1936 Movies

An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.

Catapult-wielding democrats take on wader-wearing fascists in this ‘Plas Newydd’ drama filmed by the Marquis of Anglesey. A ‘Plas Newydd’ drama with...

The fourth in a second volume of promotional news real footage produced by Chevrolet. The short touches on a number of subjects in a generally upbeat...

Mary Field and F Percy Smith create this whimsical look at the breeding habits and life cycle of frogs.

Newsreel story about the California “Bum Blockade”, a scheme which fell apart after 2 months.

Animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's story "How the Whale got his Throat".

Beautiful screen version of the northern fairy tale tells about the courage of Itte. A brave boy goes through the cold expanse to return the sun. The...

This informative short film narrated by Father Bernard Hubbard 'The Glacier Priest' shows in detail the large and lucrative salmon fishing industry in...

Travelogue by Andre de la Varre from 1936 about the restored capital city of colonial Virginia, Williamsburg.

A tour of Tunis, Algiers and Rabat in the 1930s.

Pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It appeals to the population to fight against Franco's Nationalist forces.

10 min of footage from the Spanish revolutionary struggle saved in the CGT union archives - funeral procession for Durruti in Barcelona (over 500000...

British documentary.

An extract from 'Mauretania and RMS Queen Mary'. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A silent short documentary directed by Norman Dix.

A silent short documentary directed by Hans Ammann.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 17 April 1936.