1948 Movies

Part of the BFI six-part series entitled "Your Children and You."

French mannequins showcase French fashion and explore Helsinki's attractions.

Filmed in Firgoun, Niger, the film documents an initiation ceremony in which a young Songhay woman undergoes ritual preparation for the dance of posse...

A woman remains the mistress of a married man until his death.

An evocation of the childhood of the great French writer François-René de Chateaubriand at his father's château in Comboug in Brittany. The text suppo...

Athletics national competition in 1948. Including Viljo Heino and Tapio Rautavaara.

Short documentary on the Antwerp Ford Motor Company plant.

In a desert tribe, Qais falls in love with Layla and recites poems about her. His story is popular in the tribe, but this is against tradition. Anothe...

A story about young pioneers life in USSR right after a victory in WWII.

Bad harvests and starvation makes northern Swedish farmers consider emigrating to the USA.

Propaganda film on the issue of the collective cattle breeding in the post-war period. Besides the breeding, the process of producing cheese-products...

Clarita is a Manila socialite and she and her mother Doña Carmen are addicted to everything modern which they equate to dancing, drinking, smoking and...

The film was shot by the DSE (Democratic Army of Greece) in 1948. The filming took place in Grammos and Vitsi, an area that the DSE had under its cont...

The second of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the automobile engine.

Mary Ellen Bute, Color Rhapsodie (1948)