1948 Movies

An English language North Korean documentary from 1948.

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

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.

Short film from 1948, which tells about the State Railways' activities. Fredericia Station plays a central role in the film.

Experimental film by Elwood Decker. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Myth based on the children's book of the same name by Karin Fryxell.

Story of work in a cutlery manufacturing firm in Sheffield told through story of the son who enters the business.

Infofilm made by Norsk Film and NSB in 1948 about the plans and work to complete the Nordlandsbanen line to Bodø. On December 10, 1947, the Nordlandsb...

As a 16-year-old girl during the March 1 independence movement in 1919, Yu Gwan-sun stood at the forefront of the march for the freedom of the nation....

A silent colour film documenting the study of the 1947-48 eruption of Icelandic volcano Hekla – one of the world’s largest eruptions between 1900 and...

Jonckheere, the patriarch of a farming family, has two sons: Fons and Walter. Fons leaves the farm and goes astray, while Walter continues to run the...

Cartoons that illustrate four popular Christmas and New Year time songs.

A film by P. K. Atre.

The swirl and “‘Updo”’ styles of hairdressing. A teaching film presented by John J. Mueller.

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting the African Conference in London during September and October of 1948.

Once again the moving beam of "Spotlight" swings across the city of today to pinpoint a new story for the screen audience of tomorrow. This time we s...

This educational short demonstrates how important the state of Alaska is by showing the many valuable resources it provides.

A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The d...

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)