Most Viewed Year 1940 - 94

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the "Futurama" exhibit in GM's...

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

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

Shows home, work and school activities of a middleclass Japanese family.

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

The cats of two feuding hillbilly families make for a Romeo and Julliet love affair. the gun play mounts in fury until they realize the two have...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 8 March 1940.

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...

The waterfront and agriculture of the Caribbean island of Grenada in the 1940's.

A farmer is badly disappointed by his thumb-sized son who eventually makes good by sending away for some free garden growth pills.

Against a background of bluish light, several objects appear: a square, a circle, and a set of rods. As the background color occasionally varies in...

A middle-aged auto sales manager is having poor results with his staff, so he gets some advice from his hanky-wearing father.

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

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...

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

How maps are made from earliest times to the present.

One of the first made-in-Singapore movies by Shaw Brothers