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List of Allied propaganda films of World War II

During World War II and immediately after it, in addition to the many private films created to help the war effort, many Allied countries had governmental or semi-governmental agencies commission propaganda and training films for home and foreign consumption. Animated films are not included here.

British Empire and Commonwealth
United Kingdom 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Australia In Australia the Australian News and Information Bureau, under the Department of Information, produced the following Canada In Canada, the National Film Board of Canada either distributed or produced the following as part of its Canada Carries On and The World in Action series. 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 India ==United States==
United States
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==
Netherlands and Belgium
The Low Countries were overrun by Nazi Germany in the May–June 1940 blitzkrieg. The Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands most important colony, was conquered by Japan in early 1942. However each had a government in exile which set up the Belgian Ministry of Information and Netherlands Information Bureau, which produced the following films. There were also films made by the resistance while the respective countries were occupied. ==Soviet Union==
Soviet Union
In the Soviet Union, unless otherwise noted, the Central Newsreel Studio produced these films. Soviet films made for foreign markets In addition to the above, the Soviet cinema distributing company, Artkino, produced the following for foreign markets. ==See also==
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