Cinematic Era: 1934 Vintage

The first Swedish animated short film with sound.

Slovak folklore presents its beauty not only in celebratory customs and children’s games. The short documentary proves that Plicka perceived poetry also in the everyday work of the people, in their determination and their diligence with which they were able to create a legacy for the next generation in a unique connection with traditions and Slovak nature.

Valentine is going crazy. She entrusts her daughter to her cousin Beatrice, who accepts the child because she knows that her husband is the father. Once cured, Valentine comes to collect her child but simulates a new fit of madness when she understands that her daughter does not know her.

Azerbaijan in the 1930s. The difficult path to emancipation of Azerbaijani women, oppressed for centuries, who rebelled against the remnants of feudal customs, fanaticism, and fought for the right to be free citizens of their homeland.

When a samurai witnesses a dancing maiden being kidnapped by ruffians, he rescues the poor damsel and takes her to the spring flower dance.

A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released March 9, 1934.

In the 1890's, Krazy runs a sleazy dive in the Bowery where Kitty sings and dances for a mostly drunken, low class clientèle. as the beer flows and the piano tinkles, a big, tough guy comes in and starts trouble, but everyone pelts him with fists, furniture and beer mugs until he's vanquished.

Directed by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.

The mobilisation of the army changes the life of a young man. He becomes a figure on a chess board of war. A piece of shrapnel blinds him and his cries of "I cannot see" become a refrain symbolising the horrors of war."

Willy is a Boy Scout who recounts his good deeds to the scoutmaster.

Screen titles introduce the film as a modern artist's impressions of what goes on in the mind while listening to music. Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" accompanies images of common objects and abstract forms photographed in soft focus and through prisms: rings, pyramids, the staff of musical notes, and floating lights are all seen in multiple images, sometimes as if through a kaleidoscope, other times as if in animation. Images appear and patterns move across the screen. Sparklers celebrate at the film's end.

A Ruth Etting musical short - The songs "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "I Cried For You", "I Wanna Be Loved" and "Green Eyes".

A brat leads Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on a merry chase at the fairgrounds. Slapdash, violent laugh riot sparked by a round of parental abuse. Not to be confused with KOUNTY FAIR, an Oswald from a few years earlier. With Bill Nolan animation and a pretty score by James Dietrich.

Director: A. Narayanan

Follows Carlos (Jorge Rodríguez), a young bohemian in love with Margarita (Ernestina Canino). However, their efforts to be together are endangered when her father catches them together without permission. Unable to be with her at the moment, Carlos embarks on a trip on a sailboat and ends up in the mysterious island of Mu, where he meets Alura (Raquel Canino). Will he remain with his newfound native love, or will he return to his longlost Margarita? Romance Tropical was one of the first Puerto Rican films with sound. The whereabouts of the original reels of the film were unknown, until they were found at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2017.

A canadian cameo production with Grey Owl produced by special arrangement with the national parks of canada.

Venezuelan film directed by Augusto González Vidal.

Botselingen (Collisions) is one of three surviving short films from the Fllmtechnische Leergang (Film Technical Course). Like Sonate by Emiel van Moerkerken and Diepte by Frans Dupont, the film provides valuable insight into the ideas and ambitions behind the FTL.

Oopie is to give a violin concert, but doesn't want to play. Scrappy gives him a stick of chewing gum, which calms him. However, the gum gets on the two of them.

A millionaire poses as a school master to win a colonel's daughter.

A German-language version of the Czech film "Life Is a Dog", shot at the same time with a German-speaking cast by the same director.

Freddie Rich and His Orchestra perform popular songs and accompany guest performers

In a nightclub setting, Don Redman and His Orchestra perform three songs, and one number is performed by singers/tap dancers 'Red' and Struggie. (For the list of songs, check the soundtrack listing).

A 1934 documentary by Henri Storck.

Parts of Verdi's Rigoletto performed by the Berlin Philharmonic.

Partha Kumar is a 1934 Indian Marathi drama film.

Mary Walter’s first sound film.

Two detectives are plagued by the practical joke-pulling president of a novelty toy company.

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

For "Palmin vegetable shortening, with a reconstruction in riotous colour of how it’s extracted on a tropical island in the ocean." - Berlinale 2018

The funeral of assassinated Yugoslavian king.

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 October 1934.

A clown saves a beautiful circus performer from a lion and wins her heart.

Two island lovers--both of opposing religions--fall in love and flee to a remote island. Warriors from the girl's tribe put to sea in an effort to track them down. Trouble soon follows.

A concise museum short that traces the evolution of the steam locomotive, using the Science Museum (London)’s model railway collection to chart design leaps from early pioneers to mainline express engines.

2nd Cartoon in the Rainbow Parade Series by Van Beuren.

A silent amateur 9.5mm reversal film presented without intertitles. Preserved by Fondazione Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia, Bologna, the film documents a short cruise aboard the ocean liner Rex, departing Genoa on 17 April 1934 and arriving in Naples the following morning. Organised by Genoa’s Company Recreation Club, the voyage served as a preparatory run before the Rex’s transatlantic crossings. The footage includes scenes of the ship and its passengers, with Ludovico Maria Chierici and his son Enrico alternating use of the 9.5mm camera. As Paolo Simoni notes in the 2025 Pordenone Silent Film Festival catalogue, the Rex—a symbol of Fascist Italy and maritime ambition—was later immortalised in Fellini’s Amarcord, despite never having sailed the Adriatic.

Scrappy and company are putting on a show in the barn. All they need is a good theme song for the balcony scene, which Scrappy writes. Unfortunately, while everyone else remembers the music, he keeps forgetting his part.

Scrappy tries to enter his dog in a dog show.

The funeral of Sergei Mironovich Kirov, Bolshevik revolutionary, whose assassination was used by Stalin as a reason for starting the Moscow trials and the Great Purge. Scenes of the Red Army, mourning banners and portraits, and streets filled with the bereaved, alongside Kirov's urn procession to the mausoleum.

Revue featuring music hall personalities. Lost film.

Kalle Andersson, born in 1907, grows up in poor conditions in Malmö. He has difficulty finding a job, but eventually gets a position through SAP and works his way up. He turns down a directorship, wanting to be loyal to the Labour Party.

The visit of Ouest Eclair newspaper.

A Jayavani Film Company production

Sati Sulochana is based on the character Sulochana from the Ramayana. She is the wife of Indrajit and the daughter-in-law of Ravana, the demon-king in Ramayana.