All Films

Propagate

1935 • 4 min • Japan

A short experimental animated film featuring flowers and patterns.

Ghost Town: The Story of Fort Lee

1935 • 17 min

Documentarian and film historian, Theodore Buff, captures the present day abandoned ruins of Fort Lee, New Jersey - also known as "the original Hollywood."

Hancock-Pacific Galapagos Expedition: The Empress of the Galapagos

1935 • 3 min

The film depicts life on Charles Island in the Galapagos, where members of the expedition encountered an assortment of German colonists while conducting their research. The film was often shown by expedition head, Allan Hancock, with his lectures.

Birth of a newspaper

1935 • 10 min • Soviet Union

In the film we see the production of newsprint, the brisk activity of journalists and the production of newspapers in a printing house.

Inauguración monumento a Simón Bolívar

1935 • 1 min • Ecuador

Ingratiation of Simón Bolívar

Hou Zee!

1935 • 18 min

First propaganda film by the NSB, the Dutch National Socialist Movement. Narrated by leader Anton Mussert, the film strives to display the failure of democratic system and states that a country can only blossom under a strong leader.

Vamos Passear?

1935 • 5 min • Brazil

Jubilee Day 6th May 1935

1935 • 17 min

Mixture of amateur and newsreel footage of George V's silver jubilee. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The Secret of the Sphinx

1935 • 2 min • Netherlands

Short Dutch animation film.

The Power of Sincerity

1935 • 23 min • South Korea

Early Korean short.

Limited Express Chushingura, parts 1 and 2

1935 • 7 min • Japan

The film is a comedic retelling of the real-life events of the 47 Ronin. The film combines Edo period setting with modern devices such as cameras, motorcycles, and cars.

Flander's Tales: Stormy Night

1935 • 2 min • Japan

A boat is headed to the town of Ostend when it gets caught in a storm.

Tranquil Study, Op. 92

1935 • 5 min • United States of America

Metal, glass, gel filters, electrical and lighting elements, and a frosted-glass screen in a wood cabinet, 5 mins, 15s.

Animal Olympics - Parts 1 and 2

1935 • 7 min • Japan

Animals partake in various Olympic sporting events. The film features everything from an opening ceremony to an announcer, commentating the events.

Norakuro - The Hot Air Balloon

1935 • 2 min • Japan

A dog named Norakuro accidentally strands his friend on a hot air balloon and tries different ways to save him.  Based on the manga character by Suihō Tagawa.

Kodiak Island

1935 • 13 min

The wild flowers and landscape of the Aleutian Islands taken from the vessel SS "Starr" on its voyage from Kodiak Island, Alaska. The lighthouse keeper's wife lands at Scotch Cap on Unimak Island.

A Vida de uma Aldeia Bororo

1935 • 8 min

Aspects of the life of the Bororo Indians of the Kejara village. Fire-making, crafts, weaving, hunting, fishing and sunset in the village.

A Cheerful Concert

1935 • 4 min

"As Prague’s sole animation studio, IRE-Film depended on international models for inspiration; the influences of Disney and the Fleischers are plainly seen in Veselý koncert (A Cheerful Concert), which promotes Telefunken radios while a loose-limbed cartoon orchestra struggles to play amid the wildlife of the summer outdoors." — Kirk McDowell

Land of Promise

1935 • 58 min

This is one of Palestine's earliest sound films and part of a larger campaign to encourage settlement and investment in "the Jewish homeland." Land of Promise emphasizes secular accomplishments and portrays Zionist settlers with considerable cinematographic and editorial skill. Punctuated by evocative close-ups, this part-documentary, part-travelogue, part-message film shows Palestine as a land of opportunity, the place for fulfilling an ancient dream. Preserved by and made available in cooperation with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.

Hatanosuke and the Haunted House

1935 • 2 min • Japan

Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles ghosts and monsters in a haunted house.

Dzimtene sauc

1935 • 52 min • Latvia

The film depicts, with a certain patriotic tone, a traditional-style wedding party of Dravnieku Velta and Varkaļu Jānis.

A Study of Negro Artists

1935 • 36 min

This film shows several important visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance at work.

Le cinéma au service de l'histoire

1935 • 54 min • France

Germaine Dulac shot a film in 1935 that she entitled “Le Cinéma au service de l’histoire” – a panoramic perspective on the history of Europe between 1895 and 1930 and an exhilarating archival montage

Super Speed

1935 • 53 min • United States of America

A scientist invents a "superspeed" device that makes people fight for its ownership.