1940 Movies

Newsreel from the 1940s about the visit of the famous actor Bob Hope to Lima, accompanied by his wife and the manager of Paramount Pictures.

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts a gathering at La Atarjea field by members of the university club of Americans residing in Lima. A pachamanca (a tra...

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

A fast-talking airplane-salesman inspires the farmyard animals to building airplanes of their own, but farmer Alfalfa is set on not getting off of the...

Shows how the RAF's barrage balloon squadron are trained, and then on the job.

An ethnographic film about net fishing in calm and stormy weather in Kalla, Kalajoki parish. There are fishermen there from as far as Hailuoto and Kok...

Suomi-Film's film crew in Lapland in the wilderness of Lemmenjoki in the summer of 1939. The camera follows the seven-mile-long Lemmenjoki River from...

Getting Down to Earth Again, is a black and white motion picture, produced by Caravel Films Inc. for the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., and was abou...

This short documentary offers a close-up view of a hectic hockey game in which the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers fight to break a tied...

The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming. Mäkinen wo...

"Released in mid-September 1940, Florida, Land of Flowers would be the first Technicolor Magic Carpet of Movietone to hit the screen. The location was...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

A newsreel documenting King George VI's inspection of Australian troops stationed in England, alongside scenes of their military training and off-duty...

Newsreel from the 1940s about the procession of the Lord of Luren of Ica.

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

"Southward Expansion to Taiwan" describes the achievements and achievements of the Taiwan Governor's Office in ruling Taiwan for about forty years. T...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the official handover ceremony of the Iquitos airport. It shows the official delegation, comprised of American diplo...

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts the inauguration of the Lima Gallery, a permanent exhibition and sales space for works of art, organized by Mr. Fran...