1940 Movies

'Dog' wants to find out how to win friends and influence cats and gets a few more kittens than he bargained for.

Military maneuvers are being conducted in the Kuban villages of Dalnyaya and Kochevskaya, with the participation of village Cossack detachments. The K...

One of the European explorers wrote to his friend Hamdi Bey that there were mummy graves on the outskirts of Alexandria that had not yet been discover...

Church boat racing, discus throwing, swing, strength and skill games. The film was originally planned for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The actual film wa...

Documentary short film depicting the life, geography, and historical aspects of the nation of Colombia, focusing on life in Barranquilla. Marketplaces...

Geeta then goes to live with her brother, who is not in a financial position to adequately support her. The film's later scenes focus on her husband's...

From the Home Movies Collection.

In pre-independence India, a wealthy young zamindar brings a village girl of illegitimate birth into his household after her mother’s death. As she gr...

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

Another entry in MGM's TravelTalks series with James A. FitzPatrick. This time we visit Mexico, which was a popular destination for this series since...

A monkey in a jungle orchestra only has one note to play, but this seemingly easy task will be more complicated than it seems.

The men of the trawlers and drifters set out at dawn on voyages of any- thing from twenty to four thousand miles. This is a wartime picture of fishing...

The birds in question are a group of young ladies who, for different reasons, leave the convent where they grew up in order to face "the struggle of l...

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

The Happy Tots are a group of tiny elves. They decide to build a rocket and blast off to Mars.

An ethnographic film depicting the harvest and threshing of grain in Veteli.

Pianists Charlie Kunz and Mark Hambourg tickle the ivories for our entertainment in this jolly musical short.

Alibaba and his son live with his rich brother Cassim. Marjina and Zabba are two slave girls who work in Cassim's house. Marjina and Alibaba's son are...