It narrates the history of the Argentine ship that served for many generations like school for the formation of sailors.

In this crime drama, a renowned eye surgeon goes mad and murders the lover of his wife. He is later given a life-sentence to be spent in a mental...

During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car

The focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939...

Directed by Mario Camerini.

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

Captures the lives, habits and habitats of London’s pigeon population.

Elsa lives in a childless marriage. But she longs for a baby. She is drawn to a man that could be the father of her long awaited child.

In this 1940 entry from Columbia Pictures' "Color Rhapsodies" series, three television pioneers demonstrate how TV works. Featured is singer Madame...

Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.

Pianists Charlie Kunz and Mark Hambourg tickle the ivories for our entertainment in this jolly musical short.

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of...

Edgar Kennedy's hunting trip with his single buddies is kiboshed when his wife, Vivien, has made other arrangements for their vacation time. One of...

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...

In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is...

How did a beautiful American divorcee get into the bed of her best friend's fiancé right after returning to Budapest?

A shy man invents in front of his friends a love affair with a singer but circumstances will lead him to conquer her.

How To Improve Immigrants' English (1940s Instructional Film). Originally called '48 Paddington Street', British Pathe issued this as a cinema...

This one-reel short is comprised of footage depicting the intelligence of birds and animals when their mental processes, through training, are...

The dead and the skeletons, coming out of the ground, indulge in playful dance to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns, and rejoice in the terror that...

Scrappy learns to play the piano.

A few musical numbers from Dave Apollon and His Orchestra.

A charming tale for the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business.

Lance White portrays the Fuhrer as a short-tempered incompetent in his slapstick Adolf's Busy Day.

In a North of England training camp, lovestruck Corporal Kenyon (Harry Kemble) is framed and demoted in rank by a rival in love for the affections of...

Documentary short film depicting the life, geography, and historical aspects of the nation of Colombia, focusing on life in Barranquilla....

Deems Taylor joins Clifton Fadiman and the Information Please regular panel members, Oscar Levant, Franklin P. Adams and John Kieran, for this entry...

A short documentary depicting a typical day in the life of a 1940s era flying stewardess.

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

Dr. Paul Hoefler, a prominent explorer, organizes an exhibition to track down a secret cannibalistic society in Africa known as the "Leopard Men."

Police work during World War II in Britain.

Impressions of the different jobs in automotive service and suggestions on training leading to entrance and to advancement in the trade.

Produced in both English and Spanish, the film focuses on the Lopez family, now motherless because of tuberculosis. When Consuelo, the daughter of...

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 April 1940.