1940 Movie Trailers
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Times Square Animation Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Otto Messmer [Felix The Cat] animation that was originally shown as animated lights in Times Square.
Tomorrow Is Theirs Trailer (1940)
27 July 1940
Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough schooling in spite of wartime obstacles.
Dawn of the Mountain Village Trailer (1940)
08 November 1940
An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.
Kedok Ketawa Trailer (1940)
17 July 1940
Minarsih (Fatimah) is rescued from four thugs by the painter Basuki (Basoeki Resobowo). They fall in love and begin planning their life together.
Procession at Gangtok Trailer (1940)
02 April 1940
Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.
Pah Wongso Pendekar Boediman Trailer (1940)
01 April 1940
Barja falls in love with Siti, the daughter of his uncle, Haji Hartawan. However, his feelings are unrequited, and this sparks Barja’s anger.
Ridin' the Trail Trailer (1940)
27 July 1940
With the Government Remount Service unable to meet it's quota of horses, Marshal Fred Martin arrives to try and find the rustlers.
Story of an Air Communique Trailer (1940)
02 January 1940
Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."
Edgar Runs Again Trailer (1940)
26 January 1940
Edgar, a broken-down race horse, becomes a fugitive from a glue factory and is ousted from his park bench and chased by the police.
Catnip Capers Trailer (1940)
30 May 1940
The cat-of-the-house is a nuisance to the mice on a cheese-raid in the kitchen. They overturn a box of catnip, cat partakes, and cat goes on a binge via dreamland and transportation by a pink elephant.
Eli Eli Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
Mendel and Hannah Shapiro, an elderly Jewish couple who run a small farm in New Jersey, must get money to meet their mortgage payment to the bank by the next day to keep their farm.
Andy Panda Goes Fishing Trailer (1940)
09 May 1940
Andy Panda, a pipe smoking turtle and a friendly electric eel are spending a fun afternoon together fishing.
Reel 3: Guatemala - 1940 Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
A home movie filmed by Carry Wagner during a trip to Guatemala.
Club Life in the Stone Age Trailer (1940)
23 August 1940
A cave-boy comes to woo a cave-girl, but her cave-father is against it. A giant stone valentine is catapulted into her high rise cave, but it hits father instead.
Melati Van Agam Trailer (1940)
21 December 1940
Norma is a girl who sacrifices her personal happiness out of respect to her parents. Her lover, a poor young man named Idrus must let go of Norma when she marries a young wealthy man.
Ways of the War Hawk Trailer (1940)
31 July 1940
A training documentary describing basic flight information for pilots of the Curtiss-Wright P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Return of the Copperhead Trailer (1940)
01 December 1940
Return of the Copperhead: Doctor Satan's henchman remotely blows up the experimental ship, with Lois and crew aboard, as ordered.
Polygamy Trailer (1940)
26 November 1940
A rich man has two wives and two brothers-in-law, each of them related to one of the wives. When he decides to go to England, he takes his first wife's brother with him.
Fighter Pilot Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This early 1940s black and white film about the mindset of a fighter pilot during WWII is presented I
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Thirteen Steps Trailer (1940)
02 December 1940
Copperhead is electrocuted in Doctor Satan's lab as he captures the Doctor and his thugs.
Kris Mataram Trailer (1940)
29 June 1940
Featuring the clash between modern thinking against traditional conservatism, the story has the troubled romance between the noble princess, RA Rusmini, and the peasant, Bachtiar.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Undersea Tomb Trailer (1940)
03 December 1940
A depth charge explodes. The diving bell, containing Bob & Lois, cracks and begins to fill with water.
Gorakhnath Trailer (1940)
29 February 1940
Rohini, the princess of Suvarnadesh and her closest friend Mangala is on their way to Prayag, for Rohini is going to be betrothed to Trivikram, the king of Prayag.
Acquitted by the Sea Trailer (1940)
27 September 1940
A Ripley's Believe It or Not short film, it tells the story of a man wrongly imprisoned who goes abroad to find his fortune and ends up getting sent back home on the Titanic.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Double Cross Trailer (1940)
06 December 1940
Lois is bound and gagged, the door handle is rigged to electrocute the Copperhead if he attempts a rescue, and poison gas is set to be released by a timer.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: The Monster Strikes Trailer (1940)
07 December 1940
Splashed acid burns The Robot's circuitry and sends it out of control. It topples a case of acid on itself and the stunned Copperhead.
The Alchemist in Hollywood Trailer (1940)
04 August 1940
This educational short examines the chemical makeup of film and the process in which it's developed.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Highway of Death Trailer (1940)
08 December 1940
Copperhead, fighting on the back of a truck, is knocked off the vehicle. Speed, pursuing in a car, runs him down.
Here’s Your Mail Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Short documentary about distributing mail and packages both in the past and with the help of the 1940’s modern technologies.
Men of Africa Trailer (1940)
01 September 1940
A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire.
Sorga Ka Toedjoe Trailer (1940)
13 April 1940
This is Roekiah's first film with her new partner, Djoemala, after her separation with Rd. Mochtar.
Acrobats at Work Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Reportage about the most dangerous occupations and work locations.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Double Jeopardy Trailer (1940)
09 December 1940
An open can of gunpowder is knocked over when a fight breaks out in a mine. An escaping thug knocks a lit torch onto the trail which in turn sets off all the explosives.
Pure Heart Trailer (1940)
07 October 1940
An enlightening film about a teacher who sees a rich student despise a poor student, and eventually the students study hard with each other's affection.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Bridge of Peril Trailer (1940)
10 December 1940
During a chase across a gas works, Copperhead is knocked from a narrow beam by a block and tackle swung at him.
Sorga Palsoe Trailer (1940)
27 December 1940
Mrs Roti treats her first daughter Hian Nio badly. On the other hand, she treats her other daughters, as her favorites.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Death Closes In Trailer (1940)
11 December 1940
Doctor Satan drops the Copperhead through a trap door and activates a sliding wall in the cell beneath to crush him.
Roekihati Trailer (1940)
28 June 1940
Roekihati is a peasant girl who is married to Mansur, despite his father’s objection. Later, under the influence of his peers, Mansur is drawn to Aminah, a city girl.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Crack-Up Trailer (1940)
12 December 1940
An aircraft being flown by Copperhead crashes into a mountain.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Disguised Trailer (1940)
13 December 1940
As the Copperhead leads escapees round a corner, Joe the thug opens fire on them, and the leading figure falls, shot.
Buzzy Rides the Range Trailer (1940)
30 December 1940
All the ranchers are losing cattle but are unable to find the rustlers. Posing as a prospector, Agent Ken Blair arrives and teams up with young Buzzy to look for them.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: The Flaming Coffin Trailer (1940)
14 December 1940
Copperhead hides in a box about to be delivered to Doctor Satan's new hideout. Doctor Satan suspects a poison gas booby-trap and has the still sealed box incinerated.
Mysterious Doctor Satan: Doctor Satan Strikes Trailer (1940)
15 December 1940
Doctor Satan Strikes: Copperhead had already left the box when the delivery truck parked, substituting sacks of ore to maintain the box's weight.
Adolf's Busy Day Trailer (1940)
24 May 1940
Lance White portrays the Fuhrer as a short-tempered incompetent in his slapstick Adolf's Busy Day.
Plane Goofy Trailer (1940)
28 November 1940
A fast-talking airplane-salesman inspires the farmyard animals to building airplanes of their own, but farmer Alfalfa is set on not getting off of the ground.