1936 Movies

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...

May Day parade and procession on the streets of Berlin, many Nazi flags on buildings and people in crowds. c. 1936, 16mm color.

Meany, Miny and Moe, three monkeys, have their hearts set on a turkey dinner but the turkey thinks otherwise. While they are out hunting the turkey, t...

African Peasant Farms follows an unnamed African protagonist – ‘He is on his way to apply for a farm. He comes to a fly-post’ – and encourages the aud...

Dr. Incarnate, is the leader of a terrorist organization that uses scientific methods to turn people into beasts. He also creates giants six feet tall...

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

Corrupt trustees attempt to eliminate Lala Niranjanmal's heirs; the daughter is jailed while the son becomes a penniless wanderer. Released, the daugh...

Newsreel footage of transgender athlete Zdeněk Koubek, filmed during his trip to America, on August 12, 1936.

Sociological documentary presenting various aspects of a village in Northern Romania in the 1930s.

An extract from 'Mauretania and RMS Queen Mary'. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

Spanish propaganda documentary focusing on Madrid.

Children are playing on the playground in the park.

Made by 20th Century Fox as part of their "Adventures of the Newsreel Cameramen" series, this black & white film contains spectacular footage of early...

We learn of the beginnings of the English railways and how they were devised in the 1800s.

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an intriguing...

Made by the Polish Telegraphic Agency, this reportage shows the construction and operation of the modern cargo port in Gdynia and its facilities. It i...

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.

Defiance is in the air in this evocative newsreel footage of anti-fascist solidarity rallies, after the Battle of Cable Street.