1940 Movies

Little Cute Chickie Duck loves little lucky Dinky Duck but they have a quarrel, which leads their parents to have a quarrel, which leads to a big-duck...

Short film by Rudy Burckhardt.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 8 March 1940.

A documentary about the events leading up to World War II and the first year of the war, compiled largely from Paramount Pictures newsreels of the 193...

A lion with a Bert Lahr voice can't stand being cooped up in a cage at the zoo, and escapes to confront the man who captured him in the first place, b...

Set in the early 20th C. Calcutta Theatres industry. Kamala (Kanan Devi) is the star of the Ruby Theatre owned by her guardian Maheshbabu. Narendra (S...

Native American children play in the canyons of Arizona.

Gran'pop Monkey opens a nursery, but the mischievous baby animals overwhelm him and his two assistants.

A tour of Stratford-upon-Avon's houses and hamlets, stomping ground of a young William Shakespeare.

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

In a North of England training camp, lovestruck Corporal Kenyon (Harry Kemble) is framed and demoted in rank by a rival in love for the affections of...

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...

This is Roekiah's first film with her new partner, Djoemala, after her separation with Rd. Mochtar.

A short film showing how the Teleprinter works.

This silent film documents a day at Washington School, a Black elementary school located at 1025 Washington, Topeka, Kansas. The film follows each gra...

Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough sc...

This film shows experiments performed by Soviet scientists reviving the lungs, heart, and even the head of a dead dog.