Most Viewed Year 1940 - 96

Abandoning any figurative reference, Veronesi realizes a true "abstract" film, constructed through the rhythmic succession of splashes of color,...

Dirty Willie learns about why nobody wants to play with him. He has a dream that he is working and is fired for being dirty. Then we learn about...

Rare Feature-Length Version of the Classic Serial! The ghost of the legendary Green Archer once again prowls the corridors of Garr Castle! Ace...

Documentary about a mission on board a German submarine.

This one-reel film was produced during the middle of the Second World War. It purports to offer a portrait of the British people, in broad and in...

Biographical documentary about Maxim Gorky.

A film by Douglass Crockwell made using oil paint on glass.

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

Pictures of new and old Turku.

In February-March 1940, Suomi-Filmi produced four Military Jokes, sleazy propaganda entertainment, by "those great grins" Tatu Pekkarinen (1892-1951)...

The journey along the Elbe River begins with a train ride through the countryside, exploring the river’s course and the life of river boatmen....

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

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.

Instructional film concerning the launching and recovery of aircraft in ships fitted with catapults.

Official War Department Training Film.

With Western Electric Vacuum Tubes in the starring roles, this film tells the fascinating story of tube development from the first crude bulbs of...

Shows the shortage of civilian goods during World War II and illustrates, using diagrams, how uncontrolled buying leads to inflation. Bidding for...

Finnish short documentary