1940s
War movies from the 1940′s
New on DVD 5/8
There are probably more (and if I find them I'll edit this post!) but here are a pair of "double feature" DVD's from Republic starring the Duke. The Fighting Seabees/Wake of the Red Witch (1949) THE FIGHTING SEABEES - All-American hero John Wayne takes a crew of construction workers and turns them into one... »
The Great Dictator (1940)
Man, all I can say about this one is this. Excellent stuff. This gem from 1940 pits master comedian Charlie Chaplin absolutely tearing apart the European dictatorships of the time. Before the US even got involved. You'll find yourself in a mix of laughing hysterically and just in jaw-dropping disbelief at some of the... »
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
1943's Action in the North Atlantic is quite frankly an enjoyable bit of film, and is one of the few WWII films to focus on the efforts of the civilian merchant marine fleet which brought much-need supplies to Allied troops all over the world. Sure it's a period "propaganda" film. That much is almost... »
In Which We Serve (1942)
This is a story of a ship. And so it is, and of the men who serve on them, and of their families back at home. A British film, it focuses on the captain and select crew of the HMS Torrin, a destroyer which is sunk early on in the film. The rest of... »
Air Force (1943)
Ah context. Context is everything, especially when you're watching war films of this era. You've got the Hayes office, the Dept. of War, and in the end, you get propaganda films like 1943's Air Force. Of course, that's not to say that this is a bad film. On the contrary, this is actually quite... »
Private SNAFU – Booby Traps (1944)
Happy New Year from the WarMovieBlog! This'll be the first look at Private SNAFU. Of course you all know what SNAFU means (and if you don't I've heard that its German...) Private SNAFU was a character in several US Army Training films from World War II. Created by Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) and... »
