1936 Movies

Austrian officer Leon Anton falls for Estera, the rabbi’s daughter, but is sent to the front and dies, leaving her pregnant; Estera abandons their new...

Most marvel at how close formation fliers go about their maneuvers, but what everyday drivers on the road are required to do are much the same in need...

Produced in interwar France, this short documentary presents images of French Indochina centered on plantation industry—particularly rubber production...

Ethnographic images of Karelian village life, fishing, and the Praasnieka.

We take a boat trip on Lake Päijänne.

An architectural survey featuring sweeping views of downtown Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, University of Chicago, and Lincoln Park Zoo.

This footage is a record of Katsumi Komatsu’s visit to urban and rural areas in Taiwan, specifically Taipei and Tainan, in April 1936 (Showa 11),cond...

This thinly veiled advertisement for Irish Sweepstake tickets was made for the US and UK market at a time when gambling was illegal in those territori...

The veritable story of a citizen of San Francisco who, after being destroyed in the 1857 stock market crash, believed himself to be the emperor of the...

How the Post Office's night mail train from London to Aberdeen collects and distributes mail en route.

A Chevrolet Film. Streamlines are not just beautiful, but also safer, cheaper and more comfortable.

Catapult-wielding democrats take on wader-wearing fascists in this ‘Plas Newydd’ drama filmed by the Marquis of Anglesey. A ‘Plas Newydd’ drama with...

A pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It is a report of the demonstration held in Valencia in 1936 in solidarity...

J.T. Baily will demonstrate how to repair a broken window. Broken windows are never very picturesque, and at this time of the year extra ventilation...

The greatest achievement of Ukrainian animation in the 1930s was the epic animated film "The Magic Ring", an independent director's work by Semen Huie...

A short animated film in which the Lone Ranger and Tonto fight against some cattle rustlers.

Documentary about skilled blacksmiths.

A silent film with dramatic footage of a battlefield under an artillery barrage.