1940 Movies

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...

A newsreel from the 1940s shows a group of cyclists demonstrating their skills at the Campo de Marte. Among those present at this sporting event were...

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...

A film showing how apples may be made an attractive part of the menu for many different occasions. Four recipes--apple salad, apple upside-down cake,...

Pianists Charlie Kunz and Mark Hambourg tickle the ivories for our entertainment in this jolly musical short.

An ethnographic film depicting the harvest and threshing of grain in Veteli.

Japanese horror movie from 1940.

Documentary about the process of building tanks in Germany during the early days of World War II.

Doria is a student in a boarding school. She falls in love with an arrogant young man who decides to follow the straight path out of his love for her....

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...

The collapse of the bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera shop. The film shows Leonard Coatsworth leaving the bridge...

The Happy Tots are a group of tiny elves. They decide to build a rocket and blast off to Mars.

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...

The birds in question are a group of young ladies who, for different reasons, leave the convent where they grew up in order to face "the struggle of l...

1940 Telugu language film

An amateur adaptation of Frankenstein.

Eino, a Karelian soldier wounded in the Winter War, cannot settle into his new home in Häme. He becomes embittered by the poor treatment of evacuees a...

View to Lake Viljandi. A family strolling by the lake. People with rowboats on the lake. Swimming competition in the lake pool. Boat harbour. A man wi...

"The people of Tampere have always understood what prosperity leads to..." An excellent city documentary filmed by Tampere's own man, Uno Pihlström (1...