1915 Matches Found
Short film about a flower seller who dreams about a fashion show. A young girl is selling flowers for a department store. The store’s windows show the latest fashions. As she begins to daydream, the mannequins come to life, and show off various garments. They invite the girl to come with them. Her dream is disturbed by a porter who shakes her awake. The film ends with a shot of the saleswoman in a stylish outfit.
Agitfilm. The film is lost.
Mystery short by William J Burns
One of the William J. Burns Detective Agency “documentary” shorts.
Detailed explanation of various Ainu people of Northern Japan words and customs.
An advertising short.
Silent film about elephants in India.
Siege of the South is a 1931 Australian documentary film by Frank Hurley. It featured Douglas Mawson. It was based on footage taken on the BANZ Expedition to Antarctica in 1930–31. The film debuted in Brisbane in 1931.
Film by Finí Veracochea, based on the tale Ayarí by Ramón David León.
Amateur colour film of Java taken by E. Wilhelmina Ness showing Batavia (now Jakarta), Mount Papandayan, Kawah Kamojang and Borobodur temple.
Tracing the course of the river Dart, from its source on Dartmoor to Dartmouth. Made in 1931 by the pupils and teachers of Altrincham County High School, written and directed by their schoolmaster Ronald Gow.
A newsreel that documented widespread hunger and protests against government policy.
It's a burlesque of a melodrama in which all the parts are taken by birds. There's lots to be offended by, given that it's a talking comedy, with lots of stereotyped voices, and so forth, and it's not too long before you get tired of the gimmick.
The public rushes around the Minister to visit, as at the zoo, a Guinean village reconstituted in a park of Lisbon: daily activities, Muslim prayer, women with bare breasts. The camera pins faces, attitudes, busts. Then accompanies a dance to the sound of marimbas and drums. To conclude this exotic visit, kings of the tribe are decorated by a general, under the bust of the Republic.
A tragic love story between a shoemaker's daughter and the son of a steel plant director.
A young Indonesian intellectual falls in love with a woman. Although she loves him, she is told to marry an older man, one who has gone on the hajj. Ultimately they are able to be together.
This film is an extra from Indonesia Malaise. Ida Schilling is a radio singer. She sings keroncong and stambul songs.
This documentary film describes the journey of Queen Olanda and King Hertog in the city of Den Hagg.
This entry in the series criss-crosses America to find various curiosities. Among them are a church in Nebraska made of bales of hay; a duck with four legs that lives with its owner in Flint, Michigan; a 128-year-old former slave who lives in Holly Springs, Mississippi, with her 100-year-old daughter; and, in a cemetery in Mayfield, Kentucky, a family plot wherein the deceased members are memorialized with life-size statues, including the patriarch's horse and other family pets. Vitaphone No. 1304.
Ripley shows an aged Japanese statesman, a strange fish with legs, the 'Rubaiyat' in a finger ring, how a house of cards is torn up, and a giant typewriter in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vitaphone No. 1294.
This short ethnographic film is the first part of the series Through the Agricultural World intended to promote village life and the work of the peasants to the townspeople. Plicka chooses stylistically significant and aesthetically impressive shots of sowing grain, Easter celebrations, and children playing in the meadow.
Avant-gardist portrait of a street in Amsterdam where a street organist arrives.
Scrappy tries to rescue his dog, Yippy from a mean dog catcher.
In a large European city the newspaper sellers are setting the latest news. "A Mysterious Theft" and "Buddha's Statue Missing" are some of the headlines. The news is also broadcast on the radio and spreads fast. A masked man enters a lawyer's office. He picks the lock in the desk with a skeleton key and takes out an envelope with the note: "Lord Herbert's Last Will and Testament. To be opened on September 1, 1930 in the presence of my daughter Mary." The layer walks nervously in front of the burgled desk. He brings out a revolver and points it in his head. At this very moment the detective Chante Coq, a Lord Herbert's friend, enters the room. He undertakes to find both thief and the will. The wealthy heiress travels from France to East on the Orient Express. The international criminal carrying the envelope with inheritance papers is also in the train. After series of adventures the will is retrieved.
A three-reel collection of 16 mm home movies shot mostly in 1929, with a short section from January 1931, photographed and edited by inventor and entrepreneur Clarence Birdseye. Largely composed of 'actualities' of his family, Birdseye's formerly private films nonetheless demonstrate enterprising use of experimental photographic techniques, including double exposure and slow motion; as well as playful, hand-drawn/written title cards.
A boy dog walks down the train tracks singing "I Ain't Got Nobody," with a train coming. He looks at a photo of his girlfriend, and she razzes him. He lies down on the tracks, but the train bypasses the section of tracks that he's lying on! He jumps off a cliff, but a tree saves him. The ball bounces... we see him on the sidewalk, crying, and singing to passersby.
Several variety show acts perform in front of the camera.
The pearling schooners of a trading firm are being robbed by a mysterious pirate. The son of the owner of the firm (James Alexander) goes to the South Pacific island of Avita to investigate and uncover the pirate's identity, vindicating a man who has been unjustly accused. He also has a romance.
The Mighty Conqueror. This ten-minute film was produced by Neville Macken with some involvement from pioneer female filmmaker Paulette McDonagh completed in 1931.
A documentary short by Theodor Luts.
Directed by Jordano Pidutti.
A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released April 20, 1931.
Within the context of America’s Depression, the Women’s Bureau of the US Department of Labor produced a unique film, Behind the Scenes in the Machine Age. The movie emphasized the seriousness of economic crisis, but promised that by eliminating “waste”, America could return to solid ground. The concept of “waste” allowed the Bureau to link scientific management to a broader message preaching workplace safety, endorsing government expertise and economic planning, and underlining women’s role in modern industrial production. The organization tailored its philosophy of scientific management to a popular audience, while highlighting woman-centered aspects of economic life.
The Forgotten Frontier (1931) is a documentary film about the Frontier Nursing Service, nurses on horseback, who traveled the back roads of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.
A series of blackout gags organized around a lumber camp.
Premiere March 23.
It contains: the Prince of Wales's stay; football matches; the embarkation of Commander Jiménez's troops to the south.
Premiere in March 8.
Film reconstructed in the same places where prisoners were tortured. F. Oliva.
January 16.
A film that recreates the life and training of the armed forces during maneuvers... The Peruvian cadet is a quick glimpse into the life of a soldier in the barracks, at camp, and during training. The camera has aptly captured truly interesting scenes that demonstrate the effectiveness of the military instruction offered to our cadets. There are moments when the photographs are sharp and interesting, with perspectives that encompass the entire panorama of the cadets' activities.
History of headgear told through cartoons and animated sequences by Joe Noble.
A report on the Fallas festival of 1931, featuring views of Valencia (Spain) with some of the most characteristic monuments of the city.
The introductory title states: ‘The Eastern Bengal Railways respectfully dedicates this film to the people of Bengal whom it has served for 80 years carrying men, women and children far and near for their business, pleasure or religion as the case required’. The film then takes the viewer on a journey through Bengal. Beginning with the famous sights of Calcutta, we leave by train from Sealdah Main Station first for the Darjeeling hills dominated by the superb Kanchenjunga, and then to some of the major temples of north Bengal.
A commercial promoting the washing powder Radion. Its title character is a racoon using the washing powder to wash dirty laundry for the big bears. The Slovak distribution title of the film originates from its surviving copy. The commercial for the Czechoslovak-based Schicht company (Jiří Schicht a. s.) was filmed abroad.
A cattle thief tries to deceive a wealthy landowner by buying his cattle. Arriving at the farm, he falls in love with the colonel's daughter and is willing to marry her. Having sold the herd, the farmer goes to the bank to deposit the money, but the cashier refuses to accept it because the money is fake.
A miller and his son clumsily attempt to transport a donkey.
In a bustling city environment marked by crowded streets and cramped living conditions, children find joy and freedom through summer camp activities, sports, and community events, culminating in a festive celebration in Leipzig.
Horror short.
The U.S. Air Patrol is fighting alien-smuggling along the USA-Mexico border, and U.S. Army Air Corps buddies Jerry Doyle and Andy Conroy are among the pilots on this assignment. One of them is shot down by the smuggling-gang, and the other goes after the gang with vengeance.
The Capture of gangster Fred Burke.
Indian horror movie from 1931.
Scenes of thronging street life and market trading along Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey Street and Southwark Park Road.
Produced as part of the "Yellow Cruise", the film documents the daily life of the sedentary Moïs people in Buôn Ma Thuôt, in the Darlac region. The Moïs live by fishing and hunting, and on feast days, the men dance to a special drink.