1940s Movies

During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such...

Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) provides trained agents, arms and other assistance to the European resistance groups fighting against...

In Japanese, “shi kata ga nai” means “it can't be helped”. As a phrase, it represents the philosophical basis of the Japanese...

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

A damsel in distress agrees to run away with her wealthy lover in order to escape from her abusive husband. But all is not as it seems in this 1940s...

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

Set in Oslo 1945, Elsa the film explores national identity, heroism, vengeance, and sexual freedom.

Witnesses about to testify at the Nuremberg War Trials needed a safe place to wait. All under one roof, each with their own secrets. And the countess...

George and Katherine plan to marry but war breaks out. When he returns on two weeks leave, but has his marriage proposal put down by Katherine,...

In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest...

A look into the life of American actor James Stewart, whose inspiring tale of valor, purpose and faith will win over everyone.

The film is based on the real fact — football «The Death Match» between the German team and a team of Soviet prisoners of war,...

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood...

The waterfront and agriculture of the Caribbean island of Grenada in the 1940's.

A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."

German war documentary about Yugoslavia from 1941.

Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.

A Latvian tragicomedy about a young artist who bears witness to the dramatic political upheavals of the WWII era. As brutal regimes come and go, his...

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...