Cinematic Era: 1930 Vintage

A film directed by Charles Barnett.

A tour of famed Brooklyn amusement park Coney Island, focusing on the brightly-lit rides and attractions and the people who flock to the park during the summer. A Fox Movietone featurette.

A feature length movie made by Allmänna valmansförbundet (today known as Moderaterna) for the Swedish elections. Illustrates how a young peasant whose father and forefathers strived hard for their farm.

A short silent film about famous conservationist Grey Owl (born Archibald Belaney) and his wife, Angele Egwuna, who had a special talent for interacting with beavers. Note: The beavers in the film may be Grey Owl's pets, Jellyroll and Rawhide.

A Walter Lantz's Oswald cartoon where he's looking for gold but soon becomes a gag fest with a singing waiter who ends his verses with someone "who cannot leave his mother", a piano player who keeps chugging beer, and Oswald and his peg-leg buddy (probably Peg-Leg Pete who eventually became Mickey's nemesis) saying in unison "Pop Goes the Weasel" with the rabbit getting the better of this buddy after he keeps hitting him.

An early Fleischer Screen Song, this time the bouncing ball follows Guy Massey's "The Prisoner's Song"

French educational film about gas protection for the military. Using a gas mask, behavior in a gas shelter, military equipment and ground disinfection.

Animated election film for the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) ahead of the 1930 federal election.

Compilation of Max Skladanowsky's films, magic lanterns, and flip books.

Announcement of the birth of a second daughter (Margaret Rose) to the Duke and Duchess of York.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

A commercial promoting Schicht's margarine Vitello. Uncle Bobby walks out of the Vitello factory and heads into the countryside. A cow does not let him milk her and a hen refuses to give him eggs. Uncle Bobby goes for help to a magic king who lives in a forest in a mushroom-shaped cottage. The king turns Uncle Bobby into a charming commercial doll of the Schicht company. Uncle Bobby in his new guise easily milks the cow and gets eggs from the hen. He then returns to the factory with the milk and the eggs. It turns out that the story was being watched by the dolls from the theatre auditorium. Now, the curtain on the stage is pulled back and Uncle Bobby is in front of it and enjoys the applause of the audience. The commercial for the Czechoslovak-based Schicht company (Jiří Schicht a. s.) was filmed abroad.

A newsreel film about a Japanese fair

A Terrytoons cartoon released 10 August 1930.

An introduction regarding the history of man in Africa precedes the beginning of Dr. Cadle's Denver African Expedition at Cape Town, South Africa. There are visits to Zulu warriors, Bushmen, diamond mines, coconut groves, and Victoria Falls.

Child entertainers perform several song and dance numbers in this musical short.

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

This Screen Song version of Paul Dresser's ballad is given a very soapy interpretation by a basso and then a barbershop group.

Marionette parody of Tom Mix.

A work of abstract animation

A drama film directed by Arthur Varney.

Early MGM sound short featuring vaudeville acts Frances White, The Ponce Sisters, The Reynold Sisters, Joseph Regan, and Jack Pepper.

Mars is a 1930 short animated film. It is one of many short films in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series.

Bimbo sings a funny take-off of "Gay Caballero" and the comedy construction is adequate to the situation.

A film stroll through the parish of São Mamede de Infesta, in the county of Matosinhos: panoramic views and detailed presentation of its streets, population, local traditions and monuments. Incomplete, 35 mm, black and white, no sound.

The setting is a posh party at some mansion. Mr. Saunders wants time with his girlfriend so he can propose to her, but her bratty younger sister is always getting in the way. When a bond salesman arrives, Saunders convinces him to woo the sister. If he agrees and keeps her away, Saunders promises to buy a fortune in bonds.

Pianist (Ung Na) is married to the beautiful (Jeong-suk Kim). His wife is a vain, self-indulgent woman who plays with other men.

Tommy goes out to the world and travels in a rocket. The rocket explodes on the way and Tommy falls into some water. A fish throws him to the shore where he finds a mermaid and falls in love with her. They sail away and marry. Lost Cartoon

A murdered policeman's son tracks down the murderer in Peru.

Oswald is a wise-cracking waiter. One diner tells the rabbit he can eat a horse, so Oswald actually gives him his dinner.... a live horse.

This film tells the story of Gonthramm, a young knight who sought in vain for the Holy Grail and, on the way back to join his bride, Galeswithe, is met by Queen Banschi in the nightmarish realm of the Sylphs. Brum do Canto based the story on Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle's Les Elfes.

German film

A husband goes to a convention, where he gets entangled with a lady bandit, who passes herself off as his wife.

The rich and grasping peasant Enya likes the beautiful Tsveta. He is engaged to her with the consent of his elder brother Ivan and his wife Ana. Stanka is a sick, hunchbacked girl, but her father is the richest man in the village. Stanka is secretly in love with Enya. Enyu is obsessed with thoughts about the earth.

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

In this one, someone is wooing the title character who is seen sleeping in bed with her bare feet showing on screen in near close-up. When she gets up, we see her putting on her long blonde wig and false teeth, both of which constantly fall off when she's walking to the balcony!

It is about the love of a decent and poor Norrland boy for the daughter of a large Sturian farmer. The boy Lorns, who has all kinds of dreams about trolls, when he grows up receives a larger sum as a gift and deposits it in the Post Savings Bank and continues to save. Later he loses his money, but saves again. The lost money will be recovered. Lorns is reunited with his beloved.

Drama by Romano Mengon

A short skit on the Irish legend of Cuchulain and Deirdre.

'Adventures of Boy Scout patrol.' (British Film Catalogue)

A historical film about the 1930 Revolution, directed by João Baptista Groff.

Short documentary on the Basque Country, its dances and its theatre.

Short newsreel on why personal thrift feeds the Depression.

A British Instructional Films documentary set in Takoradi, in now modern Ghana.

The first year of Terrytoons were cartoons all based around food titles – Swiss Cheese taking place in Switzerland, Hawaiian Pineapple is set in Hawaii – Hungarian Goulash combines the Hungarian Rhapsody with gypsy antics. Throw in some mice and a mechanical horse and you have a Terrytoon.

Documentary movie about the ancient Solor (or Salyr) carpet making tribe in Turkmenistan. Presumably lost.

Sergo and his wife Maro do not spare their care for Alyosha, who was taken out of an orphanage. The family's peace is disturbed by the arrival of an old friend, Sandro. As it turns out, Alyosha was the son of Maro and Sandro. Whether he finds out or not, Sergo leaves home and takes Alyosha with him. Maro is acutely aware of his guilt. At a gathering of the pioneer squad, Alyosha tells the children about his family drama. The pioneers reconcile Alyosha's parents.

Lost film. The military oriented comedy tells about a simple farm boy Joosep Toots, his life in military service, his attempts to win back the affection of a young woman Teele and his rivalry with a dandy cavalry officer. The events of the film have been spiced by plenty of humour and numerous documentary scenes introducing Estonian defence forces.

The Seri Indians of Mexico live in harmony with nature. Far from civilization, their days are punctuated by daily tasks such as preparing meals, the promise of marriage, armadillo hunting, childbirth, the death of a parent, ritual dances and also games of chance, much appreciated by adults. At the beginning of the 20th century, young people, attracted by the easy life of the cities, deserted their villages. As a result, ancestral customs, transmitted by oral tradition, disappeared with the death of the old chiefs.

Film by Wolfgang Neff

This is the German-language version of 1930's "Those Who Dance", shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a German-speaking cast.

'Spurred on by his girlfriend, Bingo the dog decides to enter for a £500 challenge boxing match with prizefighter Samson.' (British Film Institute)

The Glasgow Orpheus Choir sings 'Londonderry Air' and 'Loch Lomond'.

Carlos Gardel performing Rosas de Otoño, vals composed by Guillermo Barbieri and written by José Rial.

A country boy goes to São Paulo to enlist and leaves two girls in the countryside: one very simple and nice, who liked him, and another very pretty, who he liked.