1940 Movies

Short documentary about distributing mail and packages both in the past and with the help of the 1940’s modern technologies. The viewer can also catch...

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

A newsreel from the 1940s shows the drinking water of Lima, Callao, and its coastal resorts. It reports that the water is considered to be of the high...

Introspective psychology for salespeople: "Would you buy anything from the salesman you see in the mirror?"

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Short propaganda film encouraging swedish aid in the Winter War.

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

For the 20th anniversary of Soviet cinema, nationally beloved actors come together and characters from best Soviet films take part in the anniversary...

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...

Tobaccoland USA is a newsreel style film commissioned by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco & Co, the company behind Chesterfield Cigarettes, and produced by...

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

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

Holiday traditions celebrated in Sweden

Naval Instructional Film A63.

The physics, science and applications of light.

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...

A romantic entanglement between a simple village fisherman and a glamorous city film star. It delves into the challenges they face in reconciling the...

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.