1939 Movies

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.

A young newlywed robin couple move into a tree apartment. After being brought over the threshold, she gets ignored by Hubby who wants to listen to the radio. Later, she bakes some biscuits, but they prove to be brick-like, one even crashing through the table a...

This cartoon is a series of blackout gags, as we set sail in New York harbor, visit a series of ports of call in totally random order, and return to New York. It's narrated by Knox Manning, or a very good imitator.

Thai Film is the second sound film studio in Thailand, founded in 1938 by a group of Thai aristocratic filmmakers. This studio was the only competitor of Srikrung Studio in the early days of Thai talkies. However, they only produced 5 films in 3 years before...

A farmer 'hires' two scarecrows to guard his crops against voracious attacks by a flock of crows. During one attack a baby crow falls into the farmer's water well, and the scarecrows save its life. The grateful crows pledge to leave the farmer's cornfield alon...

A little tough mouse is out on the town getting food.

A chemical scientist mocks his wife. She is unable to resist the violence and tries to commit suicide.

The Marajó ceramic pieces in the National Museum's collection, their patterns and characteristics.

An MGM cartoon adaptation of the classic fairy tale featuring Hugh Harman's Bear Family.

A short documentary covering the conclave and election of Pope Pius XII.

On a stormy night, a rich man is murdered, doused in acid and dumped at sea. Luckily, the young wife of the rich man is helped by an old knight-errant who has been in hiding for many years to track down the murderer. It turns out that the murderer is a longtim...

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

An assortment of musical acts parade before the camera; Joy Hodges and Pinky Tomlin sing; The Elderblooms, a group of ladies ranging in age from 63 to 76, sing a song; acrobatic dancer Lucille Page does a turn; and young Mary Ruth winds it up playing a classic...

Animated advertisement produced by California prune growers. To snappy jingles, the prune shaped puppet Peter promotes his product. NOTE: Exhibited at the 1939–40 San Francisco World’s Fair.

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 France. Louis Llech, a Perpignan based shopkeeper and enlightened amateur cineaste, owned a 16mm camera. Togeth...

Venezuela was one of the first countries in South America to break away from its Spanish colonial rule, and in spite of it remains one of the most developed countries on the continent. Much of this history is due to the great South American liberator, Simón Bo...

Young Percy Averhoff returns to Hamburg after a five-year stay abroad and finds that his parents have already found a bride for him. The young man however has his own ideas, and rebelliously answers a contact ad in which a girl is looking for a young man as a...