1939 Movies

The history of America's familiar Stars and Stripes flag is chronicled, alongside the historical events that shaped America from its colonial roots th...

A bunch of gags from many places, some of which are Bola-Mola Land.

The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin.

Ages before man proclaimed himself a superior being, the tiny ant had developed the art of agriculture — a practice which was later to be the backbone...

Castle Films 1939 holiday offering wrapped up to make a Merry Christmas merrier. A visual kaleidoscope of the toys from all over the world from the cu...

Lady Luck smiles on a reckless secretary who takes a punt on the Irish Sweepstake … but not everyone’s a winner.

About famous racehorse Seabiscuit

The Shell Film Unit's free-enterprise history of technology.

Through a car accident, a young pilot gets to know a girl who works as a fashion model in the city. She leaves her fiancé in front of him and applies...

Directed by amateur filmmaker Nils Hallström, father of Lasse Hallström.

In this animated promotional short for the German electronics company AEG, the music of a black performer in Africa is spread to other continents thro...

This Nazi propaganda film describes the "glories" of German architecture under the regime of Adolf Hitler.

Aimed at promoting active Korean participation in the war for the Imperial Japanese Army, the film sees the people of Joseon mobilized into a string o...

This celebratory 1939 film, sponsored by a local gas company and introduced by LH Keay, architect and director of housing in Liverpool, is an enthusia...

For the 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco's Treasure Island, Wah Chang was hired to animate a promotional film for a wax company called Pabco.

In the early 1920's, Man Ray, who had previously taught Constantin Brancusi how to handle a still camera, introduced him to the movie camera. These fi...

Dean, the Bailey County Judge, is the boss of both the outlaw gang and the Sheriff. He utilizes the state law that Sheriffs have jurisdiction only in...

Wagon trains bringing supplies are being robbed and Marshal Pat Barrett has been sent to investigate. Posing as an outlaw he gets into Buck's gang. Wh...

Outlaws Dale and Tucson quit Wolf's gang. Just as the two are about to rob the stage, Wolf and his gang beat them to it. Dale breaks it up saving the...

The cheerful and optimistic character of Sly Peter emerged in Bulgarian folklore during the distant times of Ottoman bondage and served as an outlet p...