1939 Movies

Fashions for active sport and evening wear.

The first Venezuelan feature-length film.

1939 short documentary by Belgian filmmaker on pianter Hans Memling.

Detailed analysis of the famous polyptych by the Van Eyck brothers, housed in Ghent Cathedral.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

Avant-garde home movie, creators unkown, attributed to John C. Hecker.

Tanz der Farben (1939) is by no means a lost film. Created by Hans Fischinger, Oskar’s younger brother, it is considered the last abstract film made i...

Beverage commercial, made as an animated film.

Scenes from the Handba' festival on New Year's Day in Kirkwall. Winner of the Scottish Prize, The Andrew Buchanan Cup at Scottish Amateur Film Festiva...

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

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

A wolf plays ice hockey and lures some rabbits into the game, then traps them, all the while a pig man stumble on his skates, often falling through th...

Sourpuss the cat and Gandy Goose are fishermen who end up getting chased by a whale.

The sheep are gazing in a rustic little meadow and their herder falls asleep. The wolf sneaks up, steals his horn and lures the sheep to his place, bu...

The citizens of Bugville attend the grand opening of a new night spot, Nick's Coffee Pot. The villain (a spider) kidnaps the waitress heroine (a bug)...

Scenes showing work at the various London docks is followed by shots of buildings and places of interest near the river including Billingsgate and Cov...

A look at London Film Productions' studios at Denham.

A dog saves the life of a vivisectionist's son.

An animated Danish commercial from 1939 for Houlbergs sausages.

Short Soviet film: 'a memorial of the epoch.'