Films and shorts the Disney Studio produced for the World War II effort, be it propaganda or for educating the troops, as well as films set during the war.
In 1942, Mickey Mouse, conducting his band on a moving bandwagon, leads a parade marching through the streets of Ottawa, past the Canadian Parliament Hill. In order, Pinocchio, Mister Geppetto, Figaro (Disney), Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, and Pluto (Disney) carry banners with messages such as "All together for war savings" and "5 for 4."
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
The narrator introduces the audience to the happy and content locals at the local poultry farm: Cocky Locky, Henny Penny, Turkey Lurkey, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Poosie and the titular Chicken Little (a yo-yo wielding simpleton)-all well protected. But little do they know, outside the yard Foxy Loxy has happened along and is intent on catching himself a chicken dinner. However, he cannot hop in and help himself due to the high fence, locked gates and a well-armed farmer. But Foxy Loxy is anything if not cunning for there are other ways to swipe a chicken. So taking advice from his psychology book, he states "Why should I just get one, when I could get 'em all." He reads aloud a passage telling him that the best way to manipulate the whole flock is to begin with "the least intelligent" (identifying Chicken Little after searching the yard).
Christopher Robin is leaving for boarding school, so his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh (Disney character), Tigger, Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh), Eeyore, Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh), Roo, Owl (Winnie the Pooh), and Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh) – throw a goodbye party. Christopher comforts Pooh and tells him that he will never forget him.
In Narnia (world), almost 1300 years after the Pevensie siblings left. Caspian X, a Telmarine prince, is awoken by his mentor Doctor Cornelius, who informs him that his aunt has just given birth to a son and that his life is now in grave danger. Cornelius gives him Susan Pevensie ancient magical horn and instructs him to use it if he is in dire need of help. Knowing that his Uncle Miraz would kill him in order to be king, Caspian flees. Chased by several Telmarine soldiers, Caspian falls off his horse and encounters two Narnian dwarfs and a talking badger in the woods. One of the dwarfs, Trumpkin, is captured by the soldiers after sacrificing himself to save Caspian, while the other dwarf, Nikabrik, and the badger Trufflehunter, save Caspian. Not knowing that they are trying to save him, Caspian blows the magical horn, trying to summon help.
During World War II, the Pevensie children, Peter Pevensie, Susan Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie and Lucy Pevensie, are evacuated from a London suburb to Professor Digory Kirke's country home. Mrs Macready, the strict housekeeper, explains he is unaccustomed to hosting children.
Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade Austria in 1938, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise
Der österreichische Bauer Franz Jägerstätter weigert sich selbst im Angesicht der drohenden Hinrichtung standhaft, für die Wehrmacht zu kämpfen.
During World War II, an awkward young German boy named Jojo "Rabbit" Betzler yearns for escapism and his only friend is an imaginary, ethnically inaccurate version of Adolf Hitler, who pushes Jojo into naively patriotic beliefs. These beliefs are tested however, when a young girl challenges him on those views, causing Jojo to confront his own issues.
A Danish family tries to help their Jewish neighbours escape from the Nazis.
In 1983, Hector Negron, an aged, Afro-Puerto Rican Puerto Rican American World War II veteran, works as a post office clerk in New York City. After recognizing a customer, Negron shoots and kills the man with a German Luger pistol. Several hours later, rookie reporter Tim Boyle and Detective Tony Ricci are at the crime scene seeking information. At Negron's apartment, Boyle, Ricci and other officers discover a finely carved statue head, the Head of the ''Primavera'', a long missing segment from the Ponte Santa Trinita. Also found is a Purple Heart and a photograph revealing that Negron was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) and Silver Star.
In 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into WWII, two daring fighter pilots -- one from the U.S. Army Air Corps, and the other from the British RAF meet and fall in love with the same beautiful, dedicated nurse.
This short showcases Pluto as a soldier. Pluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). First, Pluto tries to follow marching orders, contorting himself into quite a mess. Then, he engages in hijinks with two chipmunks who are using a cannon to store and crack their nuts, and a war of wits naturally ensues.
Several decades after the events of the first film, Wendy is now grown up and married to a man named Edward and has two children, Jane and Daniel "Danny". With World War II raging and London being bombed by the Luftwaffe, Edward leaves to fight, leaving Wendy to take care of the children. Jane refuses to believe in stories about Peter Pan and refers to them as "childish nonsense", which leads to an argument with her mother and brother one night (after Wendy is informed and tells Jane that she and Danny, along with the other children in London, are being Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II to the countryside for safekeeping due to the German bombing of the city). Later that night, Captain Hook and his crew, sailing through the sky on their pixie-dust enchanted ship, kidnap Jane, mistaking her for Wendy, evade an air raid alert and escape back to Neverland.
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high-flying masked hero.
In Hamburg in 1939, Peter Müller and Thomas Berger join their friends Arvid and Otto at a swing club called the Bismarck. They have a good time, dancing and enjoying the music.
At the height of World War II, a tiny wood pigeon enlists in the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service to serve Britain, as the fearsome General Von Talon and his deadly squadron of falcons patrol the English Channel. Is he a war-hero in the making?
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
