1940 Movies

A parody of the classic Beau Geste, made on the leftover sets from the 1939 version by San Diego State University students, about brothers Beau, John...

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

Rohini, the princess of Suvarnadesh and her closest friend Mangala is on their way to Prayag, for Rohini is going to be betrothed to Trivikram, the ki...

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

How architecture, furniture and transportation have been designed to help Americans relax.

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

The physics, science and applications of light.

London was only one of the many cities that was bombed by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. "Manchester Took It Too" is propaganda film showi...

Impressions of the different jobs in automotive service and suggestions on training leading to entrance and to advancement in the trade.

The plot draws inspiration from crime films of the early 1930s, showing scenes of chases and shootouts between smugglers and police in Callao.

First color film in Bosnia. Bojko shot people bathing and cruising in their boats on the Vrbas river near his hometown of Banja Luka.

The Japanese Government-General of Joseon designated ‘Patriots Day’ in September 1937, requiring all citizens to visit the Joseon Shrine on the first...

A Marathi film by K. P. Bhave.

Produced by Bell & Howell, this short explains the basic principles of motion pictures and, by animation, shows how sound is recorded on a strip of fi...

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

After the Great War of 1914-1918 Britain was left with one predominant desire--to live in peace. Fifteen years later, however, world-stirring events b...

A film by K. Narayan Kale.

A Marathi film by Master Vinayak.

Denunciation of Hitler, of “Mein Kampf” to the annexations of European countries

Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; developm...