1930s Movies

Spanish Civil War, May, 1938. Four villages in Castellón, Benassal, Albocàsser, Ares del Maestrat and Vilar de Canes, were bombed from...

The first documentary of Frank Thring’s Cities of the Empire series, this episode is about Melbourne in Victoria. It shows the city’s...

In 1931, a ragtag group of goofballs must face Contessa Dracula, a seductive sapphic pseudo-fascist who lives on a magical submarine.

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those who in the 1930s determined the pulse of the...

Ashamed of being gay, Touko draws erotic pictures of muscular men to release his sexual tension. Through his art he becomes an international gay...

A look into the life of American actor James Stewart, whose inspiring tale of valor, purpose and faith will win over everyone.

Inada plays Betty Yoshida, a singer and dancer from America who arrives in Japan to go on tour, only to be swindled by scheming managers. Penniless...

Chapter 8 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between...

A teacher in a remote village gets hindered by zealot members of the community who still believe in old superstitions.

Launch of a competition, organized by the newspaper O Século, entitled Statues of Portugal.

A Swedish short film taking us inside Värmdö church for the Christmas holiday.

Nazism in a Swedish industrial community in the 1930s.

A silent documentary about the Long Beach earthquake of March 10, 1933, which had a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings...

When an innocent man is captured by a mad scientist, he is used as a tragic experiment being transformed into a hideous monster and released into the...

A short film written by Michelle Crane and directed by Francis Castelli Preston, 1972. This true story explores the secrets we keep within and why....

In the mid 1930s, a mobster breaks out of jail, causing his boss to hire one of his hitmen, so the escaped convict doesn't rat them out. Until...