1940 Movies

Edgar, a broken-down race horse, becomes a fugitive from a glue factory and is ousted from his park bench and chased by the police. He upsets a peddle...

This short WWII propaganda documentary drives home the point that steel and committed steel workers can make the difference between winning and losing...

A mouse sings a lullaby to her baby. Since he doesn't want to fall asleep, she turns to her neighbors for help.

Gabby is constable in the village, and the mayor is on his case to catch pig thieves.

Wartime short promoting the evacuation if urban children to rural areas.

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...

What might become the greatest challenge for the elderly Brasen couple having opened a summer guest house by the sea? Financial struggle or the sudden...

Second Generation Married Couple

Harry's grandfather's spirit inhabits his old policeman's uniform, which is being used in an amateur play.

To become a great wrestler, the strongest of the village's young men leaves his fiancée to join a sumo stable in Edo.

A wealthy playboy leads an irresponsible life until he meets an attractive and hard-working woman who leads him to transform his ways.

This early 1940s black and white film about the mindset of a fighter pilot during WWII is presented by The Ministry of Information, produced by Britis...

Amina is a girl from an ancient family. The family decides to marry her to her cousin Hakim in order to preserve wealth. Since this marriage was force...

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

A man is executed for a crime he did not commit. Is his ghost seeking revenge?

Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov. About how collectivization was carried out on the Don in sharp contradictions, difficult and...

Concha flies from his natal Rio to Germany to help his loved one, who has been caught after finding some diamonds in a mine already registered by a co...

Military cadets at training camp in Dunbar; on parade, at bayonet practice, and taking part in various sports, including many scenes shot at Dunbar Ou...