1940s Movies

An ambitious girl is hired by a group of thieves as a maid in the apartment of a famous actress. The thieves thus prepare the ground for a...

A film on mountain-climbing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Glenn Exum, Virginia Garner, and Paul Petzoldt demonstrate mountaineering techniques...

On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This...

In a quaint Punjab Village in North India, events unfold upon the arrival of an American man seeking to redeem his own failures in life. He ends up...

War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically....

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

The sordid story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's war years in the Caribbean, involving scandals of extravagant spending, prejudice, race riots...

Annika and Bo want to surprise their mother with a homemade cake on Mother's Day. However, not everything works out so easily.

The story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold...

A girl (Alice Babs) from the country moves to Stockholm to become a singer.

As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a...

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

When Italy capitulated 1943 and joined the allied forces, some soldiers from the German Wehrmacht also changed sides and joined the Italians in their...

The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.

Filmed in the Colorado Rockies, this film portrays the dangerous sport of mountain climbing and shows special equipment needed, together with its...

The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...

The year is 1940. Bethany is a beautiful hairdresser and owner of a barber shop in the city. On an ordinary day, the new clumsy customer Harry...