All titles produced in 1940
12 titles
The Dance of the Eyes (c1940)
The Dance of the Eyes is one of a series of travelogues made for screening in the first half of a cinema program in the 1940s and 50s. ...
Dyer, Frederick Simpson: Milkshakes and Bomb Shelter: Home Movie (c1940)
This 16mm black-and-white home movie shot by Frederick Simpson Dyer features three children riding their bikes in Balwyn, Victoria, enjoying milkshakes at an old-fashioned milk bar, and playing ...
Electric Stove Cinema Advertisement: Banish Drudgery (c1940)
This cinema advertisement from the 1940s illustrates the benefits of cooking with electricity and the new electric kooka range.
Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
Red Gallagher (Grant Taylor) and his best pals Jim (Chips Rafferty) and Larry (Pat Twohill) are bored Australian soldiers in Egypt in 1916, constantly getting up to mischief ...
Holmes, Mr WGA: Home Movies: Locals Cool Off at the Weir, Theodore (c1940)
This home movie filmed by WGA Holmes contains 17 segments filmed between 1940 and 1953 mostly in and around Theodore, Queensland. It includes footage of people bathing at ...
Homes for Crippled Children (c1940)
Produced by Reverend RW Dobbinson, this silent film surveys convalescent homes and caring facilities for children with polio and other crippling diseases. It shows a number of homes ...
Kraft Cheddar Cheese Cinema Advertisement: Unexpected Guests (c1940)
In this cinema advertisement for Kraft Cheddar Cheese, a woman prepares a quick and tasty snack using Kraft cheese for some unexpected guests.
Rinso Laundry Powder : Hilda and Hugh Jones (c1940)
This is a cinema advertisement promoting Rinso laundry powder. It takes the form of a short domestic drama in which Mrs Hilda Jones overcomes the drudgery of housework ...
Sydney on Show (c1940)
A documentary about Sydney’s progress as a modern city that shows the city’s streets, public buildings and annual events, including the Royal Easter Show.
They Serve (1940)
Made with the assistance of Shell Australia, and produced by Herschells Films, They Serve promotes the work of the Red Cross for the ‘Australian soldier at home and ...
Through the Centre (1940)
Made by Herschells Films for the Shell Company of Australia, Through the Centre follows a Shell expedition to map a tourist route from Perth, through northern Western Australia ...
250 Million Years Ago (c1940)
A general overview of ancient geological features found in Australia. Sediments in the rock formations of cliff faces and exposed rock reveal fossilised life forms from the Permian ...
