All Films

Lone Star Pioneers

1939 • 56 min

Wagon trains bringing supplies are being robbed and Marshal Pat Barrett has been sent to investigate. Posing as an outlaw he gets into Buck's gang. When the Ranger Captain sends for more troops, Buck's inside man brings the message to him. Buck then plans to substitute his men for the Rangers but he tells Pat and Pat rides off to try and warn the Ranger Captain.

With These Weapons - The Story of Syphilis

1939 • 11 min • United States of America

The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin.

Trieste, Summer

1939 • 10 min

Black-and-white photography of landscapes, a phantom ride through a tunnel, a panorama shot and some view of people playing in the water.

4 men in Orkney

1939 • 10 min

King George VI at Plymouth

1939 • 4 min

Dufaycolor footage of a visit by George VI to the naval base at Plymouth. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Pack of Wolves

1939 • 20 min • Mongolia

In the 1940s, a group of people on the mission of Japanese intelligence carried out sabotage activities against the revolutionaries. In this complicated period, the anti-revolutionary policies of the anti-revolutionaries and the responsibility of the people's vigilance protection organization were high. Dardulam and her husband Danzan were able to express the meaning of the film interestingly through the events of a family's life. is. The script was written by D. Namdag based on the idea of ​​one of his famous plays.

Who Drove IIA 2992?

1939 • 17 min • Germany

Short film made for the German Reichspost in order to inform the public about television. It uses a documentary-like depiction of a police investigation of a hit-and-run accident that makes use of television to broadcast forensic evidence and identify a suspect.

The Museum of Prince Paul

1939 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

A 1939 film report gives a brief overview of the then permanent exhibition of the Museum of Prince Paul (Karadjordjević), in which prehistoric artifacts, ancient artifacts from Stobi, Miroslav's Gospel, the Karađorđević Room, the Obrenović Room, the works of Vlaho Bukovac, Paja Jovanović, and Ivan Meštrović are presented.

The City Mouse and the Field Mouse

1939 • 12 min • Germany

A mouse from the city invites a country mouse to the cellar where it lives to show how much food they have there. But soon the country mouse realizes that there is also a vicious cat sneaking around in this cellar. The lesson of the story: Wealth doesn't mean that you live without worries.

O Puraquê

1939 • 12 min

Between captured images, animations and scientific descriptions, the puraquê electric fish is presented through the eyes of Humberto Mauro and Carlos Chagas Filho.

Cruise of U.S.S "Chelan"

1939 • 10 min

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 taken with the crew.

In Tune with Tomorrow

1939 • 15 min

Through stop motion, a car is built piece-by-piece in 3-D with the added enhancement of music and sound effects. Each part becomes "alive" and has its own distinct characteristics. Originally made for the 1939 World's Fair.

Une Vieille légende des Alpes vaudoises. Les Diablerets

1939 • 4 min

On his return from Paris, where he had co-founded the “musical artists” group, Charles Blanc-Gatti set up Colorfilm in Montreux (1938), where he produced three commissioned animated films, as well as a “free” work, Chromophony (1939). An animated advertising film for Bitter, Les Diablerets was inspired by Frédéric Rouge's drawings. The Devil causes an avalanche that engulfs Derborence, but under the rocks grow the plants used to make this aperitif.

Busy Little Bears

1939 • 10 min • United States of America

Busy Little Bears is a 1939 American short family film directed by John A. Haeseler. The film follows three bear cubs are observed exploring the forests of the Sierra Nevadas, encountering other wildlife, and invading the kitchen of a local ranch house. It won an Oscar at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.

Nell's Yells

1939 • 7 min • United States of America

A spoof of those "No, No, A Thousand Times No!" melodramas.

War Chronicles

1939 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Animated Soviet Propaganda. The story of the invasion of Russia, during the revolution, by foreign troops from the United States, Canada, the U.K., Japan, Czechoslavakia and Poland.

The Celebration of 550th Anniversary of the Kosovo Battle

1939 • 40 min • Yugoslavia

Yugoslavian documentary, about their people and preparing for war.

Lagoa Santa

1939 • 12 min • Brazil

The findings of Danish paleontologist Peter Lund. The landscape of the region of Lagoa Santa, the men, the houses and the animals. Some of the caves from where Lund collected the remains of prehistoric animals and humans. Some fossils from the caves of the Lagoa Santa region. The fossils of the Lund room in the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro.

Seabiscuit

1939 • 21 min

About famous racehorse Seabiscuit

Transfer of Power

1939 • 20 min • United Kingdom

Geoffrey Bell’s Shell Film Unit short (produced by Arthur Elton) turns the history and physics of power transmission—from lever and pulley to the toothed gear—into a crisp lesson, blending live action with Francis Rodker’s animated diagrams to show how gearing underpins modern industry. Often cited as a model of clear scientific exposition.

Royal Banners Over Ottawa

1939 • 12 min • Canada

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) in the royal carriage.

Underground Farmers

1939 • 9 min • United States of America

Ages before man proclaimed himself a superior being, the tiny ant had developed the art of agriculture — a practice which was later to be the backbone of human society.

Gagak Item

1939 • 28 min • Indonesia

Ahmad, the son of a landlord, tried to marry Rochani in various ways. He has many bouncers who like to be cruel to the people. Meanwhile, Rochani likes Yusuf, a young man who has just worked at Ahmad's parents' company. Once, Rochani's younger brother, Dahlan, was beaten by Ahmad's men. However, Dahlan survived because someone dressed and wearing a black mask came to his aid. The black masked person called himself the Black Crow. Black Crow then helped many people who were bullied by Ahmad and his men. When Ahmad was about to kidnap and force Rochani. The attempt failed because of the help of Black Crow, who was none other than Yusuf.

The Warning

1939 • 33 min • United Kingdom

Powerful and sometimes disturbing account of Britain's defences against enemy attack - made six months before WWII.