1940 Movies

A home movie filmed by Carry Wagner during a trip to Guatemala.

Herring seine fishing in Rymättylä in the summer.

School children are taught elements of backstroke, breast stroke and front crawl at Cumnock outdoor bathing pool. Followed by demonstrations of each s...

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

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...

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

In 1932, University of Georgia agriculture professor Paul W. Chapman wrote a novel about the Future Farmers of America (FFA),The Green Hand, in which...

The Jungle Yachts referred to in the title are International Caravan Camper Trucks. This film shows how well these trucks handle the Belgian Congo whi...

A tour of Stratford-upon-Avon's houses and hamlets, stomping ground of a young William Shakespeare.

A film by K. Narayan Kale.

A Marathi film by Master Vinayak.

Denunciation of Hitler, of “Mein Kampf” to the annexations of European countries

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

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

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

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

Wartime Japanese movie involving a woman who visits the front.

Short designed to encourage the use of Technicolor for instructional and advertising films. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1995.

A Marathi film by K. P. Bhave.

The Japanese Government-General of Joseon designated ‘Patriots Day’ in September 1937, requiring all citizens to visit the Joseon Shrine on the first...