1952 Movies

Snoddas performs at a midsummer gathering.

Short film by Gisbert Hinke

Larry, a popular young boy, is looked up to and admired by his friends. It turns out that the reason he is so popular is because of his personal hygie...

A 1952 Hong Kong Amoy-language film

This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s post-war...

A 1952 Burmese black-and-white romantic-drama film, directed by Tin Maung starring Tin Maung, Kyi Kyi Htay, Thein Zaw and May Lwin.

Explains the importance of a high school education and the advantages of taking part in extracurricular activities. Designed to combat drop-out proble...

“The first motion picture which has not a trace of any attempt to lend literary meaning to its material.” --Kinesis, Inc.

A re-education film about the everyday working life in a shipyard, directed along the lines of the British documentary school of the 1930s. In a way t...

Gadis Peladang / Farmer Girl / B. S. Rajhans/ Malay Film Productions

Amateur sport events in Holyrood Park and a ceremony in which the Queen lights a torch for an athletic event.

An explanation of social security, survivors’ insurance and other benefit systems, encouraging workers to file for their social security cards.

A circus clown turns out to be a quite a ladies' man in this charming short story from the master of stag films, Cecil B. De Mézig. This is most likel...

While explaining the trade of printing, this docudrama relates the importance of the printer as a communicator of news, information, and learning that...

The tale of The California Zephyr, part of the Blackhawk Railroad Series