1939 Movies

US Dept of Agriculture film that shows how cane sugar is harvested and processed for sale.

The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin.

Animated advertisement produced by California prune growers. To snappy jingles, the prune shaped puppet Peter promotes his product. NOTE: Exhibited at...

Adapted from a story by Kazi Nazrul Islam this film concerns love and revenge among a tribe of snake charmers led by Jahar (Nawab) who is searching fo...

This Traveltalk series short visits the rural agricultural areas of Hungary.

Detailed analysis of the famous polyptych by the Van Eyck brothers, housed in Ghent Cathedral.

A homeless dog comes to a sign offering a home at a farm for a watchdog. He just settles into the doghouse straight from the road. Adorable white bunn...

Fitna receives a limited education and lives with her father in a popular neighborhood in Alexandria. Her friend Naima, a girl who lives a frivolous l...

A short film about Jewish life in Polish town located in the East was made a few months before World War II, that's destroyed its life forever.

A look at London Film Productions' studios at Denham.

The animals are having a swimming contest. The strutting Saru-kun, a monkey, can't bring himself to admit that he cannot swim, and puts himself forwar...

Film captures a Pentecost pilgrimage in Vallepietra: unmarried women, or “zitelle,” dressed in white with a Madonna figure in black, journey to the Sa...

The courage and steadfastness of Polish pilots was known throughout the world. Their dedication and great fortitude allowed them to fight for a better...

Reportage showing the architecture and landscape of the newly built capital of Palestine (in today's Israel). The 1930s were a period of very dynamic...

For the 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco's Treasure Island, Wah Chang was hired to animate a promotional film for a wax company called Pabco.

“HUTZULSHCHYNA” produced by Kalyna Film Company in 1938, was brought from Western Ukraine by Mykola Novak, in order to acquaint the people with the li...