1940 Movies

Documenting King Christian X's of Denmark's 70th birthday celebrations.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stard...

A father falls in love with his son's mistress whom he has forced to emigrate to force him to break up. More carefree than a schoolboy, he ruins himse...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 8 March 1940.

Andy races his train against a modern bus; the winner receives a government franchise.

In a poor neighborhood in Mexico City, two gangs of kids fight for control of the center where they work as "boleros", musicians or announcers. "Compl...

This film was originally made in black-and-white 3-D for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and proved so popular that it was remade in 1940 in color and...

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

Doria is a student in a boarding school. She falls in love with an arrogant young man who decides to follow the straight path out of his love for her....

An owl seeking to add some meat to his dinner adopts several disguises to get into a party being held by some musical bats. They are not fooled for lo...

The film used no professional actors, instead relying on residents of the town where most of the filming took place: New London, Connecticut.

Agya Betal (Syed Jan),the demonic ruler of Maldweep, kidnaps Anarbala (Shanta Kashmiri),the daughter of Maharaja Madan Singh (Abdul Rahim Pahelwan),...

This Traveltalk series short takes viewers on a tour of old New Mexico. Starting in Santa Fe, the oldest state capitol in the USA, the city existed lo...

A single man and womanizer who enjoys the nightlife learns that he has a son who is already an adult. In order to gain his affection he decides to cha...

Young man of "Everytown" has an oral hemorrhage which subsequent examination and tests show was caused by tuberculosis. He goes to sanitarium for trea...