Movie Trailers - January 1940
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Northern Outpost Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Fishing and agriculture, transport, the archaeology and scenery of the Shetland Isles.
The Green Hornet Trailer (1940)
08 January 1940
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Home Front Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series of morale-boosting wartime propaganda films.
Confesión Trailer (1940)
25 January 1940
Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stardom, romantic conflicts between the woman and two guys in the band and some peripheral crime-drama stuff.
Timber Front Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This black-and-white archival film outlines the importance of Canada's forests in the national war effort during the Second World War.
Servant Of Mankind Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This short dramatizes how profoundly the inventions of Thomas A. Edison have affected the world in which we live.
The Stars Look Down Trailer (1940)
22 January 1940
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners.
Cafe Hostess Trailer (1940)
11 January 1940
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
The Early Worm Gets the Bird Trailer (1940)
12 January 1940
A determined bird goes out early to hunt for a worm and the bird gets into trouble.
Pioneer Days Trailer (1940)
25 January 1940
Jack Randall plays Dunham, a wandering cavalier who comes to the aid of frontier heiress Mary. The girl's legacy is half-ownership of a prosperous saloon, the other half controlled by hissable villain Slater.
Shakespearian Spinach Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
Popeye has replaced Bluto in the Spinach Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet (Olive, of course), much to Bluto's surprise and dismay.
The Blue Bird Trailer (1940)
15 January 1940
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune.
Salvage with a Smile Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the war effort.
Santa Fe Marshal Trailer (1940)
26 January 1940
U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Burton.
Il Teatro Delle Meraviglie - Documentario Di Propaganda N. 3 Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
In a theatre in Rome, Aldo Fabrizi entertains an audience with a series of anti-English anecdotes and jokes based on an unpleasant experience with two British tourists when he was a poor cabman.
A Boy, a Gun and Birds Trailer (1940)
11 January 1940
A young boy goes hunting with his dog. He shoots and wounds a baby bluebird which tumbles to the ground, and this arouses the wrath of all the other birds.
Portrait of a Library Trailer (1940)
02 January 1940
With no dialogue, the film shows how a public library can be not only a place for quiet reading, but also dynamic information center.
Spills for Thrills Trailer (1940)
07 January 1940
Warner Bros. short about stuntmen and stuntwomen and how they do their work, featuring real-life stunt artists Harvey Parry, Mary Wiggins, and Allen Pomeroy.
Married and in Love Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom he has not seen in ten years.
The Fox of Glenarvon Trailer (1940)
02 January 1940
An English peace judge in an Irish district is married to an Irishwoman. She is a caring patriot. He is heavily indebted by a life of luxury, and doesn't shy away from dark deeds to maintain his lifestyle.
The Invisible Man Returns Trailer (1940)
12 January 1940
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
The Children Must Learn Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must Learn suggests that better schooling, especially in agricultural techniques, would bring improvement.
One Big Mistake Trailer (1940)
23 January 1940
A straight man comes over to three comedians and tells them how the only way to handle a woman is to treat her rough and make her like it.
Remember the Night Trailer (1940)
19 January 1940
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
The Fatal Hour Trailer (1940)
15 January 1940
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr.
Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 3 - Potatoes Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A short film made by the Central Office of Information about how to cook Potatoes, with narration from Max Munden.
The Backyard Front Trailer (1940)
17 January 1940
Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.
Brother Rat and a Baby Trailer (1940)
13 January 1940
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
The Quack Infantry Troop Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The conflict between ducklings and frogs escalates into war. However, a lightning strike makes the fighters realize the trivial nature of their battle.
A Chump at Oxford Trailer (1940)
25 January 1940
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber.
Laureate Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
"Laureate demonstrates the hand of the painter in its spectacular use of still-lifes and complementary colors, as it metaphorically visualizes a writer's struggle to create poetry by having him (Etting himself) chase and confront various muses (played in classical Greek garb by Gloria Etting and friends of the couple) before receiving his laurels.
The Jewish Melody Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The classic conflict between the traditional Jewish way of life, and the modern life of the 20th century comes alive in this story of a young cantor who brings home a future bride, when he has already been betrothed by his parents to someone else!
Patriots Day in Joseon Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The Japanese Government-General of Joseon designated ‘Patriots Day’ in September 1937, requiring all citizens to visit the Joseon Shrine on the first day of every month, raise the Japanese flag, clean up their neighborhoods, offer silent tributes, and practice the Gymnastics for the Imperial Subjects.
Light of the Sea Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.
Janssens en Peeters dikke vrienden Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Sequel to the hugely popular folk comedy Janssens versus Peeters.
Beauty in Bali Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A behind-the-scenes look at the Bali Brassiere Mfg. Co., with various models showing the company's line of undergarments.
48, Paddington Street Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
How To Improve Immigrants' English (1940s Instructional Film). Originally called '48 Paddington Stre'
Long Live the Chinese Nation Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A documentary on the anti-Japanese war, once thought to be lost but eventually a print was discovered in the archive of Taiwan.
Opus 136, Vertical Sequence Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Metal, glass, electrical and lighting elements, and a frosted-glass screen in an oak cabinet
Victory of Labour Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A documentary looking at the manufacture of racing car parts in the factories of Mercedes, Auto Union, Continental and Bosch in Germany.