1939 Movies

A warship is displayed

The work of the amateur film group of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. The film was shot in the camp from July to September 1939. The shooting involved...

A lawn mower goes out of control!

In July 1936, the Spanish people resist the offensive by Franco’s army, backed by Italian and German fascists, aimed at conquering the country's major...

Discover Brazil, its wildlife, its riches (rubber, Brazil nuts) and its major cities along the Amazon River (Manaos, Santarem, Belem).

Mule is useless for Italian fruit seller, so seller gives mule to Lil' Eightball, who also cannot get the mule going.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

With James A. Fitzpatrick, we visit Sydney's Bondi Beach, the Blue Hills and onto Melbourne.

The film is a reportage, until recently unknown, found in 2015, showing the beauty of the mountains bathed in snow and the tourist attractions of Zako...

A play of colours, shapes and music: colourful dots, lines and surfaces move to the rhythm of the music. A short film by Hans Fischinger, the younger...

Documentary on communication routes for the French section of the New York International Exposition of 1939

This 1939 black and white classroom film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in collaboration with H.C. Raven of the American Museum of Natural...

Fashions for active sport and evening wear.

A short feature on boxing star "The Brown Bomber" Joe Louis.

On his return from Paris, where he had co-founded the “musical artists” group, Charles Blanc-Gatti set up Colorfilm in Montreux (1938),where he produ...

A young newlywed robin couple move into a tree apartment. After being brought over the threshold, she gets ignored by Hubby who wants to listen to the...

The footage from the Chronicle of besieged Warsaw is probably the work of the cameramen of the so-called 'Starzyński team'. The fragmentary images of...

The Maharaja of Banispur (Sardar Mansoor) sends his most trusted official, Surendra (Navinchandra),to Bombay to retrieve a large amount of money from...