The United States had the largest film industry of any of the Allied powers, and its use for propaganda purposes is legendary. Because it was so big, there was no single governmental or semi-governmental agency that centrally controlled it. Instead, the
Office of War Information co-ordinated efforts among many entities to produce propaganda: OCIAA:
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs OEM:
Office for Emergency Management OSS:
Office of Strategic Services USAAF:
United States Army Air Forces USASC:
U.S. Army Signal Corps USASSD: U.S. Army Special Service Division USDA:
United States Department of Agriculture USDT:
United States Department of Treasury USN:
United States Navy USDW:
United States Department of War WACMPI:
War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry Several of these films, although they have propaganda value, were used as training films for the United States armed forces.
1941 Pre-December films given IMDb release date where available.
1942 • The 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary, whose time frame included part of 1943, was split among four films, including the two seen here. Also, that year saw the amalgamation of the feature and short subject documentary categories into a single category.
1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 Year uncertain ==Netherlands and Belgium==