1939 Movies

Independent documentary depicting the farmers’ life of struggle against the snow in Shinjo City, Yamagata.

A game of bowls at the Whitevale and Kingswood Bowling Clubs, Glasgow.

A short film from the late 1930s commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio's propaganda department showcases Kouluradio (School Radi...

Introduction to the Valaam Monastery.

A short narration on a vacation day spent in Hamburg.

Short Documentary Film.

The escort vessel with the harpoon searches for whales. The sailor on the observation mast points to a whale. The whale is hit with the harpoon. The p...

A major Maratha historical focusing on Shivaji. The villainous Subedar of Kalyan, in his effort to defeat 17th C. Maratha emperor Shivaji, abducts a M...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Reconstruction of the life of Eugenio Pacelli from the very first stages to the pontifical election of March 2, 1939. "From the famous smoke on the Va...

Colour amateur documentary from 1939 on life in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, produced by Frances Hotham. Part 1 (South Africa) includes arrival...

‘Malay States’ provides a British pre-war perspective on life in the Malaysian archipelago. Sections include ‘Life in a Malay Village’, ‘On the Way to...

A documentary looking at the elementary principles, illustrated by means of diagrams and models, of an internal combustion engine.

Lady Luck smiles on a reckless secretary who takes a punt on the Irish Sweepstake … but not everyone’s a winner.

Aimed at promoting active Korean participation in the war for the Imperial Japanese Army, the film sees the people of Joseon mobilized into a string o...

The second film in the Fantasmagoria series.

Japanese newsreel on the military forces in Shantou.