1939 Movies

A corpse that goes out late at night to pick flowers. When a woman meets him, she falls ill; when a young girl meets him, she lies down and dies. Luck...

The escort vessel with the harpoon searches for whales. The sailor on the observation mast points to a whale. The whale is hit with the harpoon. The p...

The labor of sardine: fishermen at sea, patching of the fishing nets, casting and drawing of the nets.

Fitna receives a limited education and lives with her father in a popular neighborhood in Alexandria. Her friend Naima, a girl who lives a frivolous l...

At the start of 1939 an exodus of nearly 500,000 Spanish Republicans, soldiers and civilians together, fleeing Franco's troops crossed the border to F...

Part One of the documentary "Memories of a Town" by the late filmmaker José Ríos Cancino 40 years after the 1970 catastrophe.

This short film focuses on the sights and sounds of the island of Curacao

An all-black cast feature comedy film written, directed by, and starring Eddie Green. Co-star Babe Matthews was married to Green and she was a very po...

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin. Living in poverty...

This MGM short, part of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalk series, takes the viewer to the capital of British India, Delhi. Visits to mosques and templ...

A documentary demonstrating the evolution of lubrication since Egyptian times and how modern machines have advanced.

About young shooters helping each other master the skill of shooting.

The story of Bertoldo ug Balodoy is about the romance and hilarious adventures of love-sick Filipino Siamese twins, Bertoldo (played by Ben Abeda) and...

Discover Brazil, its wildlife, its riches (rubber, Brazil nuts) and its major cities along the Amazon River (Manaos, Santarem, Belem).

Yugoslavian documentary, about their people and preparing for war.

A two headed giant of indeterminate national origin is killed by a dog hired to do the job.