Cinematic Era: 1938 Vintage

Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.

This lyrical film, from the Barnes Bothers, is a homage to the Kent countryside and the people who work on the land - with moody and dramatic photography and a hint of Soviet cinema

An only child, Renugío enjoys the ranch, but also the comforts and possessions he shares with his father. Fond of revelry, alcohol gives him a euphoria that translates into aggression. He's a tough guy who fights anyone who crosses him. In love with the niece of a wealthy landowner, Juan Manuel Castillo, who owns land neighboring his family's, Renugío must face the hatred of a foreman who, years before, robbed his father. Imprisoned for four years, the foreman, Eustaquio, nurtured the idea of ​​taking revenge on the one who denounced him. Upon his release, he goes to the ranch to fulfill his promise and separate the lovers. Meanwhile, the tough guy learns that he is actually Juan Manuel Castillo's son. In the end, Renugío and Eustaquio confront each other, but the avenger only manages to wound his victim, who, with various injuries, is comforted by the woman who loves him.

Luis Pardo is a bandit who robs travelers on the roads and has a talent for singing. He is the terror of the local landowners. After his raids cease, Pardo takes refuge in a cabin where he meets a peasant woman who treats him gently. Attracted to her, he swears to abandon his past life and turn away from crime. As a couple, they live a happy time and the beginning of the former bandit's rehabilitation. But it is too late, since shortly after discovering love, the prefect's troops kill Luis Pardo.

Children from the open-air school on Amsterdam's Cliostraat decorate their school with flags to mark Queen Wilhelmina's 40th anniversary of her reign. The Queen visits the Olympic Stadium in 1938 and is received by Mayor De Vlugt. From the collection of amateur filmmaker Piet Schendstok.

Queen Elizabeth and King George VI attend the funeral of the Countess of Strathmore. This British Pathé production features the weakest shot compositions, failing to capture many full shots of the procession or the gravesite; the camera seems to sway at various points, resulting in unattractive footage.

Seal hunters J. Prants, E. Aaslepp, V. Aaslepp and A. Aaslepp travel from Aksi Island to the Gulf of Finland on a fishing trip. Travel between ice floes, pulling the boat on the ice. Catching seal pups. Hunting seals on the ice. Dinner and rest on the boat.

The ethnic groups, ceremonies and industries of Malaya.

A film of the 1938 World Cup commissioned by the French Football Federation. There is some debate as to whether this is an offically sanctioned FIFA World Cup film or not.

The story follows the conflicts and romances on a farm in General Alvear, known as Pampa de la Varita. Amidst men on horseback, scrawny dogs, and chickens, confrontations, jealousy, threats, escapes, and romantic boat rides unfold, while popular celebrations with guitars, cueca dances, gatos, and malambos are showcased. The central narrative revolves around the main couple, played by Filo Fozatti and Silvia Pérez, whose love faces difficulties. Filmed outdoors, the movie utilizes natural light and real locations, highlighting places like the "Las Ninfas" lagoon.

The film shows the Victory Day parade dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia and the Defense League and preparations for it.

The story of three little kittens from shortly after the time they are born until they are old enough to "work" on the farm where they live.

Documentary short film with three segments: HORSEPLAY, in which several Hollywood stars watch Arabian horses performing tricks; ON ICE, showing the action of an ice hockey game; and A FOOT IS SHOD about footwear.

Taro sails away from home and fights a pack of lions who control an exotic island.

Portrays the actions of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon. Shows normal and stimulated stomach movements, such as hypermobility, inhibition and hunger contractions, and pictures such intestinal phenomena as segmentation and peristalsis.

Various shots of Adolf Hitler standing on a balcony with Benito Mussolini and King Vittorio-Emanuele (Victor Emmanuel) III and the Queen of Italy, watching a huge fascist parade moving along the streets of Rome. Male and female troops and groups march past; Hitler grins. A band of young men in uniform march along in a slow and low goosestep; Mussolini makes some kind of signal with his hands that commentator jokes means "If he doesn't do it right, chop his head off". Tanks move along past the Colosseum. Hitler and Mussolini go through a rather comical "After you Claude - No, after you Cecil" bit of business. It look like each is modestly acknowledging the roar of the crowds, while intimating that the glory belongs to the other.

A documentary about the Oxford Group, a propagandist spiritual-movement, for young men and women, with its origins in England. Their message was a cheery exposition of brotherhood and unselfishness of one-and-all lending a helping hand to their fellow man, which would make all lives brighter and easier. A Canadian cowboy joins up and goes to London with a group of young men, and his horse, to spread the Oxford Group's gospel throughout the Empire.

Students playing at École des beaux-arts de Québec

A group of students are bored while spending their summer days in Warsaw on the Vistula River. At the suggestion of a friend, they decide to go on a cheap tourist trip to Yugoslavia. Together with them, we explore the Adriatic coast, including: the islands of Šolta and Brač. On the way back they visit Makarska, Savina Monastery and Belgrade. The film was produced by the Polish Academic Union of International Rapprochement "Liga" - an inter-university association dealing with, among others, organizing trips and foreign exchanges. In 2022, it was reconstructed based on two copies brought in the 1970s from the archives in the GDR and the USSR.

A sailor is shipwrecked and wakes up on the Island of Madeira, where he meets the Queen of Bananas. But a giant spider warns him that she is an impostor. Furious, the Queen orders a tournament, where it is proven that the bananas from Madeira are the bravest... and most nutritious.

This period fantasy is a tale about a good general Angar who is corrupted by ambition. Echoing 'Macbeth', the loyal Angar is told by the witch Kuntala that his king shall die and that he shall be king instead. Angar then kills that king and seizes power. Departing from 'Macbeth', Angar's wife Mangala and his friend Tarang do not approve and they eventually join forces with the people against Angar.

Radical journalist Diwakar runs a printing press and edits a newspaper, much to the disapproval of his authoritarian middle-class father who believes that all respectable youths should get a job and settle down. Diwakar's scheming politician friend Vithalrao incites a strike and acquires the press and the paper with the help of Diwakar's father, causing Diwakar to leave home in disgust.

This film is directed by Vishram Bedekar, starring Damuanna Malvankar in the lead role.

A rich, idle, and gambling man must face the total loss of his fortune.

Eddie Lambert is an advice columnist and radio personality. People come to him with problems, and he offers solution. In the third of three 'Uncle Sol' movies, Lambert deal with four sets of problems which gives the opportunity for four performances: a ventriloquist, a tap-dancing sextet, a decent swing trio, and Beverly Sills singing "Il bacio" at the age of seven.

A story of the priest who risked and faced conviction rather than reveal something told to him in confession. This forms the main theme of the picture.

Wonderfully photographed promotional film of an Austin engine being installed into a yacht which then sails around the Cornish coast visiting villages from Rye to The Lizard. Some villages are visited by Austin motorcar.

A naughty pilgrim boy holds an Indian boy hostage causing a war to break out, Nicky Nome comes to save the day with a Chevrolet.

Ramon Estella's nationalistic pre-war drama

Gerald Thompson's record of the 1938 Oxford University Cayman Islands Expedition. The first natural history survey of all three islands (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) reports were written about the flora, fauna, geology and wetlands.

A story of the outcast dogs NYC's East Side. They live in the dog slums, and are trying to get some of the bones the fat bulldog has piled up in his yard, but the bulldog is too watchful. Along comes Clarence the lap dog, a snooty little aristocrat, who wants to pal with them. They give him a cold shoulder until he shows them the trick of getting the bones from the bulldog. In fact, he gets all the bones from the bulldog. Then the two outcasts recognize the fact that Clarence is a genius and a born leader an accept him as such.

Amateur footage of a trip to Tibet and Bhutan in 1938, including shots of the flora and fauna, Molo in what is now Arunachal Pradesh, the monastery at Sanga Choeling in Sikkim, and folk dancing in Kalimpong, West Bengal.

The emotional division of two women for the same man.

An evil knight kidnaps the princess so a peasant boy with the help of Nicky Nome must rescue her.

Compilation of newsreel items showing various people.

The first film in the Fantasmagoria series.

Popular science fiction film about the need to increase the number of donors in case "if there is war tomorrow." The process of blood transfusion is shown. Donation lecture.

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

A boy works hard to please his lord and gain advancement. Short film from 1938.

A silent short documentary produced by Dix-Film.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 4 February 1938.

Venice Film Festival 1939

Travelogue by Andre de la Varre from 1938 of towns and historic sites along the French Normandy coast. Cathedrals and religious ceremonies in towns along the River Seine, such as Fecamp, Rouen, Les Andelys, and Lisieux.

A tour of Hong Kong in the 1930s.

An overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used.

Winter market/entertainment of 1938 in Rovaniemen.