Most Viewed Year 1940 - 93

Butterfly, a faithful Japanese wife, waits patiently in Nagasaki for the return of her American husband, Pinkerton. She sees the Stars and Stripes...

The conflict between ducklings and frogs escalates into war. However, a lightning strike makes the fighters realize the trivial nature of their...

A late period home movie with Man Ray and his lovely friend Juliet Browner lounging together in the US. Man Ray had returned to America when the...

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he...

Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and...

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maori wars, the stage coaches,...

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...

A nostalgic, slightly syrupy tour through the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco by way of archive footage and a chuckling...

“Peter will an die Landi” (1940) humorously broaches the issue of failing: Without success Peter is trying to reach an exhibition in...

Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.

The car of a male and female mouse breaks down en route to a football match. A cat in a sleek roadster takes her, leaving the male behind. At the...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 July 1940.

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

A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 November 1939.

Rube Goldberg looks for a perfect Perpetuum Mobile design, while petroleum and internal combustion engine technologies open new frontiers.

An amateur adaptation of Frankenstein.

Venice Film Festival 1941

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genre's most legendary musicians. Besides...