1939 Movies

Beverage commercial, made as an animated film.

Scenes from the Handba' festival on New Year's Day in Kirkwall. Winner of the Scottish Prize, The Andrew Buchanan Cup at Scottish Amateur Film Festiva...

The making of wrought iron chain at the Netherton Works of N. Hingley & Sons Ltd. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

A wolf plays ice hockey and lures some rabbits into the game, then traps them, all the while a pig man stumble on his skates, often falling through th...

Sourpuss the cat and Gandy Goose are fishermen who end up getting chased by a whale.

The sheep are gazing in a rustic little meadow and their herder falls asleep. The wolf sneaks up, steals his horn and lures the sheep to his place, bu...

The citizens of Bugville attend the grand opening of a new night spot, Nick's Coffee Pot. The villain (a spider) kidnaps the waitress heroine (a bug)...

Scenes showing work at the various London docks is followed by shots of buildings and places of interest near the river including Billingsgate and Cov...

A look at London Film Productions' studios at Denham.

A dog saves the life of a vivisectionist's son.

An animated Danish commercial from 1939 for Houlbergs sausages.

Short Soviet film: 'a memorial of the epoch.'

Directed by Nikolai Dostal.

Footage shot by German troops and confiscated by Allied forces of an attack in Warsaw.

Piccolo Hotel (aka Small Hotel) uses the titular establishment to weave together a vast tapestry of subplots, a la Grand Hotel. The guests include a d...

Slobbish magician Ali Kazam tries to win the princess' hand in marriage by producing a large quantity of jewels, but is challenged by a youth (our Her...

Produced shortly before the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, If War Should Come was one of the last films to be produced by the GPO Film Un...

Venice Film Festival 1938

Short subject about futuristic fashion styles.