1948 Movies

A portrait of Reykjavík in color.

In order to save her family from financial collapse, a young woman named Sofka marries 12-year-old son of a wealthy merchant. Grown up in different ti...

The second of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the automobile engine.

Infofilm made by Norsk Film and NSB in 1948 about the plans and work to complete the Nordlandsbanen line to Bodø. On December 10, 1947, the Nordlandsb...

A propaganda movie made about the seafarer town of Matosinhos.

Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

At Forsbyholm's boarding school, the problem-maker Rutger Von Hake reads. In order for the school to receive government funding, a new teacher comes t...

Santa magically creates a Punch and Judy puppet show to the delight of children at a Christmas party.

An orchestra of gnomes (some of whom look like they might know Snow White). As they are playing flowers and other organic instruments in the forest, t...

On her deathbed Lajjo asks her stepson, Rajjo, to look after her son, Beli.

A Hong Kong Cantonese film released in September 1948.

Filmed in Wanzerbé, Niger, this short documentary records ritual, market exchange, and ceremonial practices, documenting divination, sacrifice, and co...

A collection of home movies filmed from 1948-1951 featuring the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway and his wife Nuffie in their home on Long Beach and...

An educational film about how food is distributed and sold in markets in London in the late 1940s.

Shows the harmful effects on 16mm film of improper projector cleaning, film threading, film rewinding, and placement of films in cans. Points out the...

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power. The second of seven smart-looking...

The first Hungarian spy film ripped the mask off those ministerial officials who, having sold out to foreign agents, sabotaged the rebuilding of Hunga...