1930 Movies

A story about short sighted cats being given glasses.

The humorous exploits of two sailors on a remote tropical island.

A pastiche of scenes from Metropolis - Sammy and Sausage perform some experiments.

A woman feels sad when she hears her boyfriend singing a duet on the radio with another woman. She decides to prank him with a staged suicide attempt that he quickly uncovers.

A Van Beuren Aesop's Fable cartoon.

short light animation by Thomas Wilfred

British documentary.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

About the life and culture of Samarkand, one of the oldest cities in Central Asia.

This 12-minute silent film was an amateur film, which seems to have been made just so people would know how hard the folks in Maine work. The film starts off in the morning as these people raise the American flag and then head out to work where they do that al...

A typical school day showing the educational system of the era.

This edited section of unreleased footage records an expedition in the forests of eastern Bolivia in 1928 made by Mamerto Urriolagoitia, Alejandro Siemal, Julian Duguid, and cameraman JC Bee-Mason.

A Secrets of Nature short.

A flow of funny scenes inspired by paintings of René Magritte.

An excellent example of an 'industrial', showing lace-making processes in a huge Nottingham factory with intertitles explaining the various stages of lace production.

Experimental short by Heinrich Brocksieper.

The preparations and evacuation of the island of St. Kilda which lies 50 miles off the Western Isles. Dated 27th August 1930. Filmed by John P. Ritchie, amateur cine enthusiast and ornithologist, during egg-collecting expedition to St. Kilda. This is unique f...

The Gebrüder Brehmer company produced wire stitching and folding machines and was one of the largest of its kind in Germany with up to 1,000 employees. Even in the early days of the medium, the company used film to promote its goods and cultivate its reputatio...

Fragmentary short by Heinrich Brocksieper.