1939 Movies

How the beavers rebuilt after the flood and drove the wolf away from their island.

Animated film about the friend of all the Moscow children, the giant Uncle Stepa.

Fashions for active sport and evening wear.

At the eve of the Second World War, one of the first color films, which has preserved for us the parade of athletes, which was held in 1939 on Red Squ...

1939 short documentary by Belgian filmmaker on pianter Hans Memling.

Detailed analysis of the famous polyptych by the Van Eyck brothers, housed in Ghent Cathedral.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

This is not a "Scrappy" cartoon - A two-year-old horse is trained and primed to run in the Hollywood Sweepstakes, but catches cold and has to be scrat...

This MGM short, part of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalk series, takes the viewer to the capital of British India, Delhi. Visits to mosques and templ...

Avant-garde home movie, creators unkown, attributed to John C. Hecker.

Tanz der Farben (1939) is by no means a lost film. Created by Hans Fischinger, Oskar’s younger brother, it is considered the last abstract film made i...

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 laying of underground telephone cables.

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".

Going Places With Graham McNamee (1939–1940) is a news series featuring radio broadcaster Graham McNamee as reporter.

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.