02 January 1938 Factual 11 mins
How long-distance telephone calls are made, from the UK to the USA. We see operators, miles of wires, and the amplification of voice transmitted across the waters. Engineers of the Post Office describe how they are improving the service.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self
Humphrey Jennings Director
United Kingdom 02 January 1938
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21 December 1938
In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall actress, flees to Paris with young Pierre de Sableuse, Cousinet asks Father Pellegrin, the village vicar, to bring the lost sheep back home.
25 February 1938
The Cabin Kids, in between song and dance numbers, are at the county fair with intentions, fair or foul, of helping Mammy win the Pancakes cooking contest.
25 October 1938
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
03 June 1938
Three mice run, cavort, sing and dance around in the stores and restaurants a big city at night. They wind up in a café for an early-morning snack and stocking up on food provisions before they return to the safety of their den beneath a man-hole cover in the street.
01 January 1938
Skulduggery is on the menu after a bishop hands over a cathedral’s rebuilding fund to a shady businessman.
16 March 1938
Three university students decide, before they pursue their various careers, to spend some time together living in a mill.
31 March 1938
Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt.
31 March 1938
According to his last will, the rich American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett only leaves his 5 million dollars to Peter if he is married happily.
07 November 1938
Feature version of the 1938 film serial FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS. Flash Gordon fights Ming the Merciless once again to ensure the survival of the Earth.
29 July 1938
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt.
02 January 1938
Documentary short directed by Sidney Cole and Thorold Dickinson.
30 December 1938
A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.
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