Most Viewed Year 1938 - 99

A 1938 salesman speaks with Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest salesmen that ever lived, who instructs him in selling techniques.

World Window #8: Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek

All the news from 1938 that was fit to print including a New England hurricane, Germany’s annexation of Austria, a promise from Roosevelt to...

After winning the lottery, a man from one of the poor districts moves to a rich area, but nostalgia and the problems he encounters make him return...

An orphaned boy is informed that the money from his father's estate has run out, and he will have to leave the Holbrook Military Academy.

Images of work, nature and living in the "Swedish" city Tambora in the East Indies.

A tour of Hong Kong in the 1930s.

This promotional short from Chevrolet features various breeds of dog and highlights their stand out quality. The film then demonstrates that a...

Documentary on 'Miss Finland' Sirkka Salonen. Girl from the Grassy Meadows - How Sirkka Became Miss Europe.

Finnish documentary on the making of goat cheese.

Documentary short film about the Rauma lace.

Winterlife in Suonikylä, Finland.

A documentary short made during the Spanish Civil War showing the life of war prisoners.

Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell.

An anonymous amateur film, random product of the ‘grand’ history from the point of view of the middle class. The family’s camera...

Shots taken at night of the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, showing the building, statues, and fountains lit up by neon lights.