1938 Movies

A documentary produced for the Czechoslovak army depicting a military project in which troops moved a Slovak mountain village to make room for a military training camp.

A film report from the Dar Pomorza (Pomeranian Gift) sailing ship's training voyage to Stockholm to celebrate King Gustav V's 80th birthday. The film shows the daily life of the sailors on board the ship, including physical exercise, entertainment and playing...

Animated film about a lantern.

Country life in Quebec. Houses, farming tools, family life.

Various shots of Adolf Hitler standing on a balcony with Benito Mussolini and King Vittorio-Emanuele (Victor Emmanuel) III and the Queen of Italy, watching a huge fascist parade moving along the streets of Rome. Male and female troops and groups march past; Hi...

A Technicolor documentary about painting.

Study on Dactylaria brochopaga's predacious strategy

Edited by Géo Kelber from footage shot by André Sauvage during his travels between the Far East and the Middle East, La perse offers a fascinating glimpse of Iranian culture and society (in spite of the dated and patronizing narration).

An exceptional cinematographic document on Emilio Comici, shot in 1938 in Val Rosandra by a MGM operator. The documentary shows Comici with the mountain guide Gianni Macor, in all the stages of the rock climbing technique, in the way of an instructional film....

Timber Toppers is a 1938 American short film by 20th Century Fox. In 1939, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel at the 11th Academy Awards.

Documentary short film about the Rauma lace.

This short produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showcases the state parks of Minnesota, and shows how they provide recreation and relaxation for the state's residents.

After winning the lottery, a man from one of the poor districts moves to a rich area, but nostalgia and the problems he encounters make him return home.

Before his political career, Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986) was an athlete on the national level. Later he served as head of the Finnish Olympic Committee. The earliest film fragments of Kekkonen can be found in sports films, where he visits the Finland-England and...

A short film about the way that Brueghel and other Flemish painters depicted the lives of their countrymen. The faces of living locals are compared to their now-immortal artistic counterparts. The film won the first prize for documentary at the 1938 Venice Fil...

Short Documentary on South Africa and Rhodesia

Prague, summer of 1938: The armies of the Little Entente (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) come together to demonstrate their defense readiness.