Most Viewed Year 1936 - 99

A silent film with dramatic footage of a battlefield under an artillery barrage.

Driving safety film from the 1930's showing good and bad sides of a driver's mind.

A sing-along short with Irving Kaufman singing, Lew White at the organ, lyrics displayed for the viewing audience, and film clips illustrating the...

A home movie made by a passenger on the zeppelin 'Hindenburg' as it flew from Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA starting on 17...

This thinly veiled advertisement for Irish Sweepstake tickets was made for the US and UK market at a time when gambling was illegal in those...

Amateur newsreel showing the elections of February 1936, the last elections of the young and democratic Spanish Republic.

A housewife is shown how using Quick Elastic starch can make her ironing chores easier and her clothes come out cleaner.

Promotional film for the Farmall F-12 agricultural tractor, demonstrating how easy and fast its implements can be attached and removed.

This narrated film about persistence of vision (how movies work) has a good narrator and lots of fun visuals. High points: A weird scene inside a...

Crime short from Louis Sonney.

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

How the Post Office's night mail train from London to Aberdeen collects and distributes mail en route.

Images of 1930s Stockholm.

Depiction of the bird life at Lake Tåkern.

Swans, ducks and countless other birds in Lillfjärden, Sweden.

We observe the animals in the wild. After watching the film, a series of individual observations remain in the memory, which, when placed in the...

An anti-New Deal theatrical short that mocks “wasteful” government spending on the arts and humanities. The film was most likely produced...

Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon is a 1936 Korean silent film. The film is based on a popular Korean fairy tale "Janghwa Hongryeon jeon" which had been...

Views of Hong Kong was produced by Hong Kong Tourist Association to promote Hong Kong and attract foreign visitors, providing a precious record of...