Cinematic Era: 1939 Vintage

The archduke's grandfather wants to thwart the love between Princess Erzsébet and András Balogh, a young man of lower rank. He sends Erzsébet to Switzerland and András Balogh to Warsaw as an embassy secretary. However, Erzsébet follows András to Warsaw, where they both become embroiled in criminal complications when András has to return home with important diplomatic documents. Back home, it turns out that everything happened so that Erzsébet could soften the archduke's grandfather's heart and rescue András from the predicament he got himself into for Erzsébet's sake... The film is set in Warsaw, and the exterior shots were taken just before the outbreak of World War II, so the film still shows Warsaw intact.

Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle.

A short Finish documentary about winter fishing in Rymättylä.

An Italian film from 1939.

Norman McLaren's first film with a drawn soundtrack.

Pictures of the mining area, extraction, concentrator, workers' housing area and recreational opportunities.

A short film about Jewish life in Polish town located in the East was made a few months before World War II, that's destroyed its life forever.

The Leon Schlesinger production team present a series of amusing skits for presentation at their Christmas Party.

On his return from Paris, where he had co-founded the “musical artists” group, Charles Blanc-Gatti set up Colorfilm in Montreux (1938), where he produced three commissioned animated films, as well as a “free” work, Chromophony (1939). An animated advertising film for Bitter, Les Diablerets was inspired by Frédéric Rouge's drawings. The Devil causes an avalanche that engulfs Derborence, but under the rocks grow the plants used to make this aperitif.

Short film on the care of greyhounds, from birth to the big day on the track, being kept for racing.

Reportage showing views of old and new Jerusalem and the modern buildings of Tel-Aviv. It is one of two (along with 'Tel Aviv') reportages made in the late 1930s by Romuald Gantkowski in what was then Palestine.

The courage and steadfastness of Polish pilots was known throughout the world. Their dedication and great fortitude allowed them to fight for a better future for their country.

Cel-animated cartoon made by George Pal for Lever Brothers Rinso Soap Company loosely borrows from the English nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" where the Queen's Maid must "Stop her lazy tricks and get the washing done by 6."

This film presents isolated episodes of Ukrainian life, such as life under Polish occupation (pacification), the “underground“, the tragedy in Rotterdam, the uprising of Carpathian Ukraine, large national demonstrations, Polish terrorist acts in Carpathian Ukraine...

Reconstruction of the life of Eugenio Pacelli from the very first stages to the pontifical election of March 2, 1939. "From the famous smoke on the Vatican Palace, to the assumption of Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli to the supreme ecclesiastical dignity. Historical documentary of great interest".

The plot is based on the struggle of red partisan-fishermen for the establishment of Soviet order in Armenia.

A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each exercise is explained by intertitles prior to the footage. One of the women is a former ballerina in her 34th week of pregnancy - she is frequently singled out to demonstrate the poses and at the end of the film she does a small ballet performance.

The big-screen adaptation of Susanna De Guzman's novel of the same title.

‘Malay States’ provides a British pre-war perspective on life in the Malaysian archipelago. Sections include ‘Life in a Malay Village’, ‘On the Way to School’, ‘En route for Malacca’ (by train), ‘The Sea Front, Malacca’, ‘A Tamil Child’, ‘Burmese Women’, ‘The Fisherfolk of Malay’, ‘Kuala Lumpur’, ‘The Travellers Palm’, ‘The Harbour, Penang’ ‘A Mohammedan Mosque’ and ‘Sacred Turtles in the Ayer Itam Temple’.

An exposition, by means of diagrams and models, of the working principles of the compression ignition or oil engine.

Haji Saleh is going on a pilgrimage to the sacred mountain. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, Suti, stay behind in Tangerang. As the beauty of the village, Suti attracts a lot of young men. But Saari is the one who she is interested in. Yet, Saari faces competition from Usin. In the end, Saari emerges victorious. Later, it is revealed that the one who has been keeping Suti out of danger is none other than Pengkor, who is her own father Haji Saleh.

Mothers of Today features the first motion picture performance of radio star Esther Field, best known on the airwaves of the 1930s as the 'Yiddishe Mama.' The film exemplifies the Yiddish film genre of shund, a brand of popular entertainment which appealed to working-class Jewish-American immigrant audiences with broadly-drawn, sentimental stories that reflected the daily life and culture of a distinctively American Yiddish community. While the shund films were invariably low-budget (and low-brow) affairs, these humble productions formed an important part of life in the United States for their audience.

A thug who makes two children work for him is unmasked by a detective and a gang.

Cigarette advertisement by Hans Fischerkoesen.

A bunch of gags from many places, some of which are Bola-Mola Land.

Geoffrey Bell’s Shell Film Unit short (produced by Arthur Elton) turns the history and physics of power transmission—from lever and pulley to the toothed gear—into a crisp lesson, blending live action with Francis Rodker’s animated diagrams to show how gearing underpins modern industry. Often cited as a model of clear scientific exposition.

In the early 1920's, Man Ray, who had previously taught Constantin Brancusi how to handle a still camera, introduced him to the movie camera. These fifty minutes of film, shot between 1923 and 1939, representing the sum total of all the images ever filmed by Brancusi, have never been shown before.

Virgolino's girlfriend is kidnapped, so he goes after the criminal.

The story of "Malicious," one of the great race horses of the era, narrated by Joe Hernandez, the "voice of Santa Anita", that opens with the race at the Tanfaran track in northern California where "Malicious" broke the track record.

A play of colours, shapes and music: colourful dots, lines and surfaces move to the rhythm of the music. A short film by Hans Fischinger, the younger brother of experimental film pioneer Oskar Fischinger.

Footage shot by German troops and confiscated by Allied forces of an attack in Warsaw.

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

Little Bo Peep discovers that one of her sheep-students is missing when she counts noses at school. The missing lamb is wandering in the woods and is tricked by the big-bad-wolf into going to the wolf's favorite picnic grounds. Miss Bo Peep enlists the services of detective Krazy Kat, and he and his blood-hounds rescue the victim.

A two headed giant of indeterminate national origin is killed by a dog hired to do the job.

Shoe clerk Krazy gets beaned on the noggin, and the entire contents of his shoe shop comes to (musical) life! Features caricatures of Mae West, Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy - as shoes! The animated shoes sing, march and perform "The Peanut Vendor," but hell breaks loose when Krazy awakens. A bit of throwback to the very snappiest early 1930s cartoon musicals.

Norman McLaren made Scherzo early after his arrival in North America in 1939, but the film was subsequently lost. In 1984 the original materials were found and the hand-drawn images and sound were reconstituted. Picture and sound dance triple-quick in this animated version of a musical scherzo. A film without words.

The Vertigo of the Condors is the first film of a new stage in Peruvian cinematographic technique. New filming methods have been employed in accordance with American technique. A new style has been used in the argumentation, the interior rights also obey modern aesthetics in cinematography, all of which makes the Vertigo of the Condors the great national cinematic novelty.

David, an engineer hired to build an industrial facility, arrives at a traditional hacienda on the Peruvian coast. He travels with Ramón, a scatterbrained assistant. The hacienda belongs to the Herrera family. Among its residents are Doña Rosario, the founder's widow, and her daughter, Marta. The foreman is courting Marta. She is carefree and vain, which leads her to mock David's reserved and fastidious nature. But little by little, Marta finds herself drawn to him. The foreman frowns upon the romance, and his jealousy drives him to seek ways to discredit David.

In the Neumann shirt factory, the female workers cut, sew, and sing. A bell marks the end of the workday. Two workers go out into the street, where their partners await them. One of the couples is about to get married. The other spends her time arguing, as the enamored man has the irresistible tendency to look at the girls who walk by. The couple goes to see what will be their marital home. They tour it with excitement, making plans about the decoration and furniture for this or that room. Soon after, the couple, now married, gazes at their son asleep in the room they chose for him. On their fifth wedding anniversary, the couple invites their old friends to dinner. At the gathering, the husband feels unwell. They are suffering from headaches caused by a hereditary tumor. Enrique, the husband, is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. His wife and son are with him. The medical prognosis is discouraging

No further information survives about this comedy starring a character typical of costumbrista comedies: "a streetwise fellow with all the trappings of a true Creole, who manages to get a house, food, and a wife," according to the advertising description. Derteano's third film, after *Cosas de la vida* and *Corazón de criollo*, *Padre a la fuerza* featured inexperienced actors or supporting performers, such as Miguel Márquez, who were promoted to leading roles. The film performed poorly commercially, which negatively impacted the fate of the production company Cosmos and director Derteano. No copy of the film survives.

Biography of Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586-1617), Santa Rosa de Lima. Saint Rose of Lima was born as a personal project of investor Andrés A. Chocano. To produce this pious biography of the saint from Lima, Chocano established the company Condor Films in partnership with businessman Melchor Lozano. Until then, Chocano had only attempted to film the adaptation of some of Ricardo Patina's Peruvian Traditions, for which he formed the film company Pachacamac Film, which was liquidated when the project failed.

A spectacular, colourful and truly one-of-a-kind record of the Galilee in the 1930s. Director Fred Dunkel set out to film the Upper Galilee’s local landscapes and its new Jewish residents, and ended up making a film that captured, among other things, the ancient sites of Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, the streams of Ain Mallaha (aka Eynan), the city of Safed, Rosh Pina, the Mahanayim, colony, Kibbutz Ein Gev, and Lehavot Bridge. Woven in with the documentary footage are also several fictional scenes: a horse show, Arabic lessons with tutor, Yehoshua Habushi, members of Kibbutz Amir dancing by the local tower, and a glimpse of the then-two-year-old Al-Nabi Yusha’ police station.