, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an order to forcibly relocate Japanese-Americans to Internment Camps.
Historical Films 1943 BW 10min

LETS FINISH THE JOB TOGETHER: U.S. INDUSTRIAL MIGHT

War Department highlights the vital contribution that industry makes in supplying our soldiers with the tools they need to continue the war effort.
Historical Films 1944 BW 16 min

LET THERE BE LIGHT: WWII COMBAT STRESS DISORDER

Documenting the effects of post traumatic stress syndrome on WWII vets and a New York hospital's treatment program.
Historical Films 1946 59 min BW

MILITARY RATIONS IN THE COMBAT ZONE

Learn the difference between the various military rations from food on the base to rations given out in the field all designed to give the U.S. soldier proper nutrition for peak health.
Historical Films 1940's BW 10min

THE BLACK SAILOR REEL 2

Contributions of African-Americans in WWII, medals for bravery, naval training and graduation.
Historical Films 1940's BW 9min

THE BLACK SAILOR REEL 3

Contributions of African-Americans in WWII, black crew of WWII destroyer, firing on attacking Japanese planes.
Historical Films 1940's BW 8min

THE BLACK SOLDIER

Directed by: FRANK CAPRA
Describes the important roles that Black Americans have fulfilled in history and their contribution during World War Two.
Historical Films 1944 BW 41 min

PICTORIAL REPORT - ISSUE 26

Report of how ill prepared and equipped the U.S Army was leading up to WW II. America takes steps to have have the latest in equipment and technology.
Historical Films 1940s - 1950s BW 26 min

POST-WWII FOOTAGE 1948: NEW YORK TIMES SQUARE, MILITARY DRAFT, AXIS SALLY

Street scenes of Times Square, Midtown Manhattan New York City in 1948, Selective service registration for male U.S. citizens, and "Axis Sally" Arriving In Washington DC to face charges.
Historical Films 1948 BW 9min (SILENT)

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TOUR OF WAR PLANTS 1942

Unedited footage of FDR touring War Plants surrounded by Secret Service, launching of a Liberty Ship, B-24 Liberator Bombers on an assembly line.
Historical Films 1942 BW 8min (SILENT)

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM: WORKERS BACK HOME

Workers, both men and women, build planes, tanks and guns for the war effort as well as participating in war bond drives.
Historical Films 1942 15 min BW

RANGER COMBAT TRAINING SCHOOL WWII

This silent film, with title cards, documents the training of U.S. Army Rangers at the Ranger Combat Training School at Fort Shafter, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii in 1942. No scenes are staged in this film.
Historical Films 1942 COL 35min (SILENT)

SOLDIERS OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE

Defense Workers temporarily transition over to the Army for military training before resuming their work in manufacturing war materiel.
Historical Films 1940's BW 6min

TEXAS OIL FOR WAR: THE BIG AND LITTLE INCH PROJECTS

Detailing the construction of the world's largest pipeline from the oil fields of Texas to New Jersey during WWII.
Historical Films 1942 COL 39 min

U.S. ARMY TESTS WWII GERMAN V-2 ROCKETS

Unedited footage of the testing of WWII German V-2 rockets in the U.S., seized German military film of the V-2 Rocket Program, footage of Operation Paperclip - the bringing of German scientists to America after WWII.
Historical Films 1946 BW 7min (SILENT)

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