1936 Movies

Berlin in the Olympic summer 1936. A Nazi propaganda film and a portrait in colour of the early 20th century city.

The war drama The Horse Patrol is an adaptation of the play of the same name by writer and military doctor František Langer. It takes place in 1919 in Russia and depicts the conflict between members of the Czechoslovak legions and Soviet agitators who are tryi...

The Unbeatable Ohei helps a kappa whose head dish (“sara”) was stolen. Ohei defeats several bandits while the kappa reclaims its stolen dish.

The report shows places connected with the life of the writer Stefan Żeromski: the cemetery where his parents are buried, the ruins of his family estate. Views from the village of Leszczyny in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains are interspersed with panels featuring...

The film examines the redesign of various exhibits at the London Zoo. The film was produced for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Zoological Society of London, England.

This Traveltalk series entry highlights the architecture, monuments, and tourist sites of Quebec. We also hear some of the city's history and visit the nearby Plains of Abraham.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing overview of tea production – from the planting of tea seeds to the final shipping of the precious leaves acro...

Coverage of the effects of the floods in Constância.

A short film about frogs and a fish trying to eat them all.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 15 May 1936.

An insight and explanation of the Ovambo people of Angola and their smelting tradition. It highlights and examines an ongoing process that contains many examples of cultural ritual. The film is also of interest as it is a piece of work that has been carried ou...

Through recontextualized footage from decades of Mexican and American silent films and newsreels, the life story of Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa unfolds in a series of spectacular battle sequences.

President Svinhufvud and his wife in Lapland in 1935.

May Day parade and procession on the streets of Berlin, many Nazi flags on buildings and people in crowds. c. 1936, 16mm color.

Images of 1930s Stockholm.

Maya (Jamuna) is the poor cousin of rich socialite Shanta (Azoorie). Shanta is supposed to marry the equally rich Pratap (P. Sanyal),but he falls in love with Maya and fathers her child before going abroad. Shanta causes a seperation by intercepting Pratap's...

Demonstrations and strikes of June 1936 in the Paris region. A short documentary produced by the French section of the Workers' International.

Children playing cowboys and Indians around a log cabin. Mr Frank Marshall began making amateur films in 1932, always using 16mm. Paper archive held at Scottish Screen Archive.