All Films

Scrambled Eggs

1939 • 10 min • United States of America

Peterkin, a mischievous elf with mixed body parts, decides to see what would happen if he switched the eggs in the tree-maternity nests. What happens is that there are many surprised mothers, and just as many indignant fathers, when the eggs hatch and each family gets a hatching that resembles neither parent. All fly the, figuratively-speaking, coop and Peterkin is left to tend to all the young birds.

Mystery Plane

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.

Waterfront

1939 • 59 min • United States of America

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.

Wyoming Outlaw

1939 • 56 min • United States of America

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.

Officer Duck

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Officer Donald Duck (Officer #13) is assigned to apprehend a criminal named Tiny Tom. Donald assumes by the name that he'll be a pushover but when he reaches Tom's hideout, he discovers "Tiny" Tom is actually a hulking Pete who immediately disposes of Donald. Donald decides to use strategy and is able to reenter Pete's house disguised as a baby who Pete surprisingly warms to. When Pete discovers Donald, he chases him down the street but is finally apprehended by Donald's marching police colleagues who make the arrest.

Cousin Wilbur

1939 • 11 min

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Inside Story

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..

Double Deal

1939 • 60 min • United States of America

Tommy McCoy and "Dude" Markey are both in love with Harlem singer/dancer Nita. Markey robs a jewelry store and turns the loot over to gang-boss Murray Howard. Later, Markey robs the safe, steals the jewelry, and, in order to get rid of his rival for Nita, frames the robbery on McCoy. The latter's big-brother thinks otherwise and, with Nita's help, sets out to prove it.

Sea Scouts

1939 • 8 min • United States of America

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

Missing Daughters

1939 • 59 min • United States of America

The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy dance-hall operator Lucky Rogers.

Irish Luck

1939 • 58 min • United States of America

A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.

Mexicali Rose

1939 • 59 min • United States of America

Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.

Forgotten Victory

1939 • 11 min • United States of America

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to find wheat that farmers can grow despite various disasters.

The Pointer

1939 • 9 min • United States of America

Mickey and Pluto go hunting for quail. Pluto scares away the first ones they see; Mickey scolds him, then relents. He shows Pluto how to be a pointer, and they set off after another quail, but Mickey accidentally jumps on a bear's nose, and thinks it's Pluto. Meanwhile, Pluto finds the quail and points. The babies climb on board and start picking at his hairs, but Pluto's been told not to move. Mickey finally comes across Pluto, who by now is covered by small animals, and realizes he's being followed by a bear. Mickey tries to reason with the bear, and backs off a cliff, onto Pluto.

Detouring America

1939 • 7 min • United States of America

A humorous travelogue chronicling various oddities across the United States.

Simple Destiny Abstractions

1938 • 2 min • United States of America

A short creation by Douglass Crockwell that can be found on the Unseen Cinema box set.

The Frog Pond

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

In Ub Iwerks' The Frog Pond, many frogs are singing and having a good time until a big bully frog takes some food and basically orders a house built on his lily pond.

Ski Flight

1938 • 13 min

Famous skier Otto Lang is featured in a short documentary filmed at Mt. Whitney and Mt. Baker, and premiered on 4 February 1938 at Radio City Music Hall with NYC screenings of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

Back of the Mike

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

Insider's view of the 1930s radio studio showing the production of dramatic sound effects.

In Mozart's Footsteps

1938 • 11 min • United Kingdom

This travelogue showcases Mozart's hometown of Salzburg, Austria, and features his music, showcasing the beauty of the city, despite the Nazi occupation seeming like a negative image of things to come.

South of Arizona

1938 • 56 min

Kenyon has the newly arriving Ranger shot and his man Martin assume the Ranger's identity. Clay finds the Ranger before he dies and learns the truth. But when Clay confronts Martin, Martin convinces the townspeople he is a real Ranger and Clay is the murderer. Clay escapes and must now find a way to expose Martin as a fake.

Call of the Rockies

1938 • 54 min

Unable to pay her notes, Ann Bradford, owner of the Circle C, decides to auction off a half-interest in her ranch. Matt Stark, a crooked land dealer, holds Ann's notes. His efforts to buy the ranch have been refused and his instructs his henchman, Barlow, and his other henchmen to make certain that nobody bids on the ranch. Clint Buckley rides into town on the day of the auction, overhears Stark's instructions to his henchies, and decides to attend the sale. Barlow attempts to intimidate him, they fight, Buckley wins and his bid of $25,000 wins him a half-interest in the Circle C. But, Stark, isn't finished yet in his efforts to get the ranch, especially since a couple of his hirelings are on the Circle C payroll.

Animal Studies in the Social Modification of Organically Motivated Behavior

1938 • 11 min • United States of America

A record-instructional film showing a few of the many ways in which the behaviour of hungry rats can be modified according to the nature of the prevailing social situation.

Empire Exhibition

1938 • 10 min

Views of some of the main pavilions and exhibits of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, including shots of Don and margaret McLachlan and their family on a visit - also includes brief shots of an informal visit by Paul Robeson.