1940 Movies

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Dr. Paul Hoefler, a prominent explorer, organizes an exhibition to track down a secret cannibalistic society in Africa known as the "Leopard Men."

A young man in a leotard leads a group of animals in a sumo wrestling match. The bear is the final victor of all the animals, but then loses when he m...

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

This absurdly pro-business film tells the story of a young man who learns a lesson about capitalism and how his town is dependent upon its factories f...

Vocational guidance film showing the radio industry as it existed in 1940, along with potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new industr...

Health film using unusual imagery and metaphors to impart lessons in hygiene.

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.

A training documentary describing basic flight information for pilots of the Curtiss-Wright P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft.

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 Zurich by differe...