1939 Movies

An advertisement for Sigrand brand Menswear.

An advertisement for Huilor brand Cooking oil.

Black-and-white photography of landscapes, a phantom ride through a tunnel, a panorama shot and some view of people playing in the water.

Cigarette advertisement by Hans Fischerkoesen.

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 bunch of gags from many places, some of which are Bola-Mola Land.

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

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...

Castle Films 1939 holiday offering wrapped up to make a Merry Christmas merrier. A visual kaleidoscope of the toys from all over the world from the cu...

Lady Luck smiles on a reckless secretary who takes a punt on the Irish Sweepstake … but not everyone’s a winner.

About famous racehorse Seabiscuit

The Shell Film Unit's free-enterprise history of technology.

Ramabrahmam's best-known work is a seminal reformist melodrama critiquing the zamindari system from the viewpoint of the Kisan Sabha agitations in rur...

Part of the Melody Masters series (1938-1939 season) #11 where Dave Apollon and His Club Casanova Orchestra does their comedy and music bits.

Through a car accident, a young pilot gets to know a girl who works as a fashion model in the city. She leaves her fiancé in front of him and applies...

Directed by amateur filmmaker Nils Hallström, father of Lasse Hallström.

A remake (or ripoff) of Chaplin's City Lights

In this animated promotional short for the German electronics company AEG, the music of a black performer in Africa is spread to other continents thro...

This Nazi propaganda film describes the "glories" of German architecture under the regime of Adolf Hitler.

Aimed at promoting active Korean participation in the war for the Imperial Japanese Army, the film sees the people of Joseon mobilized into a string o...