All Films

Viseu

1930 • 42 min • Portugal

Film on the city of Viseu and its several touristic spots: churches, monuments, forts, 15th and 16th century houses, palaces, hotels, ancient and modern streets and avenues, parks and bridges.

Up And Down New York

1930 • 14 min

Silent footage of New York. Aerial shots of the city, bridges, the statue of liberty, as well as street level shots of such places as the Stock Exchange and so on.

Film experiences in relief (1930s)

1930 • 4 min • Spain

In the early 1930s, Teófilo Mingueza carried out experiences of cinema in relief. To do this, he set up a 35mm camera, filming in a single frame, vertically, the vision of both eyes, which, using glasses with mirrors and prisms, achieved the desired sensation. In 1935 he patented this system.(Filmoteca vasca).

Lambs Will Gamble

1930 • 7 min

In a metaphor-laden look at Wall street, mobs of bulls compete with bears, worrying over stock tickers and fighting over bags of coins. Lambs come in and get fleeced by wolves.Things look bleak for investor Krazy, until he follows the often heard depression era advice to spend his money rather than keep it locked up, and his eagle-backed coins start reproducing, and before you know it, there's tons of money and Krazy gets a parade for his efforts.

Hindu Magic

1930 • 3 min • United States of America

Snap and his dog encounter a Hindu charmer, his pungi, and a shapeshifting cat.

A Quaint Little Railway

1930 • 4 min • United Kingdom

This short, silent film captures one of Britain's minor little railways: the Leek and Manifold Light Railway on the Staffordshire Moorlands. The railway opened in 1907, linking the villages of Waterhouses and Hulme End, and was built mainly for agricultural traffic, with a passenger service being a secondary consideration. Its route went through beautiful countryside in Staffordshire, and it is unfortunate that the intertitles state it as being shot in Derbyshire.

A Walk To The City of Theophilo Ottoni

1930 • 34 min • Brazil

The film seeks to present the advances and daily life of the town of Theophilo Otonni, Minas Gerais.

Niemeijer's Star Tabacco

1930 • 3 min • Netherlands

Short Dutch animation film.

Saint's Daughter

1930 • 57 min • Soviet Union

The story of Hakima, who becomes pregnant after being raped by the imam Abdu-Nabi. When, years later, the 'holy man' turns his gaze to his biological daughter Oinasa, Hakima attempts to protect her.

Fist of a Cripple

1930 • 25 min

About the sufferings of the disabled, in a tone of intense social criticism.

Krakatau

1930 • 43 min • Indonesia, Netherlands

Images of volcanic eruptions

Volendam

1930 • 7 min • Netherlands

The film shows the locals walking through the village in "Volendammer klederdracht" traditional dress and posing for the camera. Halfway through the film, several people dressed in modern clothing also pose amidst the Volendammers. The images suggest that this is an amateur film shot during a visit. At the end of the film, three Volendammers sail away along a canal on a small boat.

Holiday of young people

1930 • 8 min

Documentary on the history of Ukrainian Plast.

The Truth Will Out

1930 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

Bird Islands of Peru

1930 • 19 min • Peru

Filmed during the Brooklyn Museum's Peruvian Littoral Expedition, 1919-1920. Robert Cushman Murphy, who was then a curator of the Department of Natural Science at the Brooklyn Museum, led this expedition and narrates the film. The expedition went to study the guano-producing birds on several Peruvian islands, including the islands of Santa Rosa. Some of the footage in this film was purchased from the National Guano Administration of Peru.

Johnnie's Welcome Home

1930 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Incredible scenes as an estimated one million people descend on the airport at Croydon to witness the return of pioneering pilot Amy Johnson from Australia.

Christmas Dinner Goes to Market

1930 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Christmas is coming and the Norfolk turkey's getting fat...

Workers' Topical News No. 1

1930 • 5 min • United Kingdom

"UNEMPLOYMENT DAY: MARCH 6th 1930." "Contingents of marchers arriving at Tower Hill." A long column of marchers carrying banners moves through great crowds (89); CS of a girl selling the 'Daily Worker' (99). "the Workers' International Relief food kitchen." Men and women eating sandwiches and drinking tea dispensed from the back of a lorry (190): a further shot of the assembled crowds (213). "A London docker speaks". A shot of his audience (223). "A women's contingent." A group of women hold up a banner which reads 'Thousands of children die of starvation in Britain - we demand bread (235); a speaker talks to the crowd (259). The demonstrators proceed to the Mansion House. The procession moves on (305).

Through Samarkand

1930 • 10 min • Soviet Union

About the life and culture of Samarkand, one of the oldest cities in Central Asia.

Puddle Pranks

1930 • 7 min • United States of America

Flip pulls up at his girlfriend's house in a cricket-drawn carriage. They play the harmonica and they ride along until they are attacked by a pelican. The cricket is eaten, but Flip and his girl escape. They then go swimming in a nearby swimming hole. The pelican spots them and tries again to eat them, but is swallowed by a giant fish when he dives in the water.

More Bad News for the Thirsty

1930 • 1 min • United States of America

Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.

Jumping Beans

1930 • 5 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon from the dawn of sound cartoons with a lot of well-timed gags, even if they average more Western than Mexican. There is also a single gag referring to Mexican jumping beans.

Bully Beef

1930 • 6 min • United States of America

The story, such as it is, concerns a cat and mouse going off to War -- looking a lot like World War One, down to the artillery and tanks. It looks inspired, in a completely uninspired way, by WHAT PRICE GLORY.

My Ski Trip

1930 • 9 min • Japan

Animated short features bunnies and tanuki having wacky hijinks while going skiing.