A ’mhòr-chuid a’ faicinn Bliadhna 1939 - 92

A soft-headed driver is recruited by a racketeer who thinks he's just the kind of mug he could put to good use...

A visit to one of India's oldest cities.

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...

Alma falls in love with Julio, a famous singer, but her parents oppose the idea thinking that it's just one more of her rich girl whims.

This Traveltalks entry visits the Golden Gate International Exposition. Sponsored by 11 western states of the United States and 28 foreign countries,...

The laying of underground telephone cables.

A cat is bullying the poor mouse population. The have a mass meeting to decide what to do, and resolve that by putting a bell on him they'l hear it...

Gandy's Baseball team, composed mainly of fowl, takes on another made up of pigs.

Focusing on Cracow's Jewish quarter, this film intermingles old and new, using music to enhance the images. Streetcars share tree-lined streets with...

Directed by Nikolai Dostal.

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...

Venice Film Festival 1939

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...

Short subject about futuristic fashion styles.

Famous for their role as young lovers two years previous in The Dybbuk, Polish husband-and-wife team Leon Liebgold and Lili Liliana are reunited as...

A spirited contribution to the Independence movement, deploying Gandhian themes.

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...

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

The work of the amateur film group of the Moscow Palace of Pioneers. The film was shot in the camp from July to September 1939. The shooting involved...

A detachment of Bolsheviks impedes the progress of a punitive detachment through the gorge and prevents it from suppressing a revolt.