04 August 1940 Factual 25 mins
A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.
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United States 22 June 1940
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23 September 1940
Cary Grant narrates, and appears at the end of, this public service announcement. The Will Rogers Memorial Hospital treats patients with tuberculosis and conducts research to find a cure.
02 January 1940
Set during the Spanish civil war, the story of a commander of a fort Alcazar in Toledo, faithful to general Franco.
17 May 1940
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
31 July 1940
Wartime morale-boosting propaganda short, looking at the greatness of Britain and the efforts of all to preserve her power and integrity.
15 March 1940
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure.
13 December 1940
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
25 June 1940
A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire.
09 March 1940
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure.
04 February 1940
Sandy Powell plays a messenger who joins the Navy by accident and has a series of misadventures.
05 September 1940
The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler.
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