1930s Movies

Raising angora rabbits for wool; new marine navigation and safety technology; kitchen gadgets; developing new rose varieties.

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

July, 1936. The terrible Spanish Civil War begins. When the streets are taken by the working class, the social revolution begins as well. The public...

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.

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

A television production based on Bozena Slančíková-Timrava's short stories about social and moral conditions in a Slovak village...

The heroes of this story, based on real events at the end of the 1930s and during World War II, face and dismiss the illusions of intellectuals about...

Using Mas de Castell, a Costa Brava villa, as its anchor point, the plot spans across four eras: 1930s nights tied to Josep Maria Sert and Salvador...

Aerial views of the Liner ship 'Normandie' at sea. Quick shot of the ships bridge. Shot of the ship's captain. Shot of clay pigeon shooting off side...

The story of Hollywood movie stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy and their love affair during the 1930s.

A stop motion 1930s fairy tale follows a monster that yearns to be a part of civilized human society. After an unfortunate mishap, the...

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

Original 35mm nitrate negative film shot by naturalist David Fleay at Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart in December 1933. Colorized by Samuel...

In the heart of colonial Senegal, moving to the devastating battlefields of Europe during WWII, Awa and Ibrahim are a young couple whose lives are...

In 1930s Buenos Aires, exiled writer Michael attempts to continue his work, though the overwhelming city make his hands tremble. Decades later, he...