1948 Movies

This late 1940s film pays tribute to Manolete, one of the great Spanish bullfighters and one whose death after being gored in 1947 remains as one of t...

This film reveals the roots of ballet in Australia and the story of the overseas dancers who brought their art to Australia. This encouraged the rise...

Series of eleven loop films, uncut, illustrating various techniques in athletics, hurdles, sprinting etc..

The footage shows the interior of factory buildings, presumably the Ford factory in Cologne, as well as workers operating machines. Transport vehicles...

A post-war film by Włodzimierz Kowańko, created in Argentina

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 tells the story of the h...

Film produced for the campaign of Vito Marcantonio, a former republican, who was running for re-election in New York’s 18th Congressional District on...

Social documentary short from Australia, on the welfare of children, especially those from a poor background.

Bottle of Magic traces the development of the electron tube from the pioneering efforts of such scientists as Lee de Forest, Thomas Edison, and John F...

A educational film on knifecraft.

“Let’s Be Safe At Home” (1948) is a black-and-white kids safety film intended for elementary school-aged children.

Uses high magnification photography to demonstrate the processes of converting raw fibers into woven cloth.

A loyal Sakharam moves in with Kakasaheb Deshmukh after his father passes away. When he grows up, he falls in love with Chandra Deshmukh and also face...

About the film: Based on the eponymous book by the Norwegian skier Tomm Murstad, Skiing with Per and Kari shows two children who receive skis for Chri...

A film about Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea and its history. At the station, the staff live with their families.

A newsreel from the 1940s depicts a meeting of the young women of the "14th Promotion of Auxiliary and Volunteer Women of the Peruvian Red Cross" to d...

Shows how Jim and Bob use protractor and ruler to study such figures as rectangles, triangles and circles, and such principles as congruence, similari...