1939 Movies

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.

This film claims that the Germanic tribes predated the knowledge of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, then compares these findings with the contemporary...

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...

Istvan Bors was adapted from the popular Hungarian stage play by Sandor Hunyady, with a few songs added to the mixture. The title character, played by...

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...

This Traveltalk series short visits the rural agricultural areas of Hungary.

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.

Chinese film released in 1939.

“Bitter attack on the policies of the National Government - its laxity over social services and its mistakes in foreign policy - and their consequence...

The first Tunisian musical film, and the first film made in Arabic in Tunisia. It is starred by the singer Mohamed Jamoussi. It is considered one of t...