1931 Movies

Buster Bear puts on a show.

In a large European city the newspaper sellers are setting the latest news. "A Mysterious Theft" and "Buddha's Statue Missing" are some of the headlin...

Amateur colour film of Java taken by E. Wilhelmina Ness showing Batavia (now Jakarta),Mount Papandayan, Kawah Kamojang and Borobodur temple.

Cops on horses trying to keep order in town.

A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released February 9, 1931.

On October 8, 1573, the Relief of Alkmaar took place. Alkmaar was one of the first Dutch cities to successfully withstand the Spanish siege. Alkmaar s...

A menagerie of animals in Western gear converges at the Red Gulch Cafe for an old-fashioned hoedown. The performers include a goofy barbershop quartet...

Silent film about elephants in India.

The introductory title states: ‘The Eastern Bengal Railways respectfully dedicates this film to the people of Bengal whom it has served for 80 years c...

Scrappy tries to rescue his dog, Yippy from a mean dog catcher.

Shoreline images: first small breakers and the swirls they leave, then water running up the shore on a sandy beech, then water hitting pebbles and roc...

Simon the Monk(ey) terrorizes a weird-looking dog, which plays the part of his slave - takes any order from the “master” and gets beaten from time to...

A camera conception of New York, the city of inconceivable contrasts.

Avant-gardist portrait of a street in Amsterdam where a street organist arrives.

Young Scrappy tries to impress a girl by smoking a cigar made out of cabbage, but he only succeeds in accidentally swallowing the cigar and setting he...

This film, recovered in 2022, captures the first visit of Paraguayan schoolchildren from the Artigas School in Asunción to Uruguay in December 1930.

It contains: the Prince of Wales's stay; football matches; the embarkation of Commander Jiménez's troops to the south.