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1930s

14 films of 831 · mostly wreckage · mean rating 5.9 · best rated Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage (7.5/10)

  1. Madam Satan 1930

    WreckageDirigible crash

    A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

    United States · 5.8/10

  2. Dirigible 1931

    WreckageMan-made Disaster

    Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the love of beautiful Helen, Frisky's wife. After Braden's dirigible expedition fails, Frisky tries an expedition by plane. Unfortunately he crashes and strands his party at the South Pole. Braden must decide between a risky rescue attempt by dirigible and remaining safely at home with Helen.

    United States · 5.2/10

  3. End of the World 1931

    CosmicComet impact

    A scientist predicts a comet will destroy Earth causing worldwide panic and social upheaval.

    Dir. Abel Gance · United Kingdom · 4.8/10

  4. Deluge 1933

    Earth & WeatherEarthquakes

    Massive earthquakes and floods destroy most of the world leaving a few survivors to rebuild civilization.

    Dir. Felix E. Feist · United States · 5.5/10

  5. It's Great to Be Alive 1933

    PlaguePandemic

    An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.

    Dir. Alfred L. Werker · United States · 5/10

  6. Dante's Inferno 1935

    WreckageFire

    A carnival barker's greed leads to disaster at an amusement park.

    6.2/10

  7. The Clairvoyant 1935

    WreckageUrban Fires

    A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

    United Kingdom · 5.9/10

  8. San Francisco 1936

    Earth & WeatherEarthquakes

    A saloonkeeper and a Barbary Coast kingpin vie for the affection of a beautiful singer, both caught up in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

    United States · 6.6/10

  9. The Dark Hour 1936

    DivineDivine Judgment

    A group of people are trapped in a house and must confront their deepest fears as reality shifts around them.

    Dir. Charles Lamont · United States · 5.5/10

  10. Things to Come 1936

    PlagueWorld War and Plague

    H.G. Wells's future history: a devastating decades-long world war is followed by a wandering plague, then a technocratic rebuild.

    United Kingdom

  11. Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage 1937

    WreckageAircraft explosion

    The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey when suddenly disaster struck. The hydrogen-filled zeppelin ignited, and was almost instantly transformed into an enormous fireball. In less than a minute, the entire ship had been consumed by flames. The Hindenburg explosion marked the end of the budding airship travel industry.

    United States · 7.5/10

  12. In Old Chicago 1937

    Earth & WeatherWildfires

    A fictional account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

  13. The Hurricane 1937

    Earth & WeatherHurricanes/Typhoons

    Inhabitants of a South Seas island are threatened by a massive hurricane.

    United States · 6.7/10

  14. The Rains Came 1939

    PlaguePlague

    Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

    United States · 5.9/10