Movie Trailers - January 1940
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Pénz beszél Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The wealthy Ottó Dárday is angry with his heirless relatives and marries his maid Julcsa. Only six months after his death does she discover that he has left her everything.
The Pilgrims of Mecca Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Documents the long and arduous journey made by Muslims every year, from North Africa to Mecca. Footage inside the city was filmed by a Muslim crew.
Just Fences Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
1938–1940 film made in Palermo, Maine by Milton Dowe. 8mm. Kodak Safety Film (B&W reversal).
Wandering Songstress Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A young woman struggling by as a street performer is noticed for her enchanting voice.
Spirit of Washington Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This silent film documents a day at Washington School, a Black elementary school located at 1025 Washington, Topeka, Kansas.
Das Schachdorf Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A short documentary about the 'chess village' of Ströbeck, Germany, that ends in a game of human chess.
Turbulent Night Trailer (1940)
10 January 1940
Hajnally Ödön, engaged to the wealthy daughter Buday Klári, faces financial ruin as he struggles with debt.
Dayak Boat Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
First color film in Bosnia. Bojko shot people bathing and cruising in their boats on the Vrbas river near his hometown of Banja Luka.
The Chase Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A film by Douglass Crockwell made using oil paint on glass.
Washing for the New Year Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
New Year's greeting card 1940, featuring drawings of sailors.
How Motion Pictures Move and Talk Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Produced by Bell & Howell, this short explains the basic principles of motion pictures and, by animation, shows how sound is recorded on a strip of film.
Controls for Victory Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Shows the shortage of civilian goods during World War II and illustrates, using diagrams, how uncontrolled buying leads to inflation.
Kinematographische Studien an Impatiens, Vicia, Tulipa, Mimosa und Desmodium von W. Pfeffer (1898-1900) Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Plant movements in historical films by Wilhelm Pfeffers: geotropic bending of a horizontal Impatiens glandulifera; germination of Vicia faba; development and flowering in tulip, leaf movement in Mimosa speggazzinii and Desmodium gyrans.
Permanent Lights Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A genealogical documentary about the “great men” of a nation that supposedly “needs to be seen standing up for itself”.
SWIMMING LESSONS AT CUMNOCK OUTDOOR BATHING POOL Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
School children are taught elements of backstroke, breast stroke and front crawl at Cumnock outdoor bathing pool.
Maintain the Right Trailer (1940)
13 January 1940
Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted.
The Yugoslav Library Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
The first Slovenian advertisement. Advertisement for the Yugoslav Bookstore, which was located in the premises of today's Dom at 5 Ciril Metod Square in Ljubljana.
Children's Workshop Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
For several years a children’s class was held at the school on Saturday mornings. Creativity was encouraged, often within the framework of a specific project.
Our Boys Trailer (1940)
12 January 1940
The life of students at the National Political Education Institute (Napola).
U-Boote am Feind Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Documentary about a mission on board a German submarine.
Leave It to Roll-Oh Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
Tongue-in-cheek film showing a domestic robot freeing housewives of their chores (and intimating that their work is hardly necessary); actually a promo showing how relays and switches function in the modern automobile.
One Tenth of Our Nation Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
"One Tenth of Our Nation" is a 1940 documentary directed by Felix Greene that documents the historical and contemporary conditions of African Americans in the southern United States, with a particular focus on education.
Beau Geste Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A parody of the classic Beau Geste, made on the leftover sets from the 1939 version by San Diego State University students, about brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste, who join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff.
The Flague Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
This is a documentary feature film created with the aim of informing the public how to avoid the plague of the highly contagious disease marmoset.
Ek Hi Bhool Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A man is executed for a crime he did not commit. Is his ghost seeking revenge?
Circus Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A traveling circus performs in a small town. In its arena there are famous masters - the Bear-athlete, the Poodle-juggler, and the Cat-acrobatic.
Have You Seen Budapest in Wintertime? Trailer (1940)
01 January 1940
A day in wintertime Budapest. Shot in an avant-garde style, the study extended over the smallest details of everyday life, observing everybody from workers repairing the street to nightclubbing bourgeoisie.