1937 Movies

Two widowed sisters thwart a love match when they try to arrange marriages for their respective children.

Short documentary about British education in the late 1930s.

Věra Donátová has graduated from law school and wants to open a law firm. However, she is financially dependent on her parents. Her emancipated mother...

Oswald the Rabbit goes snooping around a junk yard with his dog, Doxie. He fins a bottle marked "The Magic Jug," and when he uncorks it out jumps a ge...

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 July 1937.

Two case studies highlighting the work of the National Council of Social Service: the conversion of a barn into a village hall in South Cerney, Glouce...

During the Russian Civil War, orphan Fyodor (Fedka) Trofimov, whose father was killed by Whites, is adopted by a Red cavalry unit.

Documentary made in Yemen (and first film ever shot in this country) under the leadership of archaeologist Jules Barthou. During the adventure of this...

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope, i...

Procession surrounding the urn with the ashes of Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Red Army honours, grieving family, and wreaths decorate the scenes.

Kamel Bey, the director of Al-Firdaws Theater, sits in his salon next to the radio, with the theater director and the music composer in front of him,...

Documentary from 1937 filmed in the small Indonesian West Java town of Malabar. Follows the entire process of tea manufacturing from being grown and h...

Peter Alexander, interviewed in Sydney, born and brought up as Mavis Higgins in New Zealand, speaks of his sex change from female to male. He discusse...

A skipper's daughter falls for a humble fisherman rescued by her father.

Following a slight accident, a stranger appears in a Provençal village and knocks at the door of the Philippes'villa, asking them for help. Albert Phi...

This travelogue begins with an appreciation of Bombay as a port city. Beyond the port and Taj Mahal Hotel is a teeming city, dominated by caste. The n...

A silent short documentary directed by Norman Dix.

David has just been released from the prison. He meets the prostitute Maggi and follows her home. They decide to start a new life together and move to...

Impressions of the various activities on the Rotterdam Maas Bridge.