All Films - Short Movie Database

Draegerman Courage

1937 • 58 min • United States of America

After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.

Texas Trail

1937 • 58 min • United States of America

The U.S. Army needs more horses for the Spanish-American War. Hoppy must turn his Bar 20 cowhands into Rough Riders to gather up the horses, and of course bad guys try to sabotage the operation.

Karayuki-san

1937 • 59 min

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)

The Gap

1937 • 38 min • United Kingdom

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

Lawless Land

1937 • 60 min • United States of America

Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. When Jeff becomes friendly with Letty, Clay sends his man Ortega to kill him. Jeff foils the attempt and gets him to confess that Clay was the killer. With only old-timers Lafe and Bill to help, Jeff heads after Clay and his gang.

Lost Ranch

1937 • 56 min • United States of America

Cattlemen's Protective Association agent Tom Wade and his partner Happy are assigned to look into the disappearance of rancher John Carroll, who has been abducted by Carson, who wants to use his out-of-the-way ranch as a base for his smuggling operations. Complications arise as Carrol's daughter, Rita, looking for him, has an unfriendly run-in with Wade, then later is herself kidnapped by Carson.

Fishy Tales

1937 • 11 min • United States of America

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Born Reckless

1937 • 59 min • United States of America

Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion race-car driver, Bob Kane, joins with his friends Lee and "Dad" Martin in a fight for the street rights of a big city.

Borrowing Trouble

1937 • 59 min • United States of America

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

Deep South

1937 • 20 min • United States of America

1937 short film nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Short Subject, Two Reel.

Range Defenders

1937 • 56 min • United States of America

Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.

Woodland Café

1937 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs of all kinds convene on a jazz club for an evening of fun.

Melody on Parade

1936 • 5 min • United States of America

A sing-along short with Irving Kaufman singing, Lew White at the organ, lyrics displayed for the viewing audience, and film clips illustrating the songs. "I Love a Parade" includes a montage of military marchers; "Baby Parade" is music and montage without Kaufman's singing although lyrics are superimposed on the screen images of children passing by. Then, it's on to "Presidents on Parade," featuring Washington, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, Coolidge, and FDR. Kaufman adds narration to bridge each piece.

We Drivers

1936 • 10 min • United States of America

Driving safety film from the 1930's showing good and bad sides of a driver's mind.

RMS Queen Mary Leaves the Clyde

1936 • 2 min

An extract from 'Mauretania and RMS Queen Mary'. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Spinning Levers

1936 • 9 min • United States of America

An educational documentary short, commissioned by the Chevrolet Motor Company, explaining a manual car transmission works.

Roentgenfilm I

1936 • 10 min

This silent b&w film has intertitles in gothic script (in German). The film features cineradiography of x-rays of eating, drinking and digestion. Solid food is consumed sideways on with a good view of the mouth, then the thorax as food and drink pass down to the stomach. Finally stools are seen forming and dropping through the intestines to the colon.

Viseu: A Cidade-Jardim da Beira Interior

1936 • 4 min • Portugal

A rare visual archive of Viseu's public life during the 30s.

Apito Gherkins

1936 • 1 min • Netherlands

Looks at the Zoo

1936 • 9 min • Netherlands

As the start credits indicate, the film is a tentative edit of shots from 1936. After showing a car ride across the dunes and the fierce waves of the sea, this unfinished film shows the pleasure at the beach on a sunny day. On the seashore, young and old enjoy the sun, sand and sea. In a quick succession of images with sometimes surprising camera angles and movements, the film shows the seaside fun. At some moments, the filmmaker makes links by using evocative cuts. For example, recumbent seaside visitors are linked with basking pigs and a dangerously swirling sea displays a skull.

The Conquest of Carrascal de Chimillas (Huesca Front)

1936 • 13 min • Spain

A pro-Republican documentary propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War. It shows the advances of the "Roja y Negra" column in Carrascal de Chimillas between October 4-8, 1936

Una Noche de Posada

1936 • 10 min • Mexico

Friends get together for a traditional Mexican posada. Animated short film by Mexico's first animation studio: Producciones AVA.

Japanese People are Here

1936 • 4 min • Japan

An animated “documentary” that retells the story of a 1934 hostage crisis that occurred in China.

McLaren Homemovie

1936 • 2 min

Amateur footage, probably filmed by Norman McLaren, of a group of his friends on a visit to his parents' home in Stirling.