1940 Movies

A newsreel from the 1940s about the education children receive at this school, founded in 1930, mentions that there are 87 kindergartens throughout th...

Metal, glass, electrical and lighting elements, and a frosted-glass screen in an oak cabinet

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

The prominent scenery of Bali is presented through the journey of a romancing couple. It also features the martial arts skill of a young woman, the te...

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highwa...

Soviet essay film, previously thought to have been lost. The film depicts the development of Ukraine along the Dnipro River, positing Kyiv as a model...

A documentary looking at the manufacture of racing car parts in the factories of Mercedes, Auto Union, Continental and Bosch in Germany. It also featu...

Newsreel covering scenes from the celebration of the 2600th year since Japan's founding.

Juha Tiisjärvi, a 79-year-old coppersmith from Nurmo, casts and finishes small bells in her workshop.

Suomi-Film's film crew in Lapland in the wilderness of Lemmenjoki in the summer of 1939. The camera follows the seven-mile-long Lemmenjoki River from...

1938–1940 film made in Palermo, Maine by Milton Dowe. 8mm. Kodak Safety Film (B&W reversal).

Wartime Japanese movie involving a woman who visits the front.

A newsreel from the 1940s depicting the city of Ayacucho.

Abandoning any figurative reference, Veronesi realizes a true "abstract" film, constructed through the rhythmic succession of splashes of color, circl...

A 1940s cinematic newsreel about the immigration of 600 people from Europe to Peru, ready for productive work, who will become part of the national co...

London was only one of the many cities that was bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. "Manchester Took It Too" is propaganda film showi...