Most Viewed Year 1940 - 91

This absurdly pro-business film tells the story of a young man who learns a lesson about capitalism and how his town is dependent upon its factories...

Impressions of the different jobs in automotive service and suggestions on training leading to entrance and to advancement in the trade.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 February 1940.

A butterfly gets trapped by a spider, but a grasshopper comes to save her.

Venice Film Festival 1941

1940 film starring Chittor V. Nagaiah, Giri A.S. and Kumari

Directed by Homi Wadia.

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...

Commemorates the (primarily voluntary) efforts by which Londoners coped with the start of the Blitz when, the commentary says, 1200 people were made...

Short propaganda film encouraging swedish aid in the Winter War.

A film about military service dogs and their use in air signal, guard, medical and communications services.

Short film of Esso Station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1940. Depicts refueling, the price of gas on a pump, and car driving off, past another station.

1938–1940 film made in Palermo, Maine by Milton Dowe. 8mm. Kodak Safety Film (B&W reversal).

Military cadets at training camp in Dunbar; on parade, at bayonet practice, and taking part in various sports, including many scenes shot at Dunbar...

Amateur footage of a group of conscripted soldiers at Hamilton Barracks at the start of World War II, including shots of daily activities such as...

Reginald Foort performs at the organ.

Recorded footage from the New York World's Fair in 1939.

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

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...