Most Viewed Year 1940 - 93

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

Fishing and agriculture, transport, the archaeology and scenery of the Shetland Isles.

Commemorates the (primarily voluntary) efforts by which Londoners coped with the start of the Blitz when, the commentary says, 1200 people were made...

Short propaganda film encouraging swedish aid in the Winter War.

Short film of Esso Station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1940. Depicts refueling, the price of gas on a pump, and car driving off, past another station.

Military cadets at training camp in Dunbar; on parade, at bayonet practice, and taking part in various sports, including many scenes shot at Dunbar...

A travel film showing the magnificent scenery of the Rocky Mountains as seen from the highway linking Banff and Jasper National Parks.

Reginald Foort performs at the organ.

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

After the Great War of 1914-1918 Britain was left with one predominant desire--to live in peace. Fifteen years later, however, world-stirring events...

The science of hearing is explained with animated diagrams of the human auditory system.

The men of the trawlers and drifters set out at dawn on voyages of any- thing from twenty to four thousand miles. This is a wartime picture of...

This film explains how the fisherman of the east coast makes his living. It makes clear, with the help of diagrams, how the sunlight, striking...

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

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

A film by K. Narayan Kale.

A Marathi film by Narayan and Gajanan.

This early 1940s black and white film about the mindset of a fighter pilot during WWII is presented by The Ministry of Information, produced by...

Produced by Bell & Howell, this short explains the basic principles of motion pictures and, by animation, shows how sound is recorded on a strip of...

A radio host tries to give personal advice to his listeners. Only he is unable to take care of himself in life.