1947 Movies

Documentary short

Carpaccio is a 1947 short film directed by Umberto Barbaro and Roberto Longhi and based on the life of the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio.

This is the story of the struggle of the pioneers of the March independence movement, which led 20 million Koreans to rebel on March 1, 1919.

A granddaughter bears the scars of her grandfather rejecting his son's marriage to an artist, and his stubbornness and prejudice urge the granddaughte...

This film tells the story of the three years and eight months that the colonial forces of the Japanese Empire occupied Singapore and Malaysia. The nig...

A traffic accident occurs once every six seconds, most leading to property damage, injury, and/or death. Most of these accidents are preventable, and...

Rome in the postwar period, marked by the Holocaust.

Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against mankin...

Shot and distributed in Cinecolor, this Lowell Thomas Movietone examines Australia's Coral Reef and the myriad strange creatures that live and build t...

This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.

The much lauded poetic and polemical documentary about the standardisation of Australian rail gauges, emphasising the economic cost in times of peace...

Martin Andersen Nexø talks about his writing, about writing novels and explains the background of the main characters in 'Pelle the Conqueror' and 'Yo...

Film starring Shyam Kumar, Suraiya and Amar

Produced by Paul Hoefler Productions on behalf of Western Air LInes, "Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons" is a classic travelogue film that dates to 194...

Hard-hitting depiction of the danger to children of burns and scalds.

Part of BFI collection "Your Children and You."

Pig, hippo, and elephant footage strung together with narration. Elephants were included even though they are not related to pigs.