World War II, 1939-1945

The Office of War Information was the Federal office in charge of educating the American public about the progress of the war and what they could do to help with the war effort. Several of their films are available from The Internet Archive.

The following list includes titles that were concerned solely with the war. For a full list of historical newspapers available at FSU, visit our Historical Newspaper Guide.

The Stars and Stripes: Newspaper of the U.S. Armed Forces in Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa 1942-1964

The Stars and Stripes: Newspaper of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific, 1945-1963

The Stars and Stripes: World War II Front Pages

Front Page History of the World Wars as Reported by the New York Times

Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life

Death Mills
A documentary about Nazi Concentration Camps created by the United States Department of State and shown to the German people in 1946.

Uncle Sam: The Movie Collection
Collection of twenty-one wartime short films and documentaries, produced by both the U.S. Government and Hollywood.

Your Job in Germany / Our Job in Japan
A pair of information films designed to train occupation forces immediately following the war.