1940 Movies

Lightships (ships serving the functions of a lighthouse) have for centuries been treated as neutral during wartime, but a British lightship during Wor...

This ethnographic and historical silent 16mm cinematic jewel was filmed in 1940 by Sifrid Miladinov – a professional photographer and amateur filmmake...

Norma is a girl who sacrifices her personal happiness out of respect to her parents. Her lover, a poor young man named Idrus must let go of Norma when...

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...

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 1940s cinematic newsreel about the immigration of 600 people from Europe to Peru, ready for productive work, who will become part of the national co...

Documentary about the process of building tanks in Germany during the early days of World War II.

Shankar abandons his religious wife Durga and takes their son Mohan into a life of crime. Years later, Durga raises her second son Kumar to be virtuou...

In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around...

Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.

Newsreel from the 1940s about the bullfight in the Acho bullring and the performance of the young bullfighters.

Wehrmacht propaganda documentary about the might of the German armament factories and their inexhaustible reserves of war material made ready for use.

The information campaign after the Winter War.

Feudal melodrama: Veena (Jamuna),daughter of an exploitative landlord and wife of the drunkard Chunilal (Shivdasani),defies her family and fights fo...

A look at Bali, in the Dutch East Indies, 90 miles long, 45 miles wide, and home to a million people. After a quick reference to its history, we see i...

A Cartune short featuring Punchy.

Holiday traditions celebrated in Sweden