1948 Movies

This short documentary offers a look at Canada’s Chalk River Project in the late 1940s. While humanity pondered the ultimate threat or promise of atom...

Tale of love and revenge set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors.

Ritual of introduction, for a Songhaî young woman from Tillabérie, in Niger, to the dance of possession devoted to "Kirey", genie of thunder.

Aging father watches his adult children grow into independence and leave the roost.

Production for the Seaboard Railroad company outlining their railroad activities in the 1940s and heading into the 1950s

The film shows episodes from the labor movement's breakthrough and reform work.

The first of a very short series, since it would become a TV series in 1949, based on the radio program that ran on CBS from 1944 through 1949. The pr...

In 1948, the U.S. nuclear stockpile consisted of approximately 50 atomic bombs. Since the industrial complex to produce more nuclear weapons was not f...

A tribute to the poet Christian Winther (1796-1876). Nature poetry, national romance and the poet's life story.

Short film on the bearers of the golden fleece, sheep, and the economic importance of sheep breeding for the island Texel.

Tells the story of a woodchuck which was taken to a state park to live and now entertains the park visitors by performing tricks. Shows the woodchuck'...

Part of the Flight Safety series of PSAs produced by United Productions of America for the U.S. Navy. Three stalwart brothers learn the importance of...

A starving wolf tries to find something to eat but keeps striking out. He even tries to cook a turtle.

When a big bulldog is on the driving range, Heckle and Jeckle's treehouse is riddled with golf balls.

This late 1940s film pays tribute to Manolete, one of the great Spanish bullfighters and one whose death after being gored in 1947 remains as one of t...