Dark Victory- Movie Trailer (1939)

Movie trailer for Dark Victory, a 1939 film starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Ronald Reagan. The movie was directed by Edmund Goulding. Bette Davis was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress but lost to Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind.

The Little Rascals- Spooky Hooky (1936)

The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus.

Andy Hardy (1939) and Ham Radio

Clip is from the classic film titled "Love Finds Andy Hardy" (1939). Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) uses a local Ham Operator to send an urgent message to Canada.

ELEKTRO the Smoking Robot- New York World's Fair (1939)

An excerpt from the 1939 movie "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" belonging to the Collection "1939-40 New York World's Fair". Elektro, the "Westinghouse Motor Man" filmed inside the Westinghouse Pavillion at the Fair.

"Balloon Land" (1935) Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon

From Wikipedia: Balloon Land, also known as The Pincushion Man, is a 1935 animated short film produced by Ub Iwerks as part of the ComiColor Cartoons series. The cartoon is about a place called Balloon Land, whose residents (including popular entertainment icons such as Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin) are made entirely out of balloons. The villain in the cartoon is the Pincushion Man, a character who walks around Balloon Land popping the inhabitants with pins.

The Marx Brothers- A Night At The Opera (1935)

Movie trailer for this 1935 comedy directed by Sam Wood and starring The Marx Brothers.

A Clever Dance Routine On Stilts! (1936)

Great scene from the 1936 film Rhythmitis.

This Country's Going to War- Duck Soup Sequence

The final song of the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.

Cabin Kids - Dinah (1935)

The Cabin Kids sing " Dinah". The Cabin Kids began appearing on screen in 1935 as a "musical ensemble" in features, Our Gang comedy shorts and a series of musical shorts in which they headlined.

Ford Auto Slides into the Great Depression

The preeminent U.S. manufacturing firm in the 1920s is hit by hard times in the 1930s. Shutdowns, layoffs, and deteriorating conditions lead to protests.

San Francisco World's Fair 1939

Spectacular short with great footage of the 1939 World's Fair. Thanks to The Travel Film Archive.

Gloria Swanson- "I'm Alone"

Classic scene from the 1934 musical Music in the Air featuring Douglass Montgomery and Gloria Swanson.

Camille Movie Trailer (Greta Garbo, 1936)

Theatrical trailer for the 1936 film Camille starring Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier, Robert Taylor as Armand Duval and Lionel Barrymore as Monsieur Duval.

Palisades Amusement Park- Cliffside, New Jersey (1932)

This rare movie clip portrays the true essence of what was Palisades Amusement Park in Cliffside, NJ. It was taken on May 14, 1932 and includes the original sounds of the park and people.

Broadway by Day (1930)

Ira Gallen at TV Days has put together another fascinating short showcasing street scenes of New York in 1930.

"BROADWAY BY DAY" (scored to "Give My Regards To Broadway") takes us on a 1930 tour of the street from Yonkers to the city line at the Bronx border, downtown through streets with trolleys on them (the Bronx had trolleys until 1947) to the Broadway subway, past 125th Street in Harlem (with Kosher butcher shops very visible), down to 72nd Street and to Columbus Circle.

With an elevated train line visible, to the view along Broadway down from 57th Street, to the entertainment district in the 40's and the city south of there, past 14th Street and down to the Battery--along the way we glimpse clothes, cars, stores, styles, and other artifacts of a past long gone.