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  • The 1940s Collections

    Taking the midnight drive-back in time we surmise a 16 frame/second sensation called 8mm magic - this one rolls an uncompromisable palette. Born in an age where the globe rumbled with change- reel memoirs of an everlasting war- yet against an epoch painted in fear; heroic re-invention with never-backing-down determination on beating heart echoes that immerses them still...this time steered with a re-shaped theme set- the forties!

    For those bold, shiny, soulfully twigging frames you were glancing through - every, each mingle, tease you emotionally rightly or make us whinny till we crack ribs; those snapshots- these magical strip ghosts crafted generations before were relied- on the power to look through us as humans: relishing birthdays in back gardens; wild fete among neighbors celebrations with boisterous hullabaloos and pure happiness in all air- right to cricket matches oiled in grand sweeps or witnessing life changing, simple cherishable tales from front yard fountain bathing and grained afternoons playing jacks among siblings… it is-as pure it looks just as amazing on how 40's home films rolls those stripped images, binding us captives right across…

    Our Most Popular 1940s Clips

    This is a royalty-free 1940 retro clip in Washington..

    1940 Washington

    This is a royalty-free 1940 retro clip in Canada.

    1940 Canada

    This is a royalty-free 1941 retro clip in Joliet, Illinois..

    1941 Joliet Illinois

    This is a royalty-free 1941 retro clip in New York.

    1941 New York

    This is a royalty-free 1942 retro clip in Sebring, Ohio.

    1942 Sebring Ohio

    This is a royalty-free 1942 retro clip in Baltimore, Maryland.

    1942 Baltimore Maryland

    1942 New Hampshire

    1942 New Hampshire

    This is a royalty-free 1943 retro clip in Washington, DC.

    1943 Washington DC

    1943 Skyline Drive Virginia USA

    1943 Skyline Drive Virginia

    This is a retro royalty-free clip filmed in year 1944 in Buffalo, New York.

    1944 Buffalo New York

    1944 Kauai Hawaii USA

    1944 Kauai Hawaii

    This is a royalty-free 1944 retro clip in San Francisco, California.

    1944 San Francisco

    This is a royalty-free 1944 retro clip in Philippines.

    1944 Philippines

    This is a royalty-free 1944 retro clip in Papua New Guinea.

    1944 Papua New Guinea

    1945 Elmwood Park Illinois USA

    1945 Elmwood Park Illinois

    This is a royalty-free 1945 retro clip in France.

    1945 France

    1946 East Orange New Jersey USA

    1946 East Orange New Jersey

    1946 Netherlands

    1946 Netherlands

    1946 New Cumberland Maryland

    1946 New Cumberland Maryland

    This is a royalty-free 1946 retro clip in Egypt.

    1946 Egypt

    1946 Washington DC

    1946 Washington DC

    This is a royalty-free 1946 retro clip in Alaska.

    1946 Alaska

     

    1946 Harrisburg Penn USA

    1946 Harrisburg Penn

    This is a royalty-free 1946 retro clip in London, England.

    1946 London England

    This is a royalty-free 1947 retro clip in Paris, France.

    1947 Paris France

    1947 Connecticut

    1947 Connecticut

    1947 Middletown NY

    1947 Middletown NY

    This is a royalty-free 1948 retro clip in Ringling Bros Circus in Sarasota, Florida.

    1948 Ringling Bros Circus

    1948 New York

    1948 New York

    1948 Denmark

    1948 Denmark

    This is a royalty-free 1949 retro clip in California.

    1949 California

    1949 Venice Italy

    1949 Venice Italy

    1949 Massachusetts

    1949 Massachusetts

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