1948 Movies

A trip down the Thames.

The 1948 episode “Nomads Of The Jungle (Malaya),” part of the educational film series The Earth and Its Peoples, directed by Victor Jurgens and produc...

The Standard Oil Company of Chicago describes how gasoline was refined and used in the early 1950's. The film features a combination of animation and...

Do you have that "know how" look? You will after you see this concise short on becoming your very own clotheshorse. You'll definitely have a new patte...

An educational film about how food is distributed and sold in markets in London in the late 1940s.

How the Port of Oslo was in 1948, and the technical facilities the port could offer with loading, unloading, transit, forwarding, etc.

Oslo is loved by people who enjoy recreation areas, including land and fjord.

A service film teaching us about eating right.

focuses on the area of Siberia around Irkutsk city. The materials shown depict the lives of Buryat people in the modern city, as well as in the countr...

A man can't understand why prices on everything have suddenly risen sky-high. He mentions it to his grown son, and is told that the main reason for th...

This educational short shows the operations of a big city airport.

This film treats the subject of vandalism. It is intended to show children that by wantonly damaging public property they cause mischief not only to...

This is the story of a bushman's confusion when together with his old dog he visits the big city. He tells the story of the cattle country which he kn...

Pedestrians and motorists share the responsibility for accident prevention. Filmed on the streets and sidewalks of Oakland, California, and on a table...

How to organize your kitchen for the most efficient cooking.

Short film detailing the hardships faced by California fruit workers from the policies of the DiGiorgio Fruit Company, and the company's efforts to br...

Cartoon featuring the characters "The Colonel and Willie (the Worm)", with the colonel attempting to catch the Loss Ness monster.

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...

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