1948 Movies

Duped by a pretty woman who uses him to smuggle a suitcase containing the proceeds of a theft through the station, an honest fellow understands everyt...

After reaching retirement age and leaving his job, a father devotes all his attention to helping his children transition smoothly into their adult liv...

Pertti works as telegraph operator on a ship. The ship arrives in Helsinki and Pertti looks forward to meet his mother and the neighbor girl, who he i...

This movie is about the life of a native island girl who encounters love for the first time.

Florence (Florence Lake) has entered and won a radio contest sponsored by the company Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) works for, but the contest has a rule agai...

Young doctor falls in love with a nurse, but his parents insist he marry someone from his own economic class.

Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywoo...

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them.

A lost chapter in black British film: extraordinary rushes from a documentary showcasing talented members of the black community.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 June 1948.

Anna-Lisa, the daughter of the Sandkulla estate, hires a man she believes to be a vagrant, Mr. Hirninen, as an extra guest for her engagement party. I...

An animated film showing the sowing, reaping, and milling of wheat, the baking of bread and service to the lord of the manor in medieval Britain.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 14 June 1948.

A film by Jean Rouch.

A film about the National Health Act that established the NHS, and how it benefitted communities. It starts with a bleak look, when coordinated patien...