SFSU AV Catalog - Film Studies Feature Length-1940s


The following titles are alphabetical, preceded by format code and AV accession number, and followed by running time in minutes and by production date.
AV#TitleFormat Code LengthYear
61052 49th Parallel Laser Disc 1 hour, 58 minutes 1941
61191 Adam’s Rib Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1949
11711 Adventures of Don Juan Video Cassette 1 hour, 51 minutes 1949
60776 Africa Screams Laser Disc 1 hour, 19 minutes 1949
60843 All the King’s Men Laser Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1949
60762 Angels Over Broadway Laser Disc 1 hour, 18 minutes 1940
66797 Arsenic and Old Lace (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 58 minutes 1944
60727 Ball of Fire Laser Disc 1 hour, 51 minutes 1941
60671 The Bank Dick Laser Disc 1 hour, 13 minutes 1940
65225 Bataan (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 54 minutes 1943
61225 Bathing Beauty Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1944
80303 Beauty and the Beast [ La Belle et la Bête ] Video Cassette 1 hour, 30 minutes 1946
61045 Berlin Express Laser Disc 1 hour, 26 minutes 1948
65277 The Best Years of Our Lives (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 50 minutes 1946
60451 The Big Sleep Laser Disc 1 hour, 54 minutes 1946
65359 The Big Sleep (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 16 minutes 1945/46
65014 The Bishop’s Wife (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1947
66847 Black Narcissus (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, , 41 minutes 1947
83935 Black Narcissus (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 41 minutes 1947
84025 The Blood of Jesus Video Cassette 57 minutes 1941
88004 The Blue Dahlia (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 40 minutes 1946
60972 Body and Soul Laser Disc 1 hour, 44 minutes 1947
66360 The Boy with Green Hair Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 22 minutes 1948
67855 Brief Encounter (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 26 minutes 1945
60021 Buck Privates Laser Disc 1 hour, 22 minutes 1941
61666 Bullets or Ballots / Brother Orchid Laser Disc 81/91 minutes 1936/40
88880 The Burmese Harp Video Cassette 1 hour, 56 minutes 1957
65965 Casablanca: 1. Feature Film (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 42 minutes 1942
61392 Cat People Laser Disc 1 hour, 13 minutes 1942
61742 Cat People / I Walked with a Zombie / The Leopard Man / The Seventh Victim / The Ghost Ship Laser Disc Various 1942/43
80697 Christmas in July Video Cassette 1 hour, 7 minutes 1940
65443 Citizen Kane (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 59 minutes 1941
84086 Citizen Kane Video Cassette 1 hour, 59 minutes 1941
83293 Crossfire (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 25 minutes 1947
60782 The Curse of the Cat People Laser Disc 1 hour, 10 minutes 1944
61743 The Curse of the Cat People / Isle of the Dead / Bedlam Laser Disc Various 1944/45/46
60793 Daniel and the Devil Laser Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1941
66430 Dark Passage Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 46 minutes 1947
61117 Dead Reckoning Laser Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1946
84266 Detour Video Cassette 1 hour, 9 minutes 1946
66442 Double Indemnity Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 47 minutes 1944
82441 Double Indemnity Video Cassette 1 hour, 47 minutes 1944
83314 Down Argentine Way (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 28 minutes 1940
61757 Down to Earth Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1946
61262 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Laser Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1941
80269 Dreams That Money Can Buy Video Cassette 1 hour, 20 minutes 1946
65805 Dumbo (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 4 minutes 1941
84277 Les Enfants du Paradis [ Children of Paradise ] Video Cassette 3 hours, 10 minutes 1945
66411 Les Enfants du Paradis: 1. Le Boulevard du Crime ( The Children of Paradise: 1. The Boulevard of Crime ) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1945
66412 Les Enfants du Paradis: 2. L’Homme Blanc ( The Children of Paradise: 2. The Man in White ) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 29 minutes 1945
61673 Les Enfants Terribles Laser Disc 1 hour, 44 minutes 1949
61432 The Fallen Idol Laser Disc 1 hour, 24 minutes 1948
61441 " Flying Tigers" Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1942
61265 For Whom the Bell Tolls (CC) Laser Disc 2 hours, 46 minutes 1943
68895 For Whom the Bell Tolls (SDH) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 45 minutes 1943
61028 Force of Evil Laser Disc 1 hour, 20 minutes 1949
84267 Force of Evil Video Cassette 1 hour, 20 minutes 1949
61103 Foreign Correspondent (CC) Laser Disc 2 hours, 1940
66456 Foreign Correspondent (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 1940
65053 Forever and a Day Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 44 minutes 1943
60691 Fort Apache Laser Disc 2 hours, 7 minutes 1948
67857 The Fountainhead (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 52 minutes 1948
66666 Gaslight Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1944
61449 Gentleman’s Agreement Laser Disc 1 hour, 58 minutes 1947
65819 Germania Anno Zero [ Germany Year Zero ] Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 11 minutes 1947
69015 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 44 minutes 1947
69101 Gilda Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 50 minutes 1946
87498 Gilda Video Cassette 1 hour, 50 minutes 1946
60097 Going My Way Laser Disc 2 hours, 6 minutes 1944
69070 Golden Earrings (SDH) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 35 minutes 1947
89757 El Gran Calavera ( The Great Madcap ) Video Cassette 1 hour, 33 minutes 1949
66930 The Grapes of Wrath (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 9 minutes 1940
66927 The Great Dictator (Feature Film) (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 5 minutes 1940
80883 Great Expectations Video Cassette 1 hour, 58 minutes 1946
84268 Gun Crazy Video Cassette 1 hour, 27 minutes 1949
80140 Hamlet Video Cassette 2 hours, 33 minutes 1948
61680 The Heiress Laser Disc 1 hour, 55 minutes 1949
69017 Hello, Frisco, Hello Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1943
87226 Hellzapoppin’ Video Cassette 1 hour, 24 minutes 1941
80141 Henry V Video Cassette 2 hours, 17 minutes 1945
61765 Here Comes Mr. Jordan Laser Disc 1 hour, 34 minutes 1941
66470 High Sierra (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1941
7146 His Girl Friday 16mm 1 hour, 32 minutes 1940
61177 How Green Was My Valley (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 58 minutes 1941
61683 I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang Laser Disc 1 hour, 33 minutes 1932
66954 I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher (CC) Digital Video Disc 69/77 minutes 1943/45
11706 Iceland (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 19 minutes 1942
61848 In Which We Serve Laser Disc 1 hour, 55 minutes 1942
66959 Isle of the Dead / Bedlam Digital Video Disc 72/79 minutes 1945/46
69020 It Happened Tomorrow Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 25 minutes 1944
66032 It’s a Wonderful Life (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 12 minutes 1946
65371 Ivan the Terrible: Part 1 Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1944
7322 Ivan the Terrible: Part 1 16mm 1 hour, 34 minutes 1944
60975 Ivan the Terrible: Part 1 Laser Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1944
7323 Ivan the Terrible: Part 2. The Boyar Conspiracy 16mm 1 hour, 30 minutes 1946
60976 Ivan the Terrible: Part 2. The Boyar Conspiracy Laser Disc 1 hour, 25 minutes 1946
65372 Ivan the Terrible: Part 2. The Boyar Conspiracy Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 25 minutes 1946
61490 Jane Eyre (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 36 minutes 1944
68792 Jane Eyre (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 36 minutes 1944
66487 Joan of Arc Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 26 minutes 1948
81745 Johnny Belinda Video Cassette 1 hour, 43 minutes 1948
84362 Jud Süss Video Cassette 1 hour, 30 minutes 1940
60477 Jungle Book Laser Disc 1 hour, 45 minutes 1942
60346 Key Largo Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1948
66489 Key Largo (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1948
61772 The Keys of the Kingdom (CC) Laser Disc 2 hours, 17 minutes 1944
60768 The Kid From Brooklyn Laser Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1946
67085 Kind Hearts and Coronets: 1. The Film. Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 46 minutes 1949
81183 Kismet (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 41 minutes 1944
60541 Knock on Any Door Laser Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1949
84363 Kolberg Video Cassette 1 hour, 48 minutes 1945
65286 Ladri di Biciclette [ The Bicycle Thief ] Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 29 minutes 1949
65574 The Lady Eve Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 33 minutes 1941
60871 The Lady From Shanghai Laser Disc 1 hour, 27 minutes 1948
67761 The Lady from Shanghai (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 27 minutes 1947
84272 Lady in the Lake Video Cassette 1 hour, 44 minutes 1946
7208 Late Spring 16mm 1 hour, 47 minutes 1949
87208 Late Spring Video Cassette 1 hour, 47 minutes 1949
66678 Laura (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 27 minutes 1944
80145 Laura Video Cassette 1 hour, 28 minutes 1944
66968 The Leopard Man / The Ghost Ship (CC) Digital Video Disc 66/69 minutes 1943
66684 The Letter Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 35 minutes 1940
61688 Letter from an Unknown Woman Laser Disc 1 hour, 29 minutes 1948
61776 The Life of Emile Zola Laser Disc 1 hour, 57 minutes 1937
67528 Lifeboat (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 37 minutes 1944
60631 The Little Foxes Laser Disc 1 hour, 56 minutes 1941
60769 The Long Voyage Home Laser Disc 1 hour, 45 minutes 1940
60933 The Lost Weekend Laser Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1945
60025 Ma and Pa Kettle Laser Disc 1 hour, 15 minutes 1949
60947 Macbeth Laser Disc 1 hour, 52 minutes 1948
60749 The Magnificent Ambersons Laser Disc 1 hour, 28 minutes 1942
84087 The Magnificent Ambersons Video Cassette 1 hour, 28 minutes 1942
65288 The Maltese Falcon (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1941
61780 " The Man Who Came to Dinner " Laser Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1942
60986 Meet John Doe Laser Disc 2 hours, 3 minutes 1941
66053 Meet John Doe Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 3 minutes 1941
60572 Meet Me in St. Louis Laser Disc 1 hour, 55 minutes 1944
80147 Meet Me in St. Louis Video Cassette 1 hour, 55 minutes 1944
60483 Mildred Pierce Laser Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1945
61696 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 38 minutes 1943
61784 Miracle on 34th Street (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 36 minutes 1947
68231 Die Möerder Sind Unter Uns [ The Murderers Are Among Us ] Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 21 minutes 1946
61885 The More the Merrier Laser Disc 1 hour, 45 minutes 1943
69069 Morocco / Blonde Venus / The Devil is a Woman / The Flame of New Orleans (SDH) Digital Video Disc 5 hours, 45 minutes 193-/41
66510 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 35 minutes 1941
60987 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Laser Disc 1 hour, 33 minutes 1948
60977 Mr. Skeffington Laser Disc 2 hours, 27 minutes 1944
61853 Mrs. Miniver Laser Disc 2 hours, 14 minutes 1942
66514 My Darling Clementine (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 36 minutes 1946
82440 My Darling Clementine (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 37 minutes 1946
84310 My Little Chickadee Video Cassette 1 hour, 31 minutes 1940
61787 " The Naked City " Laser Disc 1 hour, 36 minutes 1948
65116 National Velvet (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 5 minutes 1944
11565 Native Land Video Cassette 1 hour, 28 minutes 1942
60203 Notorious Laser Disc 1 hour, 41 minutes 1946
65291 Notorious Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 42 minutes 1946
84347 Notorious (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 41 minutes 1946
3041 Notorious [ The Key Sequence ] 16mm 13 minutes 1974
67800 Now, Voyager (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 57 minutes 1942
61125 Odd Man Out Laser Disc 1 hour, 51 minutes 1947
61541 Oliver Twist Laser Disc 1 hour, 56 minutes 1948
60574 On the Town Laser Disc 1 hour, 38 minutes 1949
7194 Open City 16mm 1 hour, 40 minutes 1945
66530 Open City ( Roma, Città Aperta ) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 42 minutes 1946
66533 Ossessione ( Obsession ) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 15 minutes 1942
89225 Ossessione ( Obsession ) Video Cassette 2 hours, 18 minutes 1942
80004 Our Town Video Cassette 1 hour, 29 minutes 1940
84158 The Ox-Bow Incident (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 15 minutes 1943
7099 Paisan 16mm 1 hour, 55 minutes 1946
84894 Paisan Video Cassette 1 hour, 55 minutes 1946
61074 The Palm Beach Story Laser Disc 1 hour, 28 minutes 1942
69100 The Paradine Case (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 54 minutes 1947
61704 Les Parents Terribles ( The Awful Parents ) Laser Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1948
65380 The Philadelphia Story (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 52 minutes 1940
67011 The Philadelphia Story: 1. Feature Film Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 52 minutes 1940
61561 The Picture of Dorian Gray Laser Disc 1 hour, 51 minutes 1945
89226 Pinky (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 42 minutes 1949
80152 The Pirate Video Cassette 1 hour, 42 minutes 1948
84274 Possessed Video Cassette 1 hour, 48 minutes 1947
61567 The Postman Always Rings Twice (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1946
67813 The Postman Always Rings Twice (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 53 minutes 1946
69024 Power of the Press (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 4 minutes 1943
60436 The Pride of the Yankees Laser Disc 2 hours, 7 minutes 1942
60615 The Princess and the Pirate Laser Disc 1 hour, 34 minutes 1944
68248 The Proud Valley / Native Land Digital Video Disc 77/88 minutes 1940/42
61126 Railroaded! Laser Disc 1 hour, 12 minutes 1947
61857 The Razor’s Edge Laser Disc 2 hours, 25 minutes 1946
61162 Rebecca Laser Disc 2 hours, 10 minutes 1940
69088 Rebecca (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 10 minutes 1940
66543 Red River (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 13 minutes 1947
80154 Red River Video Cassette 2 hours, 13 minutes 1947
60860 The Red Shoes Laser Disc 2 hours, 16 minutes 1948
81248 Riso Amaro [ Bitter Rice ] Video Cassette 1 hour, 44 minutes 1948
61709 The Road to Singapore / The Road to Zanzibar / The Road to Morocco / The Road to Utopia (CC) Laser Disc Various 1940/46
84922 Roma, Città Aperta ( Open City ) Video Cassette 1 hour, 42 minutes 1945
66728 Rope (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 21 minutes 1948
69025 Roughly Speaking Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 56 minutes 1945
61584 Saboteur Laser Disc 1 hour, 48 minutes 1942
66739 Saboteur Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1942
61021 Sands of Iwo Jima Laser Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1949
60738 Saps at Sea / Oliver the Eighth Laser Disc 60/27 minutes 1940/33
69028 The Scarlet Claw (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 24 minutes 1944
65736 Scarlet Street Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 43 minutes 1945
84369 Scarlet Street Video Cassette 1 hour, 46 minutes 1945
60557 The Sea Hawk Laser Disc 1 hour, 49 minutes 1940
69029 Secret Agent X-9: 1 - 6 Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 55 minutes 1945
69030 Secret Agent X-9: 7 - 12 Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 55 minutes 1945
60656 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Laser Disc 1 hour, 50 minutes 1947
89564 " Sergeant York " Video Cassette 2 hours, 14 minutes 1941
67100 The Seventh Victim Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 11 minutes 1943
66803 Shadow of a Doubt Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 48 minutes 1942
84370 Shadow of a Doubt Video Cassette 1 hour, 48 minutes 1942
61041 The Shanghai Gesture Laser Disc 1 hour, 34 minutes 1941
89158 " She Wore a Yellow Ribbon " [extended play speed] Video Cassette 1 hour, 44 minutes 1949
69027 Shockproof (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 20 minutes 1949
89313 Shoe-shine [ Sciuscià ] Video Cassette 1 hour, 29 minutes 1946
66560 The Shop Around the Corner (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1940
61042 Show Business Laser Disc 1 hour, 32 minutes 1944
61805 " Since You Went Away " (CC) Laser Disc 2 hours, 59 minutes 1944
69104 The Snake Pit (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 48 minutes 1948
61600 the snake pit (CC) Laser Disc 1 hour, 48 minutes 1948
11708 Song of the Islands (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 16 minutes 1942
89546 Sorry, Wrong Number (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 29 minutes 1948
69095 Spellbound (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 51 minutes 1945
84371 Spellbound (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 51 minutes 1945
80155 The Spiral Staircase Video Cassette 1 hour, 23 minutes 1946
80270 The Stork Club Video Cassette 1 hour, 38 minutes 1945
65578 Story of G. I. Joe Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 48 minutes 1945
61815 The Story of Louis Pasteur Laser Disc 1 hour, 27 minutes 1936
7310 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 16mm 1 hour, 55 minutes 1946
61185 The Stranger Laser Disc 1 hour, 35 minutes 1946
80996 Stray Dog Video Cassette 2 hours, 2 minutes 1949
60619 Strike Up the Band Laser Disc 2 hours, 1940
66579 Sullivan’s Travels (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 31 minutes 1941
81873 Sullivan’s Travels (CC) Video Cassette 1 hour, 31 minutes 1941
66749 Suspicion Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1941
83735 Suspicion Video Cassette 1 hour, 44 minutes 1941
61899 T-Men / Raw Deal Laser Disc 92/79 minutes 1947
60841 Talk of the Town Laser Disc 1 hour, 58 minutes 1942
65889 La Terra Trema Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 34 minutes 1948
69006 The Texas Rangers / Canyon Passage (SDH) Digital Video Disc 98/92 minutes 1936/46
60666 That Hamilton Woman Laser Disc 2 hours, 5 minutes 1941
89551 " They Died With Their Boots On " (CC) Video Cassette 2 hours, 19 minutes 1942
66581 They Drive By Night Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 35 minutes 1940
81038 They Made Me a Fugitive Video Cassette 1 hour, 37 minutes 1947
60993 The Thief of Bagdad Laser Disc 1 hour, 46 minutes 1940
69035 Thieves’ Highway (SDH) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 34 minutes 1949
65748 The Third Man Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 44 minutes 1949
11713 The Three Musketeers Video Cassette 2 hours, 6 minutes 1948
11709 Tin Pan Alley Video Cassette 1 hour, 34 minutes 1940
67137 To Be or Not to Be (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1942
88400 " To Be or Not To Be " Video Cassette 1 hour, 40 minutes 1942
85427 To Have and Have Not Video Cassette 1 hour, 41 minutes 1944
66589 To Have and to Have Not (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1944
60368 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Laser Disc 1 hour, 59 minutes 1948
66593 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: 1. The Movie (CC) Digital Video Disc 2 hours, 6 minutes 1948
66777 Vampyr Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 12 minutes 1932
60621 The Westerner Laser Disc 1 hour, 40 minutes 1940
60861 White Heat Laser Disc 1 hour, 54 minutes 1949
84276 The Window Video Cassette 1 hour, 14 minutes 1949
61647 The Wolf Man Laser Disc 1 hour, 10 minutes 1941
61203 Woman of the Year Laser Disc 1 hour, 54 minutes 1942
60321 Yankee Doodle Dandy Laser Disc 2 hours, 6 minutes 1942
61652 The Yearling (CC) Laser Disc 2 hours, 8 minutes 1946
60586 You Were Never Lovelier Laser Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1942
67162 You Were Never Lovelier (CC) Digital Video Disc 1 hour, 39 minutes 1942
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