Most Viewed Year 1939 - 100

Castle Films released two cartoons called Christmas Cartoon, this being the first, in a print from the late 1930s. Follows an orphan dog's Christmas...

short film by Bernard Lyot. Joseph Leclerc, a filmmaker of news reportage and astronomer, edited Lyon's film studies posthumously.

Reveals the activities, customs, and traditions of the Watussi, an African people characterized by their advanced culture. Shows the ruling prince...

A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each...

Colour amateur documentary from 1939 on life in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, produced by Frances Hotham. Part 1 (South Africa) includes...

A chemical scientist mocks his wife. She is unable to resist the violence and tries to commit suicide.

A documentary looking at the elementary principles, illustrated by means of diagrams and models, of an internal combustion engine.

An exposition, by means of diagrams and models, of the working principles of the compression ignition or oil engine.

Dufaycolor footage of a visit by George VI to the naval base at Plymouth. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A short film that shows the early days of Montreal's botanical garden

The history of America's familiar Stars and Stripes flag is chronicled, alongside the historical events that shaped America from its colonial roots...

Throughout the 1930s, Margaret Cram directed the same film again and again. An itinerant filmmaker based in Boston, she made her living by traveling...

“Between 1926 and 1985, amateur Archie Stewart shot over seventy thousand feet of film. In 1936 he purchased a sound-on-film 16mm camera and...

1939 short documentary by Belgian filmmaker on pianter Hans Memling.

A story set in 1811 as Napoleon is gathering men to go into war. Eight years later Father Joseph Mohr sits down and writes the song Silent Night.

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

Scenes showing work at the various London docks is followed by shots of buildings and places of interest near the river including Billingsgate and...

An animated Danish commercial from 1939 for Houlbergs sausages.

Short subject about futuristic fashion styles.