1937 Movies

Eeny, Meeany and Moe, the three little monkeys, are running a resort, when a mama elephant and her. Calf drive up. Uh oh! No children are permitted! S...

Canadian non-fiction film depicting the operation and purposes of five canals.

This travelogue begins at Bangkok's rail depot, a center of Indo-Chinese commerce. Next the narrator talks about Buddhism as the camera shows us some...

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from the scre...

Animated folk tale

A documentary made by Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War about the battle for Madrid in the Winter of 1937-38.

A social drama or a moralistic tale exploring themes of betrayal, disloyalty, or a crisis of faith/principles

In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The plot involves a trek offici...

With Buddy Page and his Orchestra providing most of the music, an uncle of the Cabin Kids loads them in a trailer and heads for Florida. There, he fin...

Documentary from 1937 filmed in the small Indonesian West Java town of Malabar. Follows the entire process of tea manufacturing from being grown and h...

This long-lost British comedy features a wealthy heiress rescued from the clutches of a scheming foreigner by a pair of bumbling market traders. But t...

Japanese frontline newsreel covering the Battle of Xuzhou.

Here is a very rare short film from 1937 called Phony Boy with Cass Daly. There are 3 couples that are dancing Collegiate Shag at the beginning of th...

Japanese frontline newsreel depicting Japanese advances on Jiangwanzhen, Shanghai.

Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 24 December 1937.

Bosko going to Grandma's to bring her a bag of cookies. It also has him encountering some frogs meant to caricature some famous African-American music...

Advertisement for Krása Shoes, taking inspiration from Cinderella.

Meany, Miny and Moe, the three little monkeys are in Africa looking for ostriches so they can grab their tail feathers.

This black & white educational film is about life in China, the Japanese invasion of China, and Chinese Nationalist efforts to defend itself against t...