1940s Movies

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

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

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

Detective Renthro gets more than he bargained for.

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...

An account of a young Italian boy who was taken in by a Canadian military unit during World War II.

In the summer of 1946, New York City becomes the stage for a tale of concealed emotions. A woman, burdened with a well-kept secret, embarks on a...

In this documentary about the exile of two famous French actors in Argentina during and after World War II, the director Cozarinsky returns to...

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

On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This...

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...

This documentary tells the story of the Ustashe. These Croatians nationalists had been involved in several murderous attacks before WWII until they...

The sordid story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's war years in the Caribbean, involving scandals of extravagant spending, prejudice, race riots...

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

German war documentary about Yugoslavia from 1941.

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