1940 Movies

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

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

Porky Pig finds out that Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves plan to attack the fort; it's up to him to go warn the fort. He gets there to discover everyo...

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

Herring seine fishing in Rymättylä in the summer.

View to Lake Viljandi. A family strolling by the lake. People with rowboats on the lake. Swimming competition in the lake pool. Boat harbour. A man wi...

Finnish short documentary

Lance White portrays the Fuhrer as a short-tempered incompetent in his slapstick Adolf's Busy Day.

Pictures of new and old Turku.

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

King Chakra is going about his usual palace duties, granting audiences to his advisers, including his Lord Chamberlain, who is keen to see the king fu...

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

Commemorates the (primarily voluntary) efforts by which Londoners coped with the start of the Blitz when, the commentary says, 1200 people were made h...

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

The physics, science and applications of light.

Karelia, which was ceded to the Soviet Union, was commemorated in numerous short films during the armistice. The Karelia series and the poetic narrati...

During the war, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) would often make morale-boosting visits throughout the UK.

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's "Highwa...