1940 Movies

In pre-independence India, a wealthy young zamindar brings a village girl of illegitimate birth into his household after her mother’s death. As she gr...

First color film in Bosnia. Bojko shot people bathing and cruising in their boats on the Vrbas river near his hometown of Banja Luka.

A collection of three short documentaries on Iran in the 1940’s.

A newsreel from the 1940s shows the drinking water of Lima, Callao, and its coastal resorts. It reports that the water is considered to be of the high...

Animated instructional film reminding aircrew to always wear their oxygen masks when flying at high altitudes.

From the Home Movies Collection.

In a quiet riverside village, rumors spread that a takian tree is haunted, and that its spirit has begun walking among the living as a beautiful but t...

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

“Peter will an die Landi” (1940) humorously broaches the issue of failing: Without success Peter is trying to reach an exhibition in Zurich by differe...

Church boat racing, discus throwing, swing, strength and skill games. The film was originally planned for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The actual film wa...

King Chakra is going about his usual palace duties, granting audiences to his advisers, including his Lord Chamberlain, who is keen to see the king fu...

A newsreel from the 1940s about the journey through the Peruvian jungle shows the Marañón River with motorboats and the engineers' camp preparing the...

Documentary on the turpentine industry.

After the Great War of 1914-1918 Britain was left with one predominant desire--to live in peace. Fifteen years later, however, world-stirring events b...

Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; developm...

A Marathi film by Master Vinayak.

An exploitation film showing bare breasted women in western costumes playing ping pong.

A newsreel from the 1940s documenting a school gymnastics exhibition at the National Stadium, organized by the Directorate of Physical Education and S...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the inauguration of Melgar Stadium in Arequipa, the capital city of the state. The event features a packed stadium a...