1947 Movies

Let’s get this show on the road. The Ministry of the Information, and its peacetime successor the Central Office of Information, weren’t the first to...

A Documentary on the railways and their role in supporting the United States

A film by Harold T. O’Neal, featuring a getaway to Vallejo with O’Neal and his friends

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1947. Directed by Geoffrey Collings. This film surveys post-war Japan and life und...

Part of the “Flight Safety” series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one shows viewers how a Navy...

Documentary short.

Rancher Marlowe is killed by Dirk Mattson. His son Brad seeks revenge, kills Dirk, and is wounded. Carol Henderson finds Brad and gets outlaws to help...

A formerly strict teacher takes a different tact with his unruly students.

Rare amateur footage of East India.

A brother and a sister who believe Santa is down on his luck this year decide to give Santa a gift in order to help him out.

A 1947 Bengali Film directed by Premendra Mitra.

Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhouse. He installed automatic temperature, humidity, and irrigation systems to help with gr...

This educational film emphasizes the importance of good grooming and personal hygiene habits. Clothes should always appear clean and neat, and should...

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all...

Made to foster relations between the local residents of Rhymney, in south Wales, and the church.