1940 Movies

Pianists Charlie Kunz and Mark Hambourg tickle the ivories for our entertainment in this jolly musical short.

A travel film showing the magnificent scenery of the Rocky Mountains as seen from the highway linking Banff and Jasper National Parks.

Newsreel from the 1940s about the ceremony honoring the Argentine hero Don José de San Martín for the proclamation of Peru's Independence.

A newsreel from the 1940s depicting the province of Pacasmayo.

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...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the festivities honoring the Virgin of Alta Gracia in Ayaviri, one of the most important cities in the Puno region a...

1940s newsreel about the large crowds at "Agua Dulce" beach during the holidays.

Two men will receive $100 if they stay in Old Man Mose’s deserted house overnight in order to dig up his body and get the gold that has been placed un...

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

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

A newsreel from the 1940s about the traditional festival of Saint John the Baptist in the pampa of Amancaes, in the current district of Rímac, every J...

Film from 1940

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

This informative herring aid from WWII makes no bones about the need to make the most of every fish.

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...

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...

Japanese horror movie from 1940.

This film by Jorge Bedoya Forga (Arequipa, 1902 - New York, 1968),a pioneer of amateur 8mm filmmaking in Peru, contains footage from approximately 19...

On the search for weird and amazing creatures living on the seashores... This short movie played before The Thief of Bagdad (1940) during its original...