1939 Movies

‘Malay States’ provides a British pre-war perspective on life in the Malaysian archipelago. Sections include ‘Life in a Malay Village’, ‘On the Way to...

Short film.

This short documentary picture is an interesting record of British army training dramatized against an international background. An admirable eye for...

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...

Directed by Keshavrao Dhaiber.

Biography of Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586-1617),Santa Rosa de Lima. Saint Rose of Lima was born as a personal project of investor Andrés A. Chocano....

On board the US naval vessel "Chelan" as it stops at Attu Island, Alaska and the crew carries out lifeboat drill. Isabel Hutchison has her photograph...

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

Swedish amateur film from a trip through Europe a few months before the outbreak of World War II. Denmark, Austria (annexed by Germany a year earlier)...

Castle Films released two cartoons called Christmas Cartoon, this being the first, in a print from the late 1930s. Follows an orphan dog's Christmas a...

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...

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

Short documentary film.

Introduction to the Valaam Monastery.