All Films

Lightning Carson Rides Again

1938 • 58 min • United States of America

Lightning Carson's nephew has been falsely accused of murder. To get in with the gang, Lightning poses as a Mexican. He also appears as himself making his costume changes at his sister's ranch. Just as he about to bring in the gang, a henchman finds evidence of his masquerade and arrives to expose the hoax.

The Lamp Lighter

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

An Oswald Rabbit cartoon.

Cat House

1938 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Kittens were playing with matches while at home so their entire house has been put under the fire threat.

Tassels in the Air

1938 • 17 min • United States of America

The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for famous decorator Omay. She hires the boys to redecorate her house, which they proceed to ruin. More trouble ensues when the real Omay shows up.

Penny Journey

1938 • 6 min • United Kingdom

As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of sorting, transporting and delivering the postcard in question.

Outlaw Express

1938 • 56 min • United States of America

Bradley and sidekick Sharpe are sent west to investigate the murders of pony express riders who are being killed to prevent the Spanish Land Grant papers going to Washington for registration.

Air Parade

1938 • 20 min • United States of America

Niela is tired of her children's hour radio program and with the help of Lee they frame the station's top executive so that she will get a break on a big time program.

Die Blitzzugjagd

1938 • 23 min • Germany

Sally Swing

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

Betty Boop, auditioning bandleaders for a college swing dance, "discovers" a cleaning woman who resembles Betty Grable

Baby Kittens

1938 • 8 min • United States of America

It concerns these kittens who befriend a dog who initially tries to scare them. The mother of these kittens isn't thrilled about the dog "taking" her children and decides to do something about it...

Papanin Squad

1938 • 47 min • Soviet Union

About how the operation to rescue the members of the expedition 'North Pole-1' under the leadership of Ivan Papanin took place.

The Face Behind the Mask

1938 • 11 min • United States of America

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.

English Harvest

1938 • 9 min • United Kingdom

The harvest of a pre-war British farm.

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938 • 11 min • United States of America

This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.

The House Builder-Upper

1938 • 6 min • United States of America

When Olive Oyl's house burns down, firefighters Popeye and Wimpy decide to build her a new house.

Gandy the Goose

1938 • 7 min • United States of America

In Gandy's debut film, he leaves home to make is way in the world. Unfortunately, he's an idiot with an Ed Wynn voice, and a wolf with a George Givot voice tries to lure him into his lair to eat him. Incredible coincidences save him from the stew pot.

Speaking from America

1938 • 11 min • United Kingdom

How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted across the waters. Engineers of the Post Office describe how they are improving the service.

Out Where the Stars Begin

1938 • 19 min • United States of America

When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.

Sydney: 'Pride of Australia'

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short visits Sydney, Australia and its harbour.

Safety in Numbers

1938 • 55 min • United States of America

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

King of the Sierras

1938 • 53 min • United States of America

An unusual film in that it was composed of new film footage tacked onto an original film produced by M. H. Hoffman Sr. and Jr.,and never released because of the collapse and merger of the Hoffman's Liberty Company into the newly-formed Republic operation in mid-1935, and consequently has two different sets of actors and production crew members.

Le Messager de la lumière

1938 • 2 min • France

Singapore and Jahore

1938 • 9 min • United States of America

A visit to Singapore, an essential port city in Britain's empire, established in 1813 when Raffles negotiated its separation from the independent Malay state of Jahor. The camera observes Singapore's traditional neighborhoods, trade, and small craft, which are dominated by people of Chinese ancestry. Then, we drive the modern causeway to Jahor's small capital, Johor Bahru, for a look at imposing buildings and a visit to the grounds of the sultan. The sultan's son invites the crew in, and we meet the sultan, "H.H." himself. The narrator relates the sultan's commitment to commerce, economic well-being, and tolerance, stemming in part from his European education.

Shine On Harvest Moon

1938 • 53 min • United States of America

A rustler's son (Roy Rogers) courts a rancher's daughter (Mary Hart) during a range war.