1938 Movies

A variation on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story.

This short silent film was made by the German 'völkisch' photographer Hans Retzlaff for the 'Institut für Deutsche Volkskunde der Universität Tübingen...

Final Terrytoon directed by John Foster.

An ethnographic documentary about Nivala's haymaking.

A documentary film by a Japanese crew who traveled to Siam in 1938 to capture footage of the elephant round-up festival in Lopburi Province, as well a...

Members of the neighboring state arrive in the capital to declare war. Not only infantry, but also artillery, tanks and air forces are involved in the...

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

Finnish documentary on the making of goat cheese.

A Soviet propaganda film criticizing the Christian faith. Filmed at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which had been desecrated by the communists.

This is a propaganda film that promotes Japan's victory in the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and orders that Koreans to be ready for battle and armed with...

The funeral and other events surrounding the death of Dom Duarte Leopoldo e Silva.

Views of some of the main pavilions and exhibits of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, including shots of Don and margaret McLachl...

Amateur footage of a trip to Tibet and Bhutan in 1938, including shots of the flora and fauna, Molo in what is now Arunachal Pradesh, the monastery at...

A children's issue of the film anthology that narrates the exploration of the Arctic. A boy and a girl are sitting at a table, reading, talking, and e...

Pensioners queue in the street for buses to a seaside excursion of sunshine and frolics.

A documentary about the Oxford Group, a propagandist spiritual-movement, for young men and women, with its origins in England. Their message was a che...

The self-sacrificing love between Tomé da Póvoa’s daughter, Berta, and the nobleman Jorge, and, at the same time, the well-regarded relationship betwe...

Animated film about a lantern.

Kleur en Glorie Onzer Tropen, "Colour and Glory of our Tropics", is a travel documentary shot in 1938 by Alphons Hustinx showing the prewar Indonesia...