1938 Movies

Early travelogue from Pathé.

This short film takes the viewer to several towns and historical sites of rural Sweden.

"If they were as rare as orchids we would probably rave about them" opens this film in the Secrets of Nature series, directed by the prolific Mary Fie...

Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and...

To encourage voters to approve a bond issue, the city commissioner of schools talks about some of the typical problems that students face.

Memorial Service at St. Martin In The Fields - In London, Queen Mary and other members of the Royal Family attend a Memorial Service. This film featu...

This MGM short provides brief glimpses of over sixty screen actors and actresses, all whom started in silent films.

Queen Elizabeth and King George VI attend the funeral of the Countess of Strathmore. This British Pathé production features the weakest shot composit...

Infantry bullets smashing a clay wall shot in slow motion at 1500 fps to give a rough demonstation of the dumdum impact. Temporal resolution of the pr...

As well as recording local events, Anthony C. Wilson, a preparatory schoolmaster, scripted and produced a number of short films featuring his pupils....

Sport Thrills: Snow Foolin' Short

A Soviet propaganda film criticizing the Christian faith. Filmed at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which had been desecrated by the communists.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 February 1938.

An indolent clerk tempts fate when he delays returning some unwanted theatre tickets until the next morning. A missed train to work is the first misfo...

A stop motion short film advertising for the need of a telephone in households.

Short animated film.

Country life in Quebec. Houses, farming tools, family life.