1940 Movies

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of t...

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

River flowing through Prague, Czechoslovakia. Shots of the city. Bridges, buildings, street scenes, religious buildings, cars driving the streets....

Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking t...

A determined bird goes out early to hunt for a worm and the bird gets into trouble.

Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.

Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married" contest. A reporter interviews Edgar and his wif...

When a charming young man arrives to serve as a private secretary for the eccentric Helene Kiepergass a, he quickly becomes entangled in a series of m...

A timid pig tries to go swimming at the beach, but somehow he keeps getting tangled up with Sourpuss's fishing line.

During a visit to a large department store, a famous female singer has her handbag stolen.

The greengrocer Ferdinand Strubel wants his daughter Marianne to marry the son of the brewery owner Baron von Schnackenberg. Since Strubel is an impo...

Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.

Presentation of music by Matty Malneck and his Orchestra

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 April 1940.

Fearing a gangster's vengeance,his moll sails away to South Africa ,where many emigrants intend to work in the mines there.

Short World War II documentary showing how the everyday work of British housewives aided the war effort.

An engineer with a factory is on the brink of ruin. A greedy director offers to buy his mill. Instead, the engineer opens a hotel. With little success...