1939 Movies

A woman’s husband and daughter are poisoned and killed. Determined to avenge her family's death, she travels to a mass grave to learn the art of lying...

This celebratory 1939 film, sponsored by a local gas company and introduced by LH Keay, architect and director of housing in Liverpool, is an enthusia...

An amateur documentary focused on the community of Cologne, Minnesota, circa 1939.

The courage and steadfastness of Polish pilots was known throughout the world. Their dedication and great fortitude allowed them to fight for a better...

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...

David, an engineer hired to build an industrial facility, arrives at a traditional hacienda on the Peruvian coast. He travels with Ramón, a scatterbra...

This educational film was compiled from original footage from 1917. It shows, among other things, guns, troop transports in the port of Libau and a bo...

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

A quest to paint the North Pole. Sunday-supplement ethnic humor abounds; but a pretty funny cartoon for all that.

Panoramic views of the Narva Kreenholm Manufacturing building, the Narva River flowing through the city with a pedestrian bridge, and the abundant wat...

Reportage about pre-war Warsaw, divided into five parts, describing the architecture and inhabitants.

No further information survives about this comedy starring a character typical of costumbrista comedies: "a streetwise fellow with all the trappings o...

short by Clarissa Dreyer-Patrix

“Between 1926 and 1985, amateur Archie Stewart shot over seventy thousand feet of film. In 1936 he purchased a sound-on-film 16mm camera and began to...

A paunchy, monocled English character, Major Doolittle, and his valet, Jarvis, go hunting in Africa, where they try to trap a lion by dressing the ser...

A short film from the late 1930s commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio's propaganda department showcases Kouluradio (School Radi...

Salon Lindblad's accessories fashion show.

Scenes from the Handba' festival on New Year's Day in Kirkwall. Winner of the Scottish Prize, The Andrew Buchanan Cup at Scottish Amateur Film Festiva...