1934 Movies

Scrappy goes to the South Pole with many radio personalities.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 26 January 1934.

Krazy plays Napoleon in this savvy spoof of the war of 1812. Enlivened by two original songs.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit stars as Hansel in this interesting cartoon from Walter Lantz.

“An excellent one reel musical anecdote, written, composed and directed by Max Brand, marked by the good humour of the disturbers of the peace and the disturbed and the bemused officiousness of the police who have to stop the fun. Film societies should find it...

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

Primerose loves her childhood friend, Pierre, but this one, ruined, refuses her love. Desperate, Primerose enters the convent, but soon the order is dissolved and Pierre, who finds his young friend, finally lets his heart speak...

The history of wheels, roads and vehicles from cavemen to the coming of steam.

“All three films made by Palau may be considered lost, but it is possible to see footage from his personal film archive in “Tras Las Huellas de Palau” (René Fortunato, 1985),used as b-roll material. In one of the shots, a large poster can be seen outside a th...

This "Colortone Musical" follows two gypsy children who steal toys from the camp puppeteer's wagon, then have a horrific nightmare

A 1934 Burmese black-and-white silent film about a spoiled urbanite fleeing to the Jungle with a bunch of stunts and actions.

Animated and live-action film for children showing the beneficial effects of milk.

Early recordings of a sport competition in Zagreb.

Finnish athletes at the games in Rio de Janeiro. Arrival by ship, competition, scenery. Spending time on the ship, harbor, loading, cityscape, countryside.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 October 1934.

The Empress of Floreana is a 1934 silent adventure short film made on Floreana Island by a millionaire captain who originally came with a crew to visit the Galápagos Islands for purposes of zoology. The film follows a newlywed couple (director Emery Johnson fi...

A silent amateur 9.5mm reversal film presented without intertitles. Preserved by Fondazione Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia, Bologna, the film documents a short cruise aboard the ocean liner Rex, departing Genoa on 17 April 1934 and arriv...

This entry in the "See America First" series focuses on the ten years prior to the US Civil War. We see monuments and buildings associated with people and places of that era.