1939 Movies

Ages before man proclaimed himself a superior being, the tiny ant had developed the art of agriculture — a practice which was later to be the backbone...

hotos of the construction phases of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the 1930s and the sports competitions held in connection with its inauguration, as...

Short film about the Mae Nak Phra Khanong legend shown at the same time as the film "ลูกกำพร้า ภาค 2".

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...

The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin.

The footage from the Chronicle of besieged Warsaw is probably the work of the cameramen of the so-called 'Starzyński team'. The fragmentary images of...

A journalistic survey of Britain's road traffic problems and a plea for the adoption of a National Road Plan.

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

The Marajó ceramic pieces in the National Museum's collection, their patterns and characteristics.

A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.

The history of America's familiar Stars and Stripes flag is chronicled, alongside the historical events that shaped America from its colonial roots th...

A series of vignette-style scenes illustrates the many hazards people face in road traffic. It opens with a young woman struck by a car and rescued by...

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

A young birch is selected from the forest as a class tree. Class trees are pulled into the canopy with a sledgehammer. The drying sauna smokes. Class...

The cultivation and use of the soybean as an illustration of the relation of science to agriculture and the interrelation of science, agriculture, and...