All Films

Five Minutes in Turkey

1938 • 7 min • Turkey

Houses have arms too / Cypress trees reaching towards the sky / Minarets reaching towards the sky / There is no answer from the sky.

Over the Waves

1938 • 9 min

Promotional film from Chevrolet showing how soft suspension springs combined with shock absorbers smooth out bumps on the road.

Febre Amarela II

1938 • 10 min • Brazil

At the Rockefeller Foundation, the rat colony for experiments with viruses and antibodies in humans. In Ilha dos Macacos, next to the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, in Rio de Janeiro, the creation of Rhesus monkey by the Rockefeller Foundation - a primate species that allows the monitoring of experimental yellow fever.

The Extraordinary Adventure of Zéca

1938 • 8 min • Portugal

A sailor is shipwrecked and wakes up on the Island of Madeira, where he meets the Queen of Bananas. But a giant spider warns him that she is an impostor. Furious, the Queen orders a tournament, where it is proven that the bananas from Madeira are the bravest... and most nutritious.

The Crucial Two Minutes

1938 • 4 min

A short film about toothpaste.

The National Stadium

1938 • 13 min • Chile

Documentary about the inauguration of the National Stadium on December 3, 1938, attended by 80,000 spectators. President Arturo Alessandri is present. An athlete opens the event by raising the Chilean flag, followed by parades of athletes, gymnastics, and dance performances. These scenes are intercut with footage of various sports training sessions without an audience. The film concludes with a parade of cadets from the Military Academy.

Small But Fierce

1938 • 14 min • Soviet Union

About the football match between the goats and the hares, which ended, despite all the tricks of the treacherous goats, in favor of the little hares.

Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #6

1938 • 10 min

Documentary short film with three segments: HORSEPLAY, in which several Hollywood stars watch Arabian horses performing tricks; ON ICE, showing the action of an ice hockey game; and A FOOT IS SHOD about footwear.

Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What Can be Done To-Day

1938 • 6 min • United Kingdom

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 misfortune in a chain of events that frustrates our protagonist in running his errand and puts him in trouble with his demanding boss. This amateur comedy with a message of folksy wisdom was a 30s production by the Newcastle ACA, one of the first five amateur cinematographers associations in the country, established in 1927.

The Stupor-Visor

1938 • 18 min

Mr. and Mrs. Norton are campaigning for political office against each other. They both try many methods to push each other out of the running. Eventually Jack is shown up y his wife to be an impostor and a fake.

Uncle Si and the Sirens

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

A farmer builds a television and tunes in on nude girls.

Timber Toppers

1938 • 10 min • United States of America

Timber Toppers is a 1938 American short film by 20th Century Fox. In 1939, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel at the 11th Academy Awards.

Animal Cracker Circus

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

[A toddler] refuses to eat his spinach and had fed some of it to the dog before the cracker ringmaster promises a show if he finishes it. He does and the show starts.

Running Around San Francisco for an Education

1938 • 2 min

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

Ady

1938 • 1 min • France

Very brief view of Man Ray and his friend Ady Fidelin while at a seaside resort

Sunrise over Spain

1938 • 45 min

Short documentary made from archive images from the Spanish Civil War: Social problems, the making of weapons, the syndicates CNT and UGT, the history of Spain... and even a bullfight by Rafael 'El Gallo'.

The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

Weary of his running-in-circles existence as a merry-go-round horse, the little hobby-horse gets a case of wanderlust. That night he gets out after the fair has closed and takes in the world of the Crazy House, the Wax Museum, the Ferris Wheel and a roller coaster. Battered and beaten from his adventures, he concludes he is better off on his stand at the merry-go-round.

A Nation is Built

1938 • 47 min

At a picnic to celebrate Australia's 150th 'birthday', a family discusses significant events that shaped the nation. From re-enacting the arrival of the First Fleet and the birth of John Macarthur's wool-producing enterprise, the film then turns to the present, focusing on rural production, industrial efficiency and the splendid urban landscape of Sydney. As the introductory title grandly proclaims: "From so small a beginning has sprung the virile Australian Nation." Frank Hurley, at the peak of his fame as a photographer, film maker and adventurer, was the obvious choice to direct the film and he delivered spectacular imagery and patriotic commentary with gusto.

How to Raise a Baby

1938 • 10 min • United States of America

American humorist Robert Benchley provides a comedic look at the difficulty in being a father.

West of Cheyenne

1938 • 59 min

Brad Buckner has just bought a ranch. Murdock keeps his rustled cattle on the ranch and sends his men to kill Buckner just as they did the previous owners. But Buckner and his men foil their attempts and decide to search the ranch. To throw Buckner off he kidnaps Buckner's girlfriend and the Sheriff and makes plans to drive the cattle across the border.

Home Movies

1938 • 44 min

Home Movies of Man Ray and Ady Fidelin from 1938. Presents a simple and intimate portrait of the man behind the artist. Compilation of ten Man Ray films: Ady, Dance, Juliet, Rue Campagne-Première, Corrida, Autoportrait ou Ce qui manque à nous tous, Poison, L’atelier du Val de Grâce, Course landaise, La Garoupe

The Adventures of Chico

1938 • 60 min • United States of America

A Mexican boy without young neighbors to play with, befriends a diverse group of desert animals.

How an Advertising Poster Came About

1938 • 5 min • Netherlands

An animated short created for Philips Radio to showcase how an advertising poster is conceptually and physically assembled. The film uses Pal-Doll replacement animation, where each slight movement is represented by a unique handcrafted wooden puppet frame, to playfully dramatize the steps of graphic design and poster assembly in Art Deco-inspired style.

Bluebird's Baby

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

A flock of little bluebirds come to the rescue of an abandoned baby. They form a carrying-squadron and transport the babe to Happyland. But all their efforts to entertain and make the child happy are fruitless. Finally they locate the distraught mother and bring mother and child back together.