1940 Movies

Holiday traditions celebrated in Sweden

The car of a male and female mouse breaks down en route to a football match. A cat in a sleek roadster takes her, leaving the male behind. At the game...

The waterfront and agriculture of the Caribbean island of Grenada in the 1940's.

"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...

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

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...

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

Reginald Foort performs at the organ.

This film explains how the fisherman of the east coast makes his living. It makes clear, with the help of diagrams, how the sunlight, striking through...

The dead and the skeletons, coming out of the ground, indulge in playful dance to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, and rejoice in the terror that the...

Rohini, the princess of Suvarnadesh and her closest friend Mangala is on their way to Prayag, for Rohini is going to be betrothed to Trivikram, the ki...

The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming. Mäkinen wo...

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

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 commercial film for the Bulgarian beer, Shumensko pivo, showing manual and automatic washing of bottles, pouring beer, a bus decorated with the logo...

Rare Feature-Length Version of the Classic Serial! The ghost of the legendary Green Archer once again prowls the corridors of Garr Castle! Ace detect...

London was only one of the many cities that was bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. "Manchester Took It Too" is propaganda film showi...

Gandy Goose sends away for a radio giveway item, a magic Pencil. When the Magic Pencil arrives, Gandy's magic drawings cause all kinds of problems for...

An enlightening film about a teacher who sees a rich student despise a poor student, and eventually the students study hard with each other's affectio...