1940 Movies

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he m...

A short anti-Semitic propaganda cartoon produced in 1940 based on a poem by Friedrich Rückert of the same name.

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 depicts the inauguration of the Lima Gallery, a permanent exhibition and sales space for works of art, organized by Mr. Fran...

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

This ethnographic and historical silent 16mm cinematic jewel was filmed in 1940 by Sifrid Miladinov – a professional photographer and amateur filmmake...

Instructional film detailing the drill for arming and using the guns in the Fraser-Nash turret (as used in Vickers Wellington and Boulton Paul Defiant...

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...

A farmer is badly disappointed by his thumb-sized son who eventually makes good by sending away for some free garden growth pills.

How architecture, furniture and transportation have been designed to help Americans relax.

A 1940 film on the Indian Air Force by J B Wadia. Going by the location and the presence of these officers and aircraft, it is believed that the film...

A short film on locomotives in Japan.

A film by Douglass Crockwell made using oil paint on glass.

Children do gymnastics under the guidance of their mother.

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts a gathering at La Atarjea field by members of the university club of Americans residing in Lima. A pachamanca (a tra...

The first Slovenian advertisement. Advertisement for the Yugoslav Bookstore, which was located in the premises of today's Dom at 5 Ciril Metod Square...

Documentary about a mission on board a German submarine.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

VS of ruined and damaged houses and of rescue workers digging amongst debris after severe earthquake in Peru. GVs. of homeless people congregating at...