Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 is the fourth volume in a series of DVD by Warner Archive Collection released by Warner Home Video collecting, in chronological order, the theatrical Popeye cartoons originally distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is also the first authorized collection of theatrical Popeye cartoons to be released on a Blu-ray disc in a separate release. This single disc contains the first two Technicolor seasons of Popeye shorts produced by Famous Studios and released from 1943 to 1945 which were the first set of regular length Popeye shorts in color. Both the Blu-ray and the DVD were released on December 11, 2018, more than 10 years after the release of the last set of authorized Popeye shorts on home video.