1938 Movies

A crying baby won't drink it's milk until Edna May Oliver tells him a story about W. C. Fields trying to milk a cow. An uninspired outing seemingly ta...

A look at the Scottish fishing industry.

Short documentary showing the chain of production in Belgium.

A 1938 Bengali Drama Film directed by Jyotish Bandyopadhyay.

“The personality of the sculptor Chaim Gross, his mannerisms, his characteristic method of work, his tendencies are all intimately disclosed in minute...

A Secrets of Life short.

This 1938 film "With the Yangtze Patrol" takes a look at the U.S. Navy's riverine operation along the Yangtze River. From 1854 to 1949 enacted to pro...

A wife rejected by her in-laws following her abduction is given shelter by the husband's friend. The storyline follows the wife's ambivalent feelings...

A record of the people and culture of Beijing

A documentary film by a Japanese crew who traveled to Siam in 1938 to capture footage of the elephant round-up festival in Lopburi Province, as well a...

The story follows the conflicts and romances on a farm in General Alvear, known as Pampa de la Varita. Amidst men on horseback, scrawny dogs, and chic...

The director of a department store sits in his office, when the telephones start ringing. Customers are complaining about various products, which they...

Pensioners queue in the street for buses to a seaside excursion of sunshine and frolics.

A variation on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story.

Don Giácomo, an Italian who believes he possesses the cunning of the Creoles, is the victim of a scam orchestrated by some bullfighting entrepreneurs.

Few amateur films with sound were produced in the 1930s and fewer remain extant. A charming artifact that demonstrates the expressive possibilities an...