| 1934 | Europe • Germany
| Nuremberg Nazi Party rally headed by Adolf Hitler. Leni Riefenstahl films the rally and makes it into the propaganda film Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) which comes out in 1935. (9 May 1934) |
| 1937 | Europe • Spain | Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) paints Guernica that commemorates the German bombing of the Basque town during the Spanish Civil War. |
| 1938 | North America • USA | The full length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is shown. |
| 1938 | Europe • Spain | George Orwell publishes Homage to Catalonia |
| 1939 | North America • USA | The film The Wizard of Oz is released. |
| 1939 | North America • USA | John Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath |
| 1939 | North America • USA | The film Gone with the Wind is released. |
| 1942 | North America • USA | Edward Hopper paints Nighthawks |
| 1943 | North America • USA | The film Casablanca is released. |
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