1948 Movies

Amateur filmmaker, James Poppleton, delivers an account of WWII from the home front in Melbourne, Australia. Newspaper headlines set the scene and pro...

This film portrays Hawaii as a multifaceted American territory, far more than just a tourist destination with picturesque beaches and palm trees. It d...

Young Frank Taylor loathes working at a shoe store, but discovers that he is doomed to hate any job unless he changes his attitude. After a motivation...

The English nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel, has had various interpretations and by giving the title to this HM-Treasury sponsored picture, the mem...

Produced to encourage farmers to take the advice of Government Agricultural Officers, the film compares two black farmers. One is keen to improve and...

A educational film on knifecraft.

Film about telephone courtesy. A friend of the boss comes visiting, and he's amazed at all the friendly and efficient switchboard operators he has. It...

A group of students who put on a radio debate show discuss what capitalism is. While they tend to agree on the general idea, they each have a differen...

Series of eleven loop films, uncut, illustrating various techniques in athletics, hurdles, sprinting etc..

Adel is accused of killing the merchant Mohamed, who works for him. As Adel goes to bring a shipment of diamonds with the merchant Mohamed, they are a...

All the winners. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Animal puppets seek out Santa to find out why he doesn't deliver presents to them.

LDS Leaders from the Past. This rare black and white video includes motion picture footage of Church leaders from the first half of the 20th century....

An early animated short film from Gyula Macskássy

Festivities marking the 4th centenary of the founding of La Paz.

Short film by Frank Stauffacher. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

The highlights from the All-Ireland Football Championship Final, 1948.

A newsreel from the 1940s about the carnival held at the Lawn Tennis Club, an event that includes a parade of costumed children, a children's dance, a...

A post-war film by Włodzimierz Kowańko, created in Argentina

A history of banking.