1936 Movies

Toothless gears (actuated by magnetism); a photoelectric sorter, for beans; the manufacture of lamps. Well photographed and adequately narrated, this...

British documentary.

The film examines the redesign of various exhibits at the London Zoo. The film was produced for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Zoological...

Austrian officer Leon Anton falls for Estera, the rabbi’s daughter, but is sent to the front and dies, leaving her pregnant; Estera abandons their new...

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is running a children's revue at his theater. A bull pup is anxious for his time on stage and sabotages the earlier acts.

A pro-Republican propaganda documentary made during the Spanish Civil War. It is a report of the demonstration held in Valencia in 1936 in solidarity...

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...

A silent short documentary directed by Hans Ammann.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 10 January 1936.

Animated puppet film advertising Horlick's malted milk.

Henkel ad by Pinschewer.

Through recontextualized footage from decades of Mexican and American silent films and newsreels, the life story of Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho...

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

Good little girls get good little toys in this nudie short.

Directed by Anthony Gross.

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

An American woman lands in jail while visiting Germany.

The burning of the Hong Lian Sie temple triggers a big fight between the Kuen Luen Pai clan and Oen Kung Pa clan. The temple is filled with secret wea...