1930 Movies

Tilly Losch in Her Dance of the Hands.

Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when...

Short silent film.

The film, shot by the Sovkino group during the 1929 scientific-cinematic expedition to the Caucasus, focuses on the traditions of the Chechen ethnic c...

Documentary about the production of a radio in the Saba factories.

A feature length movie made by Allmänna valmansförbundet (today known as Moderaterna) for the Swedish elections. Illustrates how a young peasant whose...

The plot tells the story of how the female protagonist was a servant in the house of a rich man, and then was expelled after losing chastity, as well...

In that "cute" beginning, we see some funny sight gags with our hero serenading his girl down south in Mexico, strumming his guitar in a unique matter...

This 12-minute silent film was an amateur film, which seems to have been made just so people would know how hard the folks in Maine work. The film sta...

Bored Hatamoto film #1

Two families get together to celebrate their children finally getting married, but will they stay together?

Animated election film for the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) ahead of the 1930 federal election.

Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy and obser...

Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts Tom Waring, Johnny Marvin, Yvette Rugel, and The Happiness Boys (Billy Jones and Ernie Hare).

Juvenile drummer, Buddy Traps [sic], later known as Buddy Rich, taps out harmony out of a wide assortment of objects, from drums to bottles, can, chai...

A Yiddish-language sound, two-reel filmed stage revue featuring comic performers Marty Baratz and Goldie Eisenman.

On the struggle of the Donbas miners to eliminate the liquidation in the coal industry.

Farmer/Captain Alfalfa on a ship with his animals.

Animated short features bunnies and tanuki having wacky hijinks while going skiing.