1939 Movies

This ethnographic short portrays a ritual using masks among the Dogon people of Mali.

In the Neumann shirt factory, the female workers cut, sew, and sing. A bell marks the end of the workday. Two workers go out into the street, where th...

Charles Jules Ernest Blanc-Gatti, born in Lausanne on January 26, 1890 and died in Riex on April 7, 1966, was a Swiss painter and one of the founders...

Reveals the activities, customs, and traditions of the Watussi, an African people characterized by their advanced culture. Shows the ruling prince and...

Focusing on Cracow's Jewish quarter, this film intermingles old and new, using music to enhance the images. Streetcars share tree-lined streets with h...

The making of wrought iron chain at the Netherton Works of N. Hingley & Sons Ltd. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A young birch is selected from the forest as a class tree. Class trees are pulled into the canopy with a sledgehammer. The drying sauna smokes. Class...

hotos of the construction phases of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the 1930s and the sports competitions held in connection with its inauguration, as...

Documentary short following the journey of the lighthouse keeper travelling to the lighthouse on Muckle Flugga, Shetland on board the boat the Grace D...

Footage of the Nueva Vizcaya Association community members engaged in leisure activities in and around Chicago.

An inter-state Filipino migrant league baseball championship in front of the Field Museum of Natural History.

A documentary that shows us Jewish life in pre-war cities of Eastern Europe.

Documentary photographs of Warsaw by an unknown author, probably dating from the late 1930s or early 1940s. The film begins with a map indicating wher...

Newsreel footage of some of the most outrageous early flying contraptions--some of which even succeeded in lifting off the ground.

On board the US naval vessel "Chelan" as it stops at Attu Island, Alaska and the crew carries out lifeboat drill. Isabel Hutchison has her photograph...

Production of the Studio “Pixilated Pictures”.