Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with propaganda genres and themes.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 250 films · Page 7.
buddy film, comedy film, propaganda film
Offscreen narrator Pete Smith hails Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, seemingly picked at random in the street. Smith asks if they have any items made of wood on their persons. There is no live sound recording, so Stan and Ollie's responses ar…
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propaganda film
Five Russian youngsters and an English boy form a guerilla band which harasses the Germans stationed in their village.
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propaganda film, war film
The film traces the operational history of the USS Franklin before focusing on her final mission in 1945. After repair and refitting at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, after an earlier Kamikaze attack, she set out to sea and combat …
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biographical film, drama film, propaganda film
Paul Joseph Goebbels, a down-on-his-luck playwright, boards with German military pensioner Colonel Eberhardt Brandt. While there, Goebbels falls in love with Brandt's daughter, Maria, an aspiring actress who does not return his affections.…
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musical film, propaganda film, war film
thumb|Miss London Ltd. (full film) Arthur Boden runs "Miss London", the escort agency he inherited from his mother. Soon he is joined by his new American partner, Terry Arden, who has inherited half of the agency from her parents.
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propaganda film
propaganda film
The film begins with a father and worker (Cagney) working at an armaments factory, until he finally gets off and goes home. When he is at home, he is interrupted from listening to his daughter's recitation of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg A…
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documentary film, propaganda film
Al Jolson sings “Mammy”; Phil Baker asks the $64 question; Kay Kyser gives a clue; Rochester upsets his boss Jack Benny while Mary Livingstone taunts him and Don Wilson laughs. Charlie McCarthy gets in Bergen’s hair, or tries to find it. D…
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biographical film, drama film, propaganda film, war film
The film chronicles the life of Amy Johnson, the British pilot who gained world attention in the 1930s for her exploits, among them two solo record flights from London to Cape Town in South Africa. She joined the Air Transport Auxiliary at…
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propaganda film
musical film, propaganda film
In the Second World War, the undersized Arthur joins the army to prove himself to his girlfriend Susan, who is in the same unit as him. Here, his idealistic notions about King Arthur prompt his messmates to trick him into believing that a …
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drama film, propaganda film, war film
In May 1940, Bob Randall (Greene), a war correspondent with a (fictional) London newspaper, the Gazette, is evacuated with British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. He writes a hard-hitting story about his experiences, but it is censored…
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propaganda film
drama film, propaganda film
In the waters off South America, the Soviets torpedo the tramp steamer and banana boat SS Baños and murder the survivors with the cooperation of the ship's radioman, Clegg who escapes with his life and a promise of $5000. The Soviets have …
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propaganda film, spy film, war film
In an attempt to control the entire Middle East and defeat the Allies, Nazi agent Baron von Rommler captures and impersonates Sultan Abou Ben Ali, leader of all the Arabs. Opposed to him is Secret Service Agent Rex Bennett, along with Brit…
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propaganda film
Most of the film is taken up with a short play in which a young pilot, portrayed by Ronald Reagan, is ordered on reconnaissance missions of the Pacific. He encounters another plane and cannot tell if it is friendly or not. This plot is int…
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propaganda film
The Crazy Gang's mobile fish and chip shop is tethered to a barrage balloon which lifts the shop into the air and the gang is carried to Nazi Germany. They are captured but break out of prison, impersonate Adolf Hitler and return to Englan…
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propaganda film
Anti-British agents plan an attack on a Royal Navy ship. Jim Bennett is a sailor who has overstayed his shore leave. He explains he was a boxer and if hit in one side he sleeps for 24 hours but if hit on the other he wakes.
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propaganda film
propaganda film
documentary film, propaganda film
propaganda film
In London during the Second World War at the time of the Blitz, Arthur and Stinker are a couple of out-of-work variety entertainers who use great ingenuity in their efforts to get financial assistance to "put on a show". Hoping to put thei…
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propaganda film
Old Bill, an old First World War soldier, argues with his son Young Bill about the latter not holding down a job. Soon afterwards the Second World War breaks out and Young Bill and the family lodger Sally both join up. Envious of them and …
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propaganda film