1936 Movies

A short animated film in which the Lone Ranger and Tonto fight against some cattle rustlers.

Some champion exhibits from the National Cat Club Show and the Combined Bird and Aquaria Show, described by W. Cox-Ife, F. Hopkins, and L.C. Mandevill...

Produced in interwar France, this short documentary presents images of French Indochina centered on plantation industry—particularly rubber production...

Ethnographic images of Karelian village life, fishing, and the Praasnieka.

We take a boat trip on Lake Päijänne.

An architectural survey featuring sweeping views of downtown Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, University of Chicago, and Lincoln Park Zoo.

This footage is a record of Katsumi Komatsu’s visit to urban and rural areas in Taiwan, specifically Taipei and Tainan, in April 1936 (Showa 11),cond...

This thinly veiled advertisement for Irish Sweepstake tickets was made for the US and UK market at a time when gambling was illegal in those territori...

The veritable story of a citizen of San Francisco who, after being destroyed in the 1857 stock market crash, believed himself to be the emperor of the...

Most marvel at how close formation fliers go about their maneuvers, but what everyday drivers on the road are required to do are much the same in need...

A Chevrolet Film. Streamlines are not just beautiful, but also safer, cheaper and more comfortable.

A man feels so much guilt over being infected by venereal disease that he conjures up a personal trial over his own behaviour.

A sing-along short with Irving Kaufman singing, Lew White at the organ, lyrics displayed for the viewing audience, and film clips illustrating the son...

This silent b&w film has intertitles in gothic script (in German). The film features cineradiography of x-rays of eating, drinking and digestion. Soli...

J.T. Baily will demonstrate how to repair a broken window. Broken windows are never very picturesque, and at this time of the year extra ventilation...

Toothless gears (actuated by magnetism); a photoelectric sorter, for beans; the manufacture of lamps. Well photographed and adequately narrated, this...

Mish Mish Effendi and his friend Fayoumi spend their time doing nothing in an alley in Bulaq, one of the poorer sections of Cairo. Pretty girl Su'ad w...