A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.

Tobie is a hopeless daydreamer. He always has his head in the clouds, and this inevitably gets him into trouble with his employer. In the end, Tobie...

A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.

Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to...

The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns...

A detective investigates on the death of a factory owner.

During the colorful ceremonies of the Nuremberg rallies, Hitler Youth parade before their Fuehrer and are addressed by Nazi youth leader Baldur von...

A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against contracting it.

The story of Cinderella with a children's cast.

Movie based on the novel by Christel Broehl-Delhaes

Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes...

This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.

When Popeye tells Olive Oyl that he will propose to her the next morning, she has a dream that their four boys will run roughshod over their house.

The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game,...

A poet finds a new muse in young woman.

Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, the Three Mesquiteers, are returning from Mexico and are stopped at the border by Army officials, who are...

Tomorrow is Theirs examines provisions for secondary school education during the war, arguing for the importance of maintaining excellent, thorough...

How to make porridge using a haybox.

A twist of the classic 18th century English nursery rhyme where a Bullfrog Landlord threatens to evict a Washerwoman Mouse and her children when...

A film showing how apples may be made an attractive part of the menu for many different occasions. Four recipes--apple salad, apple upside-down cake,...

Well-known canine performers of the 1930s vie for a part in an upcoming movie.

Doctor Satan drops the Copperhead through a trap door and activates a sliding wall in the cell beneath to crush him.

The story concerns an attempt by fifth columnists to gain control of Australia's supplies of wolfram, a mineral used in the manufacture of munitions,...

Another entry in MGM's TravelTalks series with James A. FitzPatrick. This time we visit Mexico, which was a popular destination for this series since...

Part of BFI boxset Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front.

This film was originally made in black-and-white 3-D for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and proved so popular that it was remade in 1940 in color...

Johnny is a troubled 15-year-old who falls in with a bad crowd, steals a car and gets caught by the police. However, instead of sending Johnny to...

A comic look at prehistoric life.

A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begins in England with children seeking shelter as...

This Traveltalk series short looks at several landmarks and neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sights include the Cathedral of St. Louis,...

Otto Messmer [Felix The Cat] animation that was originally shown as animated lights in Times Square.

Part of BFI collection "If War Should Come."

How architecture, furniture and transportation have been designed to help Americans relax.

This pulse-pounding documentary from the leftist filmmaker Herbert Kline traces the rise of Hitler up to the very brink of WWII. The commentary,...

An illustration of the insidious rise of the Nazi Party from its post World War One origins through Adolf Hitler’s conniving to become the leader...