1938 Movies

This astonishing colour film features many of China's cultural treasures including Beijing's Forbidden City and Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Ming Tombs, the Marco Polo Bridge, the Great Wall and the palaces of Chengde as well as footage of Seoul.

Radical journalist Diwakar runs a printing press and edits a newspaper, much to the disapproval of his authoritarian middle-class father who believes that all respectable youths should get a job and settle down. Diwakar's scheming politician friend Vithalrao i...

All the news from 1938 that was fit to print including a New England hurricane, Germany’s annexation of Austria, a promise from Roosevelt to defend Canada and the Munich Pact.

A lot of chopping up wood to set fires to the fields.

Queen Elizabeth and King George VI attend the funeral of the Countess of Strathmore. This British Pathé production features the weakest shot compositions, failing to capture many full shots of the procession or the gravesite; the camera seems to sway at vario...

Wonderfully photographed promotional film of an Austin engine being installed into a yacht which then sails around the Cornish coast visiting villages from Rye to The Lizard. Some villages are visited by Austin motorcar.

To encourage voters to approve a bond issue, the city commissioner of schools talks about some of the typical problems that students face.

Study on Dactylaria brochopaga's predacious strategy

Shows how a young fox is captured with a snare and then tamed on a farm.

A historical document of September 18, 1938, capturing the 40th anniversary of the Textile Workers' Union of Belgium in Ghent. Through an impressive parade of floats, speeches by prominent socialist leaders at the Circus Building, and a powerful mass pageant,...

The commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the independence of the Netherlands (November 17, 1813) by the National Youth Union (NJV) in The Hague.

As well as recording local events, Anthony C. Wilson, a preparatory schoolmaster, scripted and produced a number of short films featuring his pupils. These thrilling stories would inspire his later work, scripting radio plays for the BBC’s ‘Children’s Hour’, a...

Prague, summer of 1938: The armies of the Little Entente (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia) come together to demonstrate their defense readiness.

Sport Thrills: Snow Foolin' Short

A promotional film made by the GPO showing how, despite exceptional weather conditions, the mail still gets through.

The story of two young people who want to get engaged, but something always keeps happening to them and the ceremony is constantly put off. All this takes place through a series of humorous incidents.

An evil knight kidnaps the princess so a peasant boy with the help of Nicky Nome must rescue her.