1939 Movies

The labor of sardine: fishermen at sea, patching of the fishing nets, casting and drawing of the nets.

The second film in the Fantasmagoria series.

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...

The naively innocent bachelor Bagaram, a clerk in a municipal office, has to find some brandy to restore the ill son of his boss, who is also the brot...

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

short by Clarissa Dreyer-Patrix

Black-and-white photography of landscapes, a phantom ride through a tunnel, a panorama shot and some view of people playing in the water.

Production of the Studio “Pixilated Pictures”.

The Prowler is terrorizing Willits, California residents gobbling up all the milk and pep in the town. But fortunately Willits News Reporter Scoop Ken...

A short narration on a vacation day spent in Hamburg.

Documentary short following the journey of the lighthouse keeper travelling to the lighthouse on Muckle Flugga, Shetland on board the boat the Grace D...

Castle Films released two cartoons called Christmas Cartoon, this being the first, in a print from the late 1930s. Follows an orphan dog's Christmas a...

A spectacular, colourful and truly one-of-a-kind record of the Galilee in the 1930s. Director Fred Dunkel set out to film the Upper Galilee’s local la...

The making of wrought iron chain at the Netherton Works of N. Hingley & Sons Ltd. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Footage of the 1939 Simpson Desert Expedition, led by Dr. Cecil Thomas (C.T.) Madigan, with a team of nine. In 1929 CT Madigan undertook a series of a...

Mish Mish and his pal treat themselves to a lavish meal in a restaurant, and, after a good night's sleep, make a hasty exit when they see their credit...