1936 Movies

Through recontextualized footage from decades of Mexican and American silent films and newsreels, the life story of Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho...

A man feels so much guilt over being infected by venereal disease that he conjures up a personal trial over his own behaviour.

Images of the 1936 carnival, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, especially the Corso on Avenida Rio Branco, the day of the ranches, and the parade of c...

A short documentary produced by the French section of the Workers' International.

Oswald the Rabbit and his little brother catch the Slumberland Express and it carries the assorted animals to childhood's dream of paradise - an amuse...

A silent short documentary directed by Hans Ammann.

Partly animated film about fotography.

This silent b&w film has intertitles in gothic script (in German). The film features cineradiography of x-rays of eating, drinking and digestion. Soli...

In mid-1936 a sound engineer visited the Pemberton region of south-west Western Australia to make a film that focused more on the atmosphere of the fo...

Animated film about fire extinguishers.

Short film promoting sparkling wine.

A housewife is shown how using Quick Elastic starch can make her ironing chores easier and her clothes come out cleaner.

This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little more than a minute has the Asian monkeys battling o...

Wilhelm Emter demonstrates individual muscles and muscle groups of the shoulder region, chest region, torso and abdominal region and the arm in practi...

An American woman lands in jail while visiting Germany.

Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is running a children's revue at his theater. A bull pup is anxious for his time on stage and sabotages the earlier acts.

This Nazi propaganda film attempts to justify and extols the "benefits" of euthanasia.

An ethnographic film about tar burning.