All Films

Academia Brasileira

1937 • 13 min • Brazil

Skeleton In The Closet

1937 • 3 min • United States of America

Skeleton In The Closet by Nat Gonella & His Georgians (1937) edited with clips from Pennies from Heaven (1936) and two DVD extras from Monsters Crash the Pajama Party (1965).

Steine geben Brot

1937 • 16 min • Germany

Propaganda short film about the construction of the German Autobahn.

British Union of Fascists March

1937 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Led by Oswald Mosley, Britain’s Fascists march through south London.

Wedding in Pirot

1937 • 4 min • Yugoslavia

Wedding in Pirot, 1937. Najdan Mladenovic from Pirot and Desanka Cicanovic from Leskovac got married in Pirot on 21st November 1937. Groom was the son of a distinguished merchant, founder and constructor of the factory Tigar and hydroelectric power plant Temac, Dimitrije Mladenovic – Mita Gaga. Bride and groom leave for the wedding, general merriment and folk dancing after the wedding, breaking of bread for happiness of bride and groom, leaving for lunch, bride and groom with their families and cousins.

The Nervous System

1937 • 10 min

An educational film about the nervous system produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film production company in the 20th century owned by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.

Iron Column

1937 • 18 min

Anarchist militia column raised in Valencia (Las Salesas) in 1936; it was particularly feared by a variety of communists and reactionaries and none too well-liked by the CNT leadership because of its ideological staunchness and commitment to social revolution and libertarian communism.

How to Start the Day

1937 • 10 min • United States of America

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.

Guernika

1937 • 23 min • Spain

Documentary about the orphan children of Guernica after the infamous carpet bombing by the Luftwaffe of 1937.

Venezuela, little Venice

1937 • 53 min • Venezuela

Marquis de Wavrin embarked on a journey down the Orinoco River to reach his birth, yet to be discovered.

Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

1937 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Dufaycolor record of King George VI's coronation procession. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The Taking of Teruel

1937 • 7 min

A documentary made by Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War about the battle for Madrid in the Winter of 1937-38.

Kensal House

1937 • 11 min

Welcome to Kensal House, a visionary gas-powered community in north-west London. Financiers the Gas, Light and Coke Company had decided to give over some of their land to the building of "working-class flats" for those living in inadequate private housing. This promotional film shows new residents extolling the virtues of the flats' ingenious design, communal amenities and vivid community life.

Aude, belle inconnue

1937 • 17 min • France

A documentary on Aude and the river that also bears its name.

Everything for a Scrambled Pancake!

1937 • 5 min

"Všechno pro trhanec animates a recipe with anthropomorphic ingredients. Gasparcolor, introduced to the Dodals by experimental animator Oskar Fischinger, is briefly on display. Though Gasparcolor added a new dimension to IRE-Film’s already vibrant animation, the complicated—and expensive—color process brought with it a host of challenges. Because the process required repeated exposures, the workflow had to be altered to allow three color records to be made for each frame. It is easy to see why color was often reserved for a film’s final shot." — Kirk McDowell

Jordan in Lviv

1937 • 2 min

Part of the film Lviv Speaks (1958) edited by Bohdan Soluk. The traditional Jordanian blessing of water takes place on Rynok Square near the well opposite Terletsky's pharmacy with the participation of UGCC Bishop Ivan Buchko, surrounded by members of the Lviv chapter and clergy. Among many others, the film shows the famous Ukrainian statesman Kost Levytskyi (in 1918 he was the Prime Minister of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic), Volodymyr Tselevych, a lawyer, ambassador to the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic of the II, IV, and V cadences, a member of the Ukrainian National Democratic Union (UNDO), and Stepan Bilyak, a lawyer and secretary of the Ukrainian National Council (1918-1919).

Lovesick

1937 • 8 min • United States of America

Oswald's dog Dixie Mutt flirts with snooty Fifi Poodle, but he's ignored. He offers a bone, but gets the brush-off with hilarious consequences.

Glimpses of Java and Ceylon

1937 • 9 min

A visit to the island of Java when it was part of the Dutch East Indies, and Sri Lanka when it was still called Ceylon.

Orchids

1937 • 2 min • Brazil

Short documentary about orchids.

Don't Bite Here

1937 • 9 min • Soviet Union

At a forest skating rink, a wolf persistently looks after a hare and is about to take her home.

One Man Justice

1937 • 59 min • United States of America

Larry Clarke rides into the town of Mesa, Arizona, from Texas, where he has just sold his ranch. Several people call him "Ted Crockett",who supposedly has been dead for five years, and a bartender advises him to say he is Crockett, as he can aid the law abiding citizens that way. Both Red Grindy, leader of the town's badmen, and Sheriff Ben Adams are fooled by Larry's resemblence to Crockett, as is Crockett's young widow, Mary, until Larry convinces her his isn't. He finds that all of the Crockett cowhands, with the exception of Neal King, are systematically rustling Mary's cattle. Larry takes charge, sends to Texas for his riders and then brings to an end the reign of terror Grindy and his men have over the territory. Creased in the head by a gunshot, Larry is freed of his amnesia and turns out to actually be Ted Crockett.

L'Arabie interdite

1937 • 50 min • France, Yemen

Documentary made in Yemen (and first film ever shot in this country) under the leadership of archaeologist Jules Barthou. During the adventure of this film, René Clément will serve four days in prison for having concealed a camera under his clothes, then will be captured by rebels and threatened with being shot. The majority of the negatives will be seized by the guards of Imam Yahia, and it is with the remaining rushes that Clément will edit what becomes The Forbidden Arabia, a film entrusted to the Musée de l’Homme in 1965 where it is forgotten until that ethnologist Claudie Fayein unearths it and has it restored.

La vie d'Émile Lazo

1937 • 15 min • Canada

A parodic story inspired by The Life of Émile Zola (William Dieterle) and transposed in the city of Quebec in the 1930s about a painter who flirts with abstraction and tries to make a living.

Teremok

1937 • 7 min • Soviet Union

The animation film tells of the friendship of several animals. All of them gathered in the "tower" - the house that sheltered them and heated them. Friendly economy is constantly replenished with new participants, attracted by the amenities of housing. But can a house accommodate everyone? Among the inhabitants of the forest are very large animals, whose desires may not coincide with the possibilities.