1940 Movies

A genealogical documentary about the “great men” of a nation that supposedly “needs to be seen standing up for itself”.

Ernest Bourbon discovers that a shower of gold coins fall from his donkey's hindquarters -- I've phrased that as politely as I can. Now rich, he moves...

Naval Instructional Film A63.

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

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...

Nick Lucas sings "In a Little Spanish Town". This was shot on one of the sets from My Little Chickadee (1940).

The Jungle Yachts referred to in the title are International Caravan Camper Trucks. This film shows how well these trucks handle the Belgian Congo whi...

Official War Department Training Film.

A 1940 film on the Indian Air Force by J B Wadia. Going by the location and the presence of these officers and aircraft, it is believed that the film...

A documentary about the Penlee Lifeboat and her crew, based around the Cornish fishing village of Mousehole.

The science of hearing is explained with animated diagrams of the human auditory system.

A short films showing how the Teleprinter works.

This short films see men crafting furniture.

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...

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...

Britain's check to the German drive for world domination. The Ministry of Information requested that the film should be withdrawn as it was considered...

How maps are made from earliest times to the present.

This film explains how the fisherman of the east coast makes his living. It makes clear, with the help of diagrams, how the sunlight, striking through...

With Western Electric Vacuum Tubes in the starring roles, this film tells the fascinating story of tube development from the first crude bulbs of Edis...