1940 Movies

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

A cheerful comedy about the life of the peripheral town of the late 30s. Despite its remoteness from the center, the town lives a busy life: new house...

Captures the role played by the Royal Navy in the defence of Britain, and their role in convoy escort.

The Yugoslavian Royal Army's review at the Banjica neighborhood of Belgrade in 1940.

Reginald Foort performs at the organ.

Mrs Roti treats her first daughter Hian Nio badly. On the other hand, she treats her other daughters, as her favorites. Hian Nio has a boyfriend, Kian...

Well-known canine performers of the 1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie.

An amateur adaptation of Frankenstein.

Animated instructional film reminding aircrew to always wear their oxygen masks when flying at high altitudes.

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

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

A concert film

A short documentary about the 'chess village' of Ströbeck, Germany, that ends in a game of human chess.

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...

Pebble Punch is a 1940 animated theatrical commercial produced for The Coca-Cola Company under the Minitoons series by Cartoon Films, Ltd. (formerly t...

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett, a...

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

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...