1938 Movies

A comic interactions of "hot-dog" ice skaters on a frozen lake or river, and an Italian pushcart vendor who sells hot dogs to the ice skaters. A smart...

Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995.

At a picnic to celebrate Australia's 150th 'birthday', a family discusses significant events that shaped the nation. From re-enacting the arrival of t...

Stop-motion animated commercial featuring the Philips MiniWatt-E radio tubes.

A scammed man is involved in a robbery by mistake, so he goes behind the thugs and thus cleanses his honor.

At Betty Boop's Music School for Animals, Pudgy the dog doesn't do so well, but puppy love triumphs.

ETTORE FIERAMOSCA was based on a widely-read literary action epic by Massimo D'Azeglio, published in 1833. Translated to the screen in 1938 by the mos...

A Secrets of Life short.

In a small Zealand village, where everything seems to be idyllic, lives the seamstress Bolette Jensen, a bold woman who has had her share of bitter ex...

Short documentary made from archive images from the Spanish Civil War: Social problems, the making of weapons, the syndicates CNT and UGT, the history...

The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son....

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven cursed coins (the...

The history of Scottish education. One of a group of seven documentaries made for the 1938 Empire Exhibition, under the supervision of John Grierson.

The painter Jørgen has talent but no luck. His upstairs neighbor is a ballet dancer and may not have much talent, but she does have good luck. Directo...

Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.

Mrs. O'Leary's cow is brought to the witness stand in court to explain how she started a great fire. Her testimony fades into a very routine fire brig...

On a dark and stormy night, Krazy and his girlfriend seek shelter in an old abandoned house –- the domain of "The Great Hindini." Completely bizarre g...

Despite the way her businessman husband treats her like a slave, a woman abandons a brief flirtation with a young Austrian aristocrat, to show the Ger...

Feature version of the 1936 U.S. movie serial, ROBINSON CRUSOE OF CLIPPER ISLAND, for overseas release only.