1938 Movies

Scrappy gets a Saint Bernard and drags it home from the pet shop. He introduces the huge beast to his parrot, Pete, and leaves them to get acquainted....

portrait of one aspect of rural life

An evil knight kidnaps the princess so a peasant boy with the help of Nicky Nome must rescue her.

The most daring director in interwar Latvia, Vilis Lapenieks, who around the same time began work on the box office hit Zvejnieka dēls (The Fisherman'...

Documentary short film with three segments: HORSEPLAY, in which several Hollywood stars watch Arabian horses performing tricks; ON ICE, showing the ac...

The film documents the renowned physician and photographer Franciszek Groër at the hospital in 1938. By profession, Jan Otko was a bank employee who b...

Impressions of the small village of Grimentz in the Val d'Anniviers in the canton of Wallis. The eye follows the Gougra brook past alpine farms and th...

Hades is cooling off, so the Devil imports Leon Navara and his Orchestra to put on some heat using their music instruments. Navara does some piano sol...

Vappuhumua, filmed by Ama Jokinen, is a rarity from the late 1930s, a great experimental short film about the May Day celebrations of Helsinki residen...

To encourage voters to approve a bond issue, the city commissioner of schools talks about some of the typical problems that students face.

Prague, summer of 1938: The armies of the Little Entente (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) come together to demonstrate their defense readiness.

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...

In this informative 1938 film, we explore the fundamental types of car suspension prevalent during that era. As a wheel glides along a road, it encoun...

Espoo, Siuntio, Inkoo, Raseborg, Karjaa, Sammatti. Manors and medieval stone churches.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 February 1938.

Students playing at École des beaux-arts de Québec

This promotional short from Chevrolet features various breeds of dog and highlights their stand out quality. The film then demonstrates that a Chevrol...

Japanese newsreel on military advancements through Xuzhou.

Film from David MacDonald

An ethnographic documentary about Nivala's haymaking.