1950 Movies

A Terrytoons cartoon released July 1950. Directed by Mannie Davis.

Mexican feature film

Mexican feature film

“I just tell ’em, I don’t explain ’em,” Red Skelton used to say. But even Freud couldn’t explain International Burlesque, an Arkay Enterprises pic whi...

Zonk! shows the extraordinary cultural range available to township Africans, from the many ethnic strains of music from South Africa itself to contemp...

Black and white UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A student film about college life on the UCLA campus in the 1950...

The story of the settlement of Canada, illustrated with cheerful animated cartoons. The arrival of Jacques Cartier, the fishing and fur trades which f...

A short which presents water-based activities popular in various locations around the United States.

Bollywood 1950

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

Naima Wifstrand, leading old lady, dressed as a Primadonna presents the variety revue "The Old, Happy 40's", a dark time of angst, depression and dera...

Highlights of the Mardi Gras festivities, held every year in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sashidharan, the graduate son of the landlord Panikker falls in love with Vilasini, the daughter of a poor widow Kalyani Amma . A crooked local newspa...

The elements of Ai-Ye (Mankind),by the noted etcher & engraver Ian Hugo, consist of footage shot in various parts of the South American Coast. From t...

A slide about the importance of accidental archaeological finds for the development of archaeological science and the study of history. The film appea...

6 burlesque shows from 40ies and early 50ies that feature an orchestra, chorus lines, baggy pants comics and strippers.

Pastorale is one of the lively, abstract animation films made by pioneering animator Mary Ellen Bute between 1934 and 1953 and features an appearance...

Document about the history and production of Czech porcelain.