1937 Movies

A Swiss railway documentary short.

A picture filmed in China showing the graphic details of the authentic execution of condemned Chinese drug peddlers.

Tuggener had already photographed the airshow in Dübendorf in 1934, and in 1937 made his first film at the event. Children gazing in amazement, airpla...

This silent b&w film comprises of two separate parts and like its companion film (Cardiac X-rays),it has intertitles in gothic script (in German). Th...

A film promoting orphan's cause.

A montage of some home movies taken by Archie Stewart (1902-1998),an early enthusiast in taken 16 mm sound films of his family. We see his daughters,...

Dufaycolor record of King George VI's coronation procession. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

1937 film produced by the US Auto Industry about the importance of lubrication. Motorists really ride on a film of oil, because all the moving parts o...

This documentary offers a look at the activities of the Works Progress Administration and examines and work being done on various types of projects.

A Finnish documentary on dogs.

Part of the film Lviv Speaks (1958) edited by Bohdan Soluk. The traditional Jordanian blessing of water takes place on Rynok Square near the well oppo...

“30 Years of Nordisk Film” celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of Nordisk Film, featuring clips of the company’s major films from its first three dec...

A lively documentary about the Aleksis Kivi Elementary School in Helsinki, which was once, in the late 1930s, the most modern elementary school in the...

This silent footage documents the survey conducted between March and April 1937 (Showa 12) by Keitaro Miyamoto, Toru Ogawa, and Tadao Kano in the moun...

Various shots during and after the Crystal Palace fire in 1936.