1940 Movies

Set in the Ayutthaya Kingdom of the 16th century, King Chakra is going about his usual palace duties, granting audiences to his advisers, including hi...

The life of students at the National Political Education Institute (Napola).

Promotional film about Lockheed aircraft using test pilots and speed records to show how Lockheed was at the forefront of aviation technology during t...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 November 1939.

Documentary

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

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....

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...

The story of an unemployed graduate who falls in love with a woman who ran away from her cruel husband.

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

In this crime drama, a renowned eye surgeon goes mad and murders the lover of his wife. He is later given a life-sentence to be spent in a mental hosp...

A cub reporter goes after his story in a big way when he single-handedly exposes a crime ring.

A Cartune short featuring Punchy.

A Bevy of Beauties and a Boatload of Fun

Gandy Goose sends away for a radio giveway item, a magic Pencil. When the Magic Pencil arrives, Gandy's magic drawings cause all kinds of problems for...