Cinematic Era: 1933 Vintage

Un unusual short film, "The World's Greatest Thrills," collects the celebrated newsreels picturing violent death. It is a grisly and shocking symposium.

A Walter Lantz Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released May 22, 1933.

Duke Ellington and his orchestra play two jazz compositions plus 'Stormy Weather' (sung by Ivy Anderson).

A children's film about the participation of workers' children in the revolutionary struggle at the beginning of the century.

The film revolves around a humorous domestic conversation about meal planning and food preparation, highlighting the struggles of a homemaker trying to please her family. It transitions into a detailed description of the Kroger Food Foundation, which conducts scientific tests on food products to ensure quality and value.

Boubouroche, a decent guy, enjoys shopping and playing cards at the cafe with his buddies: Potasse, that he is quick to "scold" for playing the wrong card, Fouettard and Roth. For eight years, Boubouroche has been living with a woman he adores called Adele. Then one day over drinks, Boubouroche is shocked and dismayed to find out he is cuckolded... And has been for quite a while!

A document of the 1932 national hunger march on Washington produced by the Workers Film and Photo League.

Lola Brio has a large number of professions. She is partly a revue primadonna and gramophone singer, but the nameplate on her door also reads "Lessons in French and Grace", which of the film's act to judge apparently means that she is partly a luxury prostitute and partly takes care of country girls to give them some posture of polish.

This film is about the risk of tuberculosis and the importance of disease prevention; produced by the Home Ministry Public Health Division Health and Medical Bureau.

Fleischer Studios giving "I Like Mountain Music" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

A portrayal of life aboard the cargo vessel M/S "Pedro Christophersen" of Stockholm during the Stockholm-Buenos Aires trade route.

Musical short showcasing Jarrett and Nearing

Oriental fantasy derived from classic Parsee theatre. The heir to the Yemeni throne, Prince Parviz, is falsely imprisoned by his stepmother who claims power. Parviz receives a magic dagger from a mystic sufi fakir to liberate himself and his people. The dagger makes him invisible. He kills the Apeman and the genii, rescues the captive Princess Parizad and, finally, overwhelms the soldiers sent to recapture him. The king learns the truth and repents.

Probably by Alberto Santana.

To Ireland by Midlands and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. Shots of Renfrew airport where the plane is pulled out from the hangar and passengers board. Aerial shots of Arran and views of Belfast, Galway, Westport, Sligo and Derry. The return journey is by sea in the "Lairdsmoor".

Following in the footsteps of Captain John Noel and his immensely popular documentaries taken on the Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920s ("Climbing Mount Everest"/"The Epic of Everest"), Frank Smythe hoped to help finance his 1931 attempt on Kamet, another Himalayan peak, by bringing back film footage of a successful ascent including summit shots which were at that time the highest ever taken in the world.

The Inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4th 1933.

David Rubinoff (popularly known as Rubinoff and His Violin) and his Orchestra with vocalist Jean Sargent perform in this rare 1933 Vitaphone short. A young Benny Goodman (sans glasses) is seen playing in the reed section.

A Secrets of Nature short.

Tom Terriss (billed as 'The Vagabond Adventurer') is on the search for the perfect woman. This global quest has found him and his friend in Marrakesh, Morocco. Just before taking their search to Spain, Tom decides to slip away from his side kick. He soon stumbles upon an alluring and exotic beauty who turns out to be a vampire.

Poetic feature about the last Dutch horse-drawn barge making a journey through the landscape of Holland with its mills and canals. A man is leading the horse along the tow-path. On the aft deck of the vessel is the skipper, two women in traditional dress and a man chewing tobacco. In the fo'c's'le is a young woman staring wistfully into the distance. On the roof of the cabin, a man is playing accordion. The woman at the stern talk together and sometimes they point at the sad girl. In one version of the film there is a glimpse of the young woman walking arm-in-arm with a young man while being spied upon by another woman. While the people on board are occasionally shown in close up, the landscape glides past te spectator at the gentle pace of a tow-boat.

The engineer Ragge has taken shipowner Gustafsson's daughter Anna-Greta on a sail cruise and they stay on an island overnight. When the shipowner finds out, Ragge gets sacked from the shipyard where he works.

At St. Anthony's is a 1933 Czechoslovak film operetta directed by Svatopluk Innemann. The Moravian country comedy, also known as At St. Anthony's, tells the story of a hunt for grooms and is based on the popular operetta of the same name by the Špilar–Mírovský duo.

Dave Apollon go Russian for this musical short.

A brief history of the development of cinema, primarily focusing on French contributions to the art form.

The first-ever Croatian colour film, shot and developed by Maksimilijan Paspa, the founder of Kinoklub Zagreb.

The youthful loves of a young seminarian Jocelyn and the young and gentle aristocrat Laurence, refugees in the mountains to escape the revolutionaries. Jocelyn's ordination will sacrifice her love to the bishop's wish.

One of the short little films featuring Don Aspiazu of his own orchestra, a good example of the style of Cubano jazz in the 1920's and 1930's, combined with some sporadic, picturesque images of contemporary Cuba.

They show clips of Mayor Robert van Wyck and the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight and point out how unimportant they were in the 1930s. They also show a cutdown of a comedy starring Kate Price with an annoying voice over commentary provided by Leo Donnelly.

Charley falls in love with Betty on a camping trip.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 25 August 1933.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 January 1933. Paul Terry and Frank Mozer take on the story of Robin Hood with singing and sword battles. Fanny Zilch is held in tower and sends a note to Robin Hood to rescue her.

A Columbia Krazy Kat cartoon released September 29, 1933.

Krazy Kat is a young Russian worker assigned to "blow up the Palace". Filled with authentic-sounding Russian folk melodies.

A Van Beuren "Aesop Fable" cartoon featuring Cubby Bear.

This was not a "Cubby Bear" cartoon. In the cartoon, the lead character is a sheep named Blackie. While this sheep does bear a slight resemblance to Cubby, it has horns and cloven hoofs for hands... but Blackie runs away from home and gets caught and put in a chain gang....

Pooch the Pup is putting up billposters in preparation of the appearance of "Poodles"

Shot between the two world wars, the film depicts scenes from everyday life in Macedonia, including Hamzi Pasha's quarters in the Skopje village of Bardovci, the Monastery of St. Archangel Michael in the Prilep settlement of Varosh, and the Monastery of St. Naum of Ohrid on the shores of Lake Ohrid.

Film by Reiber.

A picture-story showman is reading a story about a troublemaking tanuki on the street to children. A starving tanuki with nowhere to go plots to steal offerings from Mangokuzan Temple, which has a lot of offerings. The raccoon sneaks into the temple. While he is eating bean-paste buns, a child bonze comes. So, the tanuki turns himself into a statue of Buddha. A shortened and revised version of The "Enchanted Kettle". According to The History of Japanese Animation written by Katsunori Yamaguchi and Yasushi Watanabe, the picture-story scene at the beginning of the film and the scene of the raccoon dog dancing at the end were added in this version.

'Mrs Feather's concern for her husband's influenza prevents him geeting the sleep he needs.' (British Film Institute)

This is the sole surviving motion picture of Unique Film (Shanghai), one of China's three major film companies in the 1930s. The young lovers in rural China are framed by their evil landlord. The man is sent to prison; the woman is forced to get married. She tries to seek revenge but is killed. When the man is released from prison, he joins the People's Volunteer Army but is killed in battle. The film was significant in its time. Runje Shaw had imported advanced American audio film equipment and technology in 1931, making this one of the first sound films in China. As one of Unique's few ‘progress' films, it also reflects that this ‘entertainment-only', apolitical film company, under the left-wing influences in society, also needed to make films with topics such as the war effort and that criticise the bourgeoisie. Struggle is a joint effort among the best of talents in front of and behind the camera, and is also the only surviving work of director Qiu Qixiang.

Skiers enjoy a variety of slopes. Paper film, celuloid source unknown.

Images of fountains in Rome

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Film directed by John R. Rymill showing team members with their dog sledges during the 'East Greenland Expedition 1932-33'.

Propaganda film about Polish diaspora and their settlement in Paraná, Brazil.

In this light-hearted experiment, Professor Moholy-Nagy demonstrates differences in sound produced by arbitrary manipulation of the soundtrack. The optical soundtrack has been re-photographed to appear on the screen as the corresponding sound is heard.

On the occasion of an auction organized for a charity party, a penniless man buys a kiss for a hundred thousand francs.

Fleischer Studios giving "Aloha Oe" the 'Screen Song' bouncing ball treatment.

To the accompaniment of pipe organ, Edwin C. Hill narrates the story of one of America's most successful woman composers, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, who is seen in silent film footage. Mrs. Bond is shown, at age 71, playing with her two dogs, walking with friends and practicing the piano at home. Her songs, which were phenomenally popular in the early 20th century, are sung off screen by 34-year-old radio baritone Ralph Kirbery, known in the early 1930s as "The Dream Singer." The songs are "A Perfect Day" (1910), "Just a Wearyin' for You" (1901) and "I Love You Truly" (1906).