Most Viewed Year 1940 - 88

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

During the war, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) would often make morale-boosting visits throughout the UK.

A tour of Stratford-upon-Avon's houses and hamlets, stomping ground of a young William Shakespeare.

From the Home Movies Collection.

Series from American Newsreel spotlighting African-American achievements and achievers

A short documentary of macaws

A parody of the classic Beau Geste, made on the leftover sets from the 1939 version by San Diego State University students.

"Southward Expansion to Taiwan" describes the achievements and achievements of the Taiwan Governor's Office in ruling Taiwan for about forty years. ...

After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Mutiara, before being...

A short film on locomotives in Japan.

A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.

Roekihati is a peasant girl who is married to Mansur, despite his father’s objection. Later, under the influence of his peers, Mansur is drawn...

Shipwrights, plate-fitters and riveters are busy at work in shipyards around Britain, but make time to talk to well-known newsreader, E.V.H. Emmett,...

A collection of three short documentaries on Iran in the 1940’s.

Rare film by Joseph Cornell. The same film as "The Children's Jury"

A traveling circus performs in a small town. In its arena there are famous masters - the Bear-athlete, the Poodle-juggler, and the Cat-acrobatic. But...

Having tried his hand on the side, the middle peasant chose a collective farm in his native village and achieved a rich harvest, overcoming the...

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

The second Egyptian cartoon starring Mish-Mish. While Mish-Mish Effendi is doing a cabaret number with his bride-to-be, there's an announcement over...