1940s Movies

Chapter 10 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between...

The documentary that captures the compelling story and eyewitness account of six survivors in war-torn Netherlands during World War II.

In the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII, Awa and Ibrahim are a young couple whose lives are...

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

Many members of the Dutch Underground were gay and lesbian. This film pays homage to them and recounts their story.

In 1940s Lahore, Virmati, eldest of ten in a conservative Punjabi family, defies convention in her pursuit of education and love, only to find...

An unbaptized woman is killed because of the regressive mentality existing in the mountains of northern Albania.

The film features B-movie actresses boarding a TWA airlines flight to Albuquerque, New Mexico, Phoenix, Arizona and Boulder City, Nevada. The women...

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.

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

A film and novel of romance, drama, and strength. A story that highlights the beauty of Caribbean culture and tells the story of every Caribbean...

A film about the collective psychological traumas of Ukrainians.

Experience the Armistice like never before with over two hours of unique and neverbeforeheard sound recordings These negotiations confirmed Hitlers...

In March 1943, twenty-year-old Ovadia Baruch was deported together with his family from Greece to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Upon arrival, his extended...

German war documentary about Yugoslavia from 1941.

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

If your family photographs could speak, what stories would they share? Interweaving interviews with family artefacts, 'My Lovely Grandma' is an...