1948 Movies

Paramount British newsreel coverage of the funeral of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi on January 31st, 1948 in Rajghat.

The swirl and “‘Updo”’ styles of hairdressing. A teaching film presented by John J. Mueller.

Bottle of Magic traces the development of the electron tube from the pioneering efforts of such scientists as Lee de Forest, Thomas Edison, and John F...

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...

Rare Footage of Mahatma Gandhi's Funeral

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

Emphasizes the importance of proper punctuation and its basic rules. Tom and Beth, showing scenes of their puppet show, find that without punctuation,...

A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The d...

Life on a coaster, loading, ports, storm at sea, dramatic incidents in New Zealand, with commentary in rythmical verse.

Experimental short by Jordan Belson.

A newsreel from the 1940s about the awards given by the State to stimulate intellectual and artistic production, that year Raúl Destua was distinguish...

Part of Coronet's Study Skills series, this film instructs viewers how to use outlines when writing a composition.

Bubble and his talking taxi Squeaky investigate a haunted house.

Animal puppets seek out Santa to find out why he doesn't deliver presents to them.

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 tells the story of the h...

An early experimental film by Jim Davis. Note, not the same film as Light Reflections.

A loyal Sakharam moves in with Kakasaheb Deshmukh after his father passes away. When he grows up, he falls in love with Chandra Deshmukh and also face...

Travelogue promoting air travel to the Caribbean. During a glamorous trip to Cuba, Jamaica, and other islands, an animated figure periodically pops up...

Festivities marking the 4th centenary of the founding of La Paz.

Amateur review film of the Talbot Ten. With shots of Lake Como in Italy, the Swiss mountains, historic towns in Germany and the canals in Belgium.