1936 Movies

A short animated film in which the Lone Ranger and Tonto fight against some cattle rustlers.

Some champion exhibits from the National Cat Club Show and the Combined Bird and Aquaria Show, described by W. Cox-Ife, F. Hopkins, and L.C. Mandeville.

Produced in interwar France, this short documentary presents images of French Indochina centered on plantation industry—particularly rubber production—reflecting the era’s imperial nonfiction filmmaking aimed at metropolitan audiences.

Ethnographic images of Karelian village life, fishing, and the Praasnieka.

We take a boat trip on Lake Päijänne.

An architectural survey featuring sweeping views of downtown Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory, University of Chicago, and Lincoln Park Zoo.

This footage is a record of Katsumi Komatsu’s visit to urban and rural areas in Taiwan, specifically Taipei and Tainan, in April 1936 (Showa 11),conducted as a preliminary survey for the comprehensive research project by the Attic Museum. The footage is silen...

This thinly veiled advertisement for Irish Sweepstake tickets was made for the US and UK market at a time when gambling was illegal in those territories. It opens with a whistle-stop tour of Dublin locations before showing massive Sweepstake operations – which...

The veritable story of a citizen of San Francisco who, after being destroyed in the 1857 stock market crash, believed himself to be the emperor of the United States. When he died, 10,000 people attended the funeral.

Most marvel at how close formation fliers go about their maneuvers, but what everyday drivers on the road are required to do are much the same in needing to know where other vehicles on the road within close proximity are. But while a precision flyer knows wha...

A Chevrolet Film. Streamlines are not just beautiful, but also safer, cheaper and more comfortable.

A man feels so much guilt over being infected by venereal disease that he conjures up a personal trial over his own behaviour.

A sing-along short with Irving Kaufman singing, Lew White at the organ, lyrics displayed for the viewing audience, and film clips illustrating the songs. "I Love a Parade" includes a montage of military marchers; "Baby Parade" is music and montage without Kauf...

This silent b&w film has intertitles in gothic script (in German). The film features cineradiography of x-rays of eating, drinking and digestion. Solid food is consumed sideways on with a good view of the mouth, then the thorax as food and drink pass down to t...

J.T. Baily will demonstrate how to repair a broken window. Broken windows are never very picturesque, and at this time of the year extra ventilation is not at all welcome. After this demonstration, however, every viewer should be able to look forward to windo...

Toothless gears (actuated by magnetism); a photoelectric sorter, for beans; the manufacture of lamps. Well photographed and adequately narrated, this holds interest all through. Especially absorbing is the last section.

Mish Mish Effendi and his friend Fayoumi spend their time doing nothing in an alley in Bulaq, one of the poorer sections of Cairo. Pretty girl Su'ad wants to send a letter to her boyfriend Abu Ali asking him to come visit her. The letter ends up in Mish Mish a...