Most Viewed Year 1940 - 97

The Japanese Government-General of Joseon designated ‘Patriots Day’ in September 1937, requiring all citizens to visit the Joseon Shrine...

Children do gymnastics under the guidance of their mother.

Otto Messmer [Felix The Cat] animation that was originally shown as animated lights in Times Square.

In 1932, University of Georgia agriculture professor Paul W. Chapman wrote a novel about the Future Farmers of America (FFA), The Green Hand, in...

How architecture, furniture and transportation have been designed to help Americans relax.

A day in wintertime Budapest. Shot in an avant-garde style, the study extended over the smallest details of everyday life, observing everybody from...

Reportage about the most dangerous occupations and work locations.

An exploitation film showing bare breasted women in western costumes playing ping pong.

The third film in the Fantasmagoria series.

A Santa Fe Railroad educational film on the steam locomotive in their role in industry and passenger travel.

A short documentary depicting a typical day in the life of a 1940s era flying stewardess.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

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...

Vocational guidance film showing the radio industry as it existed in 1940, along with potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new...

Biographical documentary about Maxim Gorky.

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

The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming....