1933 Movies

January 1st.

The antics of Sally, a pet chimpanzee, in the English countryside.

We should never forget our manners no matter how much we may excel in martial arts. Learn lessons from Yoshichiro's failure.

A Walter Lantz Pooch the Pup cartoon released July 3, 1933.

“Subtitled ‘A Comedy of the Depression,’ the two-reel film begins with the hero, Mr. Motorboat (played by Leonard “Motorboat” Stirrup, a professional tapdancer),waking up at dawn in an auto junkyard… The scene is much in the mode of Chaplin, though the whole...

It contains: images of the patriotic celebration of February 20, 1933, on the occasion of the border conflict with Colombia.

A look at the war between Colombia and Peru from the battlefield. A conflict that lasted from September 1, 1932 until the peace treaty of June 1, 1933.

'Couple fall in love as seasons change through year.' (British Film Catalogue)

On a trip to the Dutch Indies, a Dutch steamer calls at the harbour of Colombo. Shortly before the arrival of the ship at Batavia, a Chinese steward throws some packages out of a porthole. The packages are fished up by smugglers and taken to a lonely spot on t...

In 1950, an astronomer discovers that a comet is going to destroy Earth. He warns the world, but nobody believes him. His engineer friend is building a spaceship, and they go on a space mission with the engineer's bride to save Earth.

Abstract animation in color.

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

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

Documentary about the Midget Village exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair.

At the end of World War I, legionnaire Sergeant Stanisław hides from captivity at the home of his fiancée Wanda's father. He fights fiercely to defend the honor of his beloved against a band of Austrian marauders, but is forced to flee. Together with his frien...

In 1925, during the occupation of Haiti, a U.S. Marine Corps sergeant was stationed in charge of the small island of La Gonave. He befriended the natives and was so popular that they named him King Faustin I and installed him as their ruler. He ruled the islan...

Highlights include China's Pearl River, Temple of 500 Buddhas and Siam's palaces.

A silent documentary about the Long Beach earthquake of March 10, 1933, which had a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughout Southern California. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach on the Newport-Inglewood Fault. For...