1939 Movies

Ms. Mode plays

Commissioned by The Committee On International Economic Policy and The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace to help stem the isolationist tide w...

Three shepherds are turned into princes by the Forest Fairy and they go live to their lively castle.

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Live action and animated toys are used to illustrate the importance of cleanliness and eating good food.

A narrative story of the planting of field windbreaks and shelterbelts in the prairie states, where farmers cooperate with the United States Forest Se...

Animated advertisement produced by California prune growers. To snappy jingles, the prune shaped puppet Peter promotes his product. NOTE: Exhibited at...

Reportage showing the architecture and landscape of the newly built capital of Palestine (in today's Israel). The 1930s were a period of very dynamic...

After the two vagabonds Robert and Bertram flee from prison, they get to know the innkeeper’s daughter Lenchen at the “Silver Swan” Inn. Because her...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

A look at the role of the steam train in the Highlands of Scotland.

In the Neumann shirt factory, the female workers cut, sew, and sing. A bell marks the end of the workday. Two workers go out into the street, where th...

“HUTZULSHCHYNA” produced by Kalyna Film Company in 1938, was brought from Western Ukraine by Mykola Novak, in order to acquaint the people with the li...

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

The city is terrorized by a mystifying, sword wielding woman who is plundering the wealthy citizens and distributing their riches among the poor.

The work of the amateur film group of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. The film was shot in the camp from July to September 1939. The shooting involved...

Reportage showing views of old and new Jerusalem and the modern buildings of Tel-Aviv. It is one of two (along with 'Tel Aviv') reportages made in the...