1940 Movies

"Released in mid-September 1940, Florida, Land of Flowers would be the first Technicolor Magic Carpet of Movietone to hit the screen. The location was...

A lion with a Bert Lahr voice can't stand being cooped up in a cage at the zoo, and escapes to confront the man who captured him in the first place, b...

"Laureate demonstrates the hand of the painter in its spectacular use of still-lifes and complementary colors, as it metaphorically visualizes a write...

The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White, Bur...

A rebellious young woman defies her conservative surroundings and falls in love, setting off a sequence of emotional and social complications. Along t...

In New York, boxer Eddie Steele has a promising career ahead of him. But this makes him reckless, and he prefers nightclubs to training. Eventually, h...

Shows home, work and school activities of a middleclass Japanese family.

Scans of Chauvet and Lascaux, ancient cave drawings discovered in France in the 1940's. Meant to be viewed under firelight, the flicker giving the ill...

World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

The collapse of the bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera shop. The film shows Leonard Coatsworth leaving the bridge...

In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around...

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

Tom Thumb Jr. and his friend are cast ashore on an island where they are found by a lady who thinks Tom is a baby and puts him to sleep in a sewing ba...

Laxmi, an "untouchable" woman fights for her community's rights against societal discrimination. She faces personal hardship and resistance from autho...

Khairiya is a wealthy girl engaged to her cousin Amin Al-Thara as well. Her family loses this wealth and the girl loses her fiancé, who refused to be...

Ahmet, a bank teller, is a principled man who is organized in his work and family life. One day, he is assigned to collect money in Adana. On the trai...

'Dog' wants to find out how to win friends and influence cats and gets a few more kittens than he bargained for.

A government-sponsored short documentary commissioned by the Ministry of Information during WWII.