1939 Movies

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

Newsreel footage of some of the most outrageous early flying contraptions--some of which even succeeded in lifting off the ground.

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

An animated Danish commercial from 1939 for Houlbergs sausages.

This film presents isolated episodes of Ukrainian life, such as life under Polish occupation (pacification),the “underground“, the tragedy in Rotterd...

short by Clarissa Dreyer-Patrix

Scenes showing work at the various London docks is followed by shots of buildings and places of interest near the river including Billingsgate and Cov...

A Secrets of Life short.

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

Three shepherds are turned into princes by the Forest Fairy and they go live to their lively castle.

Sushila, marries an old widower, Dasapont, in order to pay for her younger brother's education. Dasapont already has a son, the social worker and prof...

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

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...

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

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...

Boston-based itinerant filmmaker Margaret Cram (Margaret Cram Showalter) traveled to towns in New England making “Movie Queen” films. Local townspeop...

Castle Films 1939 holiday offering wrapped up to make a Merry Christmas merrier. A visual kaleidoscope of the toys from all over the world from the cu...