1940 Movies

Instructional film concerning the launching and recovery of aircraft in ships fitted with catapults.

Official War Department Training Film.

The science of hearing is explained with animated diagrams of the human auditory system.

Film inspired by Ford's "Cycle of Production" exhibit at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. At the Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, Ford assembly li...

Documentary about a mission on board a German submarine.

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

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he m...

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...

Follows two men who are raised as brothers and compete for the love of the same woman.

A newsreel from the 1940s showcases the seaside resort of Miraflores, highlighting its remarkable beauty, from its hidden corners to the elegance of i...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicting the province of Pacasmayo.

A collection of three short documentaries on Iran in the 1940’s.

Film from 1940

Early peruvian film.

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...

A film about Peruvian peasant farmers in the 1940's.

A newsreel from the 1940s about the journey through the Peruvian jungle shows the Marañón River with motorboats and the engineers' camp preparing the...

Abandoning any figurative reference, Veronesi realizes a true "abstract" film, constructed through the rhythmic succession of splashes of color, circl...