1940 Movies

A short film on locomotives in Japan.

This one-reel short is comprised of footage depicting the intelligence of birds and animals when their mental processes, through training, are directe...

An enlightening film about a teacher who sees a rich student despise a poor student, and eventually the students study hard with each other's affectio...

A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.

This is a documentary feature film created with the aim of informing the public how to avoid the plague of the highly contagious disease marmoset.

A documentary looking at the manufacture of racing car parts in the factories of Mercedes, Auto Union, Continental and Bosch in Germany. It also featu...

Produced by Bell & Howell, this short explains the basic principles of motion pictures and, by animation, shows how sound is recorded on a strip of fi...

Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; developm...

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...

Barja falls in love with Siti, the daughter of his uncle, Haji Hartawan. However, his feelings are unrequited, and this sparks Barja’s anger. He kills...

The prominent scenery of Bali is presented through the journey of a romancing couple. It also features the martial arts skill of a young woman, the te...

A radio host tries to give personal advice to his listeners. Only he is unable to take care of himself in life.

A Disney theatrical anthology

A Juan Oliva's animation short film.

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

The Japanese Government-General of Joseon designated ‘Patriots Day’ in September 1937, requiring all citizens to visit the Joseon Shrine on the first...

Children do gymnastics under the guidance of their mother.

A traveling circus performs in a small town. In its arena there are famous masters - the Bear-athlete, the Poodle-juggler, and the Cat-acrobatic. But...

The dead and the skeletons, coming out of the ground, indulge in playful dance to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, and rejoice in the terror that the...

Film from 1940