1947 Movies

Logging, rafting down a rapid, wood processing, making matches and skis.

Development of writing and writing tools throughout history.

Film of the Royal Family's tour of South Africa in 1947. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A Fireman demonstrates fire fighting equipment & teaches children responsibility in preventing and controlling fires..

Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.

Two brothers learn good sportsmanship at a local pool during a swim meet.

Short animated film.

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Eric Thompson. Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, is very unlike Ip...

Documentary short

A look at the past, present, and future of Mexico.

Documentary

A survey of the situation in postwar Germany, produced to raise funds in the US. The film is clearly structured: The first part demonstrates the sever...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

A formerly strict teacher takes a different tact with his unruly students.

A retelling of Aesop's fable.

A musical revue featuring a variety of acts of singing, comedy sketches, burlesque dancers, and more.

A documentary of Varala, a physical education institute for women in Tampere, Finland. Filmed in the summer of 1947.

Part of the “Flight Safety” series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one emphasizes the importanc...

Newsreel from the 1940s about the attendance of President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero and his ministerial cabinet at the religious ceremony held in...