1936 Movies

Coverage of the effects of the floods in Constância.

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri, Arnold Glatthard, Ludwig Gramminger and E. O. Stauffer.

Pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It appeals to the population to fight against Franco's Nationalist forces.

Chocolate bars launch on skis from the Suchard factory. When they land, the public applauds, grabs the bars, and eats the chocolate with distinct pleasure.

President Svinhufvud and his wife in Lapland in 1935.

The Reindeer Week held in Helsinki in February 1936 was an event. About thirty Lapland reindeer herders set up camp in the vicinity of the Kaisaniemi restaurant in Töölönlahti. The camp was headed by reindeer herder K. J. Holster from Ylitornio. There were 60...

How the Post Office's night mail train from London to Aberdeen collects and distributes mail en route.

Amateur newsreel showing the elections of February 1936, the last elections of the young and democratic Spanish Republic.

Children are playing on the playground in the park.

Animation film about a cartoon olympics. Japan wins.

A Vitaphone documentary short about machine testing of consumer products, balance and coordination, snow swimming, and Southern fashions.

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

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.

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...

An animated film concerning a monkey and wooden toys.

Driving safety film from the 1930's showing good and bad sides of a driver's mind.

A short documentary produced by the French section of the Workers' International.