1940 Movies

The film deals with the Winter War of 1939-40 between Finland and the USSR. It begins with military exercises in the Autumn of 1939 and moves on to th...

Minarsih (Fatimah) is rescued from four thugs by the painter Basuki (Basoeki Resobowo). They fall in love and begin planning their life together. Howe...

Test footage for an uncompleted Ray Harryhausen project showcasing dinosaur animation. A glimpse of daily life during the Age of Dinosaurs is revealed...

While outside in a hotel garden at night, Miss Tang runs into a vampire. Mr. Li tries to find out if it's real or not. It may have something to do wit...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

The Army sends Tex Masters to find out who is supplying Indians with military guns.

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.

This Traveltalk look at New Orleans starts at the recently modernized port and harbor facilities, with ships unloading various cargo and loading cotto...

A few musical numbers from Dave Apollon and His Orchestra.

Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvania...

A man who has invested a lot of money in the extraction of petroleum in Comodoro Rivadavia is betrayed by his foreman.

A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.

A history of Gotland island in Sweden.

George Pal's third and final cel-animated commercial story film made for Lever Brothers product Rinso Soap. It's wash day, Grandmother Bear is coming...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 February 1940.