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The History of Cinema: 1940 |
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Lithuania - Vietnam |
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Lithuania |
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– The Lithuanian Republican Newsreel Studio is founded. [ADD] |
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Macedonia |
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– Blagoja Pop-Stefanija makes The Jamboree, a short film shot on an 8mm Movex camera. [ADD] |
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– Sifrid Miladinov shoots the 11-minute documentary film Galicnik on 16mm colour film. [ADD] |
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Mongolia |
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– The Mongolia Film studio, already producing documentaries, begins making newsreels, film reports and full-length feature films on revolutionary and historic themes. [ADD] |
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– The MPRP takes the decision to provide red corners with cinema projectors. [ADD] |
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Philippines |
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– Excelsior Films release Pakiusap, a cinematic equivalent of the popular sarswela form of musical theatre. [ADD] |
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Poland |
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| 20/1 - |
German authorities re-open cinemas to screen German propaganda to aid the war effort. [ADD] |
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Spain |
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French ambassador Marshal Philippe Petain organises a screening of Sacha Guitry’s Les Perles de la couronne (The Pearls of the Crown) for the diplomatic corps. [ADD] |
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A circular is published that forbids any reference being made to any American movie stars, such as Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, who gave support to the Spanish Republic. [ADD] |
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Thailand |
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– Sunh Vasudhara’s English-language political drama The King of the White Elephants is released. [ADD] |
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– After releasing only five sound films, The Thai Film Company is sold to the Royal Air Force. [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Alexandr Dovzhenko’s Osvobozhdeniye (Liberation) is released by the Kiev Studios. [ADD] |
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Vietnam |
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– The Asia Film Group releases Toét sợ ma (Toet’s Scared of Ghosts) with the participation of artist Tám Danh, and Khúc khải hoàn (The Song of Triumph). [ADD] |
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Other Key Films of 1940 |
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Japan |
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Nishizumi senshacho-den (Kozaburo Yoshimura) [ADD] |
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Latvia |
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Kauguriesi [ADD] |
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Macedonia |
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The Bombing of Bitola (Blagoja Drnkov) [ADD] |
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The Gliders’ Meeting in Skopje (Blagoja Drnkov) [ADD] |
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New Zealand |
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Rewi’s Last Stand (Rudall Hayward) [ADD] |
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Switzerland |
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Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe [ADD] |
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USSR |
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Moi Universitety (Mark Donskoi) [ADD] |
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The History of Cinema: 1940 |
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