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May Day Festival 1931, The

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

George E. Mellor


Mayan Rites

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Adelaide Pearson

Description:

The film depicts Mayan rites in 1930's Guatemala along with intertitles describing the destruction of Mayan temples by conquerers and the performance of traditional ceremonies at the steps of churches.


Medicina e sport [Medicine and Sport]

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Mario Chiari

Fosco Maraini

Description:

doc. didattico e scientifico/educational and scientific film


Mediolanum

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Ubaldo Magnaghi

Description:

"documentario"/avant-garde documentary


Memories of the New York World’s Fair

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Frank Pezzano

Description:

"The film, titled 'Memories of the New York World's Fair' by filmmaker Frank J. Pezzano documents the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Pezzano edited the film and included hand-drawn and typed intertitles identifying the various locations and activities he filmed." Archives Center, National Museum of American History.


Men of the Land

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

John Ganderson

Description:

This film shows farm activities in Norfolk, still mainly done without the aid of machines.


Men Of The Land Celebrate The Coronation, The

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

John Ganderson

Description:

A film about the 1937 coronation shot in countryside around Wymondham, Norfolk, UK.


Mendexako I. Kros Lehiaketa [Mendexa Cross Country Contest]

Date produced: 1986

Filmmaker(s):

José Luis De la Torre Agirre

Description:

Kroseko reportajea.

El filme retrata el deporte cross country.

The film depicts cross country running.


Meshie, The Child of a Chimpanzee

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Henry Raven

Description:

"This film records, in the informal style of a home movie, some of a young chimpanzee's (Pan troglodytes) activities while raised in the Ravens' home. She plays with a hose, joins in games with the Raven children, manipulates tools, encounters snakes and mice, writes with a pencil, eats with a spoon, rides a tricycle, and feeds a human infant." University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.


Middlewich Show

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Clifford Ridgway

Description:

"A very brief view of Conway Castle is followed by scenes from the Middlewich Show - the different stalls are seen, as well as some of the prize winning flowers and vegetables. There are shots of the smaller livestock at the show, such as rabbits, chickens and budgerigars. There is a dog show, and the Dairy Queen of Cheshire arrives with her entourage. She presents trophies to the winners of the large livestock competitions, and the film ends with a show-jumping competition." (NWFA Online Archive)


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