1949 Movies

Short by Stuart Schulberg. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The story of two boys, who enrol in a navy academy for boys.

A film record of the gifts and gift-givers to comrade Stalin on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1948. The majority of the action takes place in t...

An animated film about cubs who did not know how to carefully play with their toys and constantly broke them.

Mexican movie

Conveyor belt idlers in construction and operation.

A story about an innocent man who was tried for murder but while being transported by ship to a prison sank and luckily he escapes to an island inhabi...

"Il demoniaco nell'arte" is a 1949 short documentary film directed by Carlo Castelli Gattinara, with cinematography by a young Mario Bava and text and...

Tawfiq is an educated merchant who dreams of having a son. When he finally has a boy named Murad, he spoils him and neglects to teach him right from w...

A physician whose wife was killed when two trains collided has remained a tormented soul,In his mind,he can still hear his wife whisper "Stop the trai...

Nurse Lin is hired by a wealthy family to care for Mr. Kao, who has lost his mind since his daughter, Ling Kuan, died. As Lin resembles Ling Kuan, her...

A commisioned film about Finnish import

A film on soil conservation, showing problems facing farmers in different areas of Canada. Many scenes of soil eroded, gouged and leached out by water...

A film about the lives of people in a small country on the shores of the Adriatic Sea.

Squirrel Ginger is the ringmaster for an animal circus. A parrot has snuck in using a weasel's ticket. The weasel keeps trying to enter as well, but k...

This series consists of moving images relating to the American way of life. The footage covers stories relating to the American family, working women,...

The Moroccan adventure of Charles de Foucauld, explorer in Morocco, in 1883-1884. The ex-officer's contact with the wisdom of the Koran, the mores of...

Beautifully filmed in black and white, this classic short film looks at pearling in the late 1940s. It goes on board the boats that work off the coast...