1939 Movies

Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings

Short film.

A paunchy, monocled English character, Major Doolittle, and his valet, Jarvis, go hunting in Africa, where they try to trap a lion by dressing the ser...

This 1939 black and white classroom film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in collaboration with H.C. Raven of the American Museum of Natural...

Men in Danger is a documentary about health and safety in industry, covering occupational diseases and potential accidents. It also covers the effects...

Unemployed Anna leaves her son Olavi to be raised by Antti, a shoemaker. When the shoemaker dies, Olavi is sent to an orphanage, from which he runs aw...

A bunch of gags from many places, some of which are Bola-Mola Land.

A 1939 Mythological Bengali Drama film directed by Hari Bhanja.

Fashions for active sport and evening wear.

A homeless dog comes to a sign offering a home at a farm for a watchdog. He just settles into the doghouse straight from the road. Adorable white bunn...

Melodrama about lineage and property questions. Nikhilesh (Barua) loves heiress Indira (Jamuna). A poor orphan girl, Radha (Menaka Devi),arrives clai...

Three shepherds are turned into princes by the Forest Fairy and they go live to their lively castle.

At the start of 1939 an exodus of nearly 500,000 Spanish Republicans, soldiers and civilians together, fleeing Franco's troops crossed the border to F...

David, an engineer hired to build an industrial facility, arrives at a traditional hacienda on the Peruvian coast. He travels with Ramón, a scatterbra...

When Dr. Müller is delayed and postpones his own wedding his furious bride Inge leaves him and goes to see her aunt, picking up smart Fred on the way...

“The rolling hills and wide valleys of the Chilterns are given centre stage in this travelogue aimed at boosting tourism … The Chilterns are a range o...

Commissioned by The Committee On International Economic Policy and The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace to help stem the isolationist tide w...

It takes the form of a travelogue aboard a train that hits some California spots, including Death Valley and Pike's Peak.

A narrative story of the planting of field windbreaks and shelterbelts in the prairie states, where farmers cooperate with the United States Forest Se...