1939 Movies

A Secrets of Life short.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

Reportage about pre-war Warsaw, divided into five parts, describing the architecture and inhabitants.

A spectacular, colourful and truly one-of-a-kind record of the Galilee in the 1930s. Director Fred Dunkel set out to film the Upper Galilee’s local la...

When Dr. Müller is delayed and postpones his own wedding his furious bride Inge leaves him and goes to see her aunt, picking up smart Fred on the way...

Scenes from the Handba' festival on New Year's Day in Kirkwall. Winner of the Scottish Prize, The Andrew Buchanan Cup at Scottish Amateur Film Festiva...

A series of vignette-style scenes illustrates the many hazards people face in road traffic. It opens with a young woman struck by a car and rescued by...

Yugoslavian documentary, about their people and preparing for war.

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

Salon Lindblad's accessories fashion show.

Simple school teachers Koh Young-woo and Choi Il-yeop love each other and do their best to teach the illiterate. However, he is despised by the villag...

Avant-garde home movie, creators unkown, attributed to John C. Hecker.

A quest to paint the North Pole. Sunday-supplement ethnic humor abounds; but a pretty funny cartoon for all that.

A film about the history of Sweden's Social Democratic Women's Association.

The Prowler is terrorizing Willits, California residents gobbling up all the milk and pep in the town. But fortunately Willits News Reporter Scoop Ken...

Behind the scenes at Fleischer Studios, Miami, the making of a Popeye cartoon. Also, the School for the Aged in Elgin, Illinois; an electric scroll wo...

The cultivation and use of the soybean as an illustration of the relation of science to agriculture and the interrelation of science, agriculture, and...

Early documentary on the island of Bali.

Swedish amateur film from a trip through Europe a few months before the outbreak of World War II. Denmark, Austria (annexed by Germany a year earlier)...