1949 Movies

Ed, a teenager, applies for a job, but upsets his interviewer, Mr. Wiley, by criticizing a former employer. Mr. Wiley tells Ed the story of two brothe...

Using puppets, this film is an adaptation of an ancient Greek legend of how an honest woodsman meets Mercury, the god of good fortune.

Vignettes include "Man-Made Niagara", "Water on Dry Land", and "Under-Water Round-Up".

White Eagle shows the life of Polish immigrants in the years 1948-49 in the neighborhood of the same name, in Merlo, Buenos Aires.

A look at the rise of the record industry from its primitive beginnings to the unveiling of the formats that would revolutionize the world of popular...

How to keep yourself safe at sea AND in foreign ports.

Dennis James is the Master of Ceremonies in this fake awards show spoofing the Academy Awards. Public Domain silent film clips are given new titles an...

1949 film starring Ajitprakash, Manoranjan Bhattacharya and Bharati Devi

Shows methods of recognizing and evaluating propaganda and encourages adoption of a judicious, critical attitude toward it. Chuck would like to know w...

Danny is having some anxiety about his upcoming dentist appointment, culminating in an educational nightmare in which he is a wooden marionette and le...

A study of the human hand and its many functions.

While her husband participates in the battles for Israel’s independence, Naomi, a nurse at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, does not rest for a mom...

Documentary funded by the Harmon Foundation. It follows their road trip through the deserts of Utah and Arizona in a wood-frame station wagon. Along t...

In April 1944 The Great Western Aerodrome started its transformation from a privately owned small grass airfield to Heathrow; by 1946 one of the world...

Women at work in an office; the English study circle in Skönvik; Skönsberg speech choir; timber rafting at Tunadal's timber boom; an electric locomoti...

This early color educational film about the components of the 1949 winning Indy 500 car was sponsored by Socony-Vacuum (now part of ExxonMobil). 1949,...

The life of the lighthouse keeper is a lonely one, but his work is vital to the safeguard of shipping. His first duty is to care for the light which m...

This series consists of moving images relating to the American way of life. The footage covers stories relating to the American family, working women,...