1949 Movies

This film shows the growth of cooperatives in the Maritime provinces and how they brought new life and hope to poverty-stricken fishermen. The Rising...

A documentary record of the 1949 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, documenting the race and the postwar revival of British motor racing.

This short 1949 documentary studies the impact Canada's National Health Program has had on people who might otherwise not had been able to obtain medi...

Released by Transvideo Corporation of America, "Harlem After Midnight" was produced by Alexander, a distributor of African American films in the 1940s...

A film commissioned by the Documentary Film Unit of the OMGUS.

A lighthearted tour of Florida's attractions is followed by a sing-along about the state capital, Tallahassee.

Salesmen Heckle and Jeckle set up shop in a hotel lobby selling mechanical shoes - they do the walking for you - and the hotel detective, an irritable...

Film excerpts and songs reveal the atmosphere of Marseille: its industries, its port, its people. Toé, the director, was a close friend of Marcel Pagn...

Filmed record of a burlesque show, with Sunny Knight ("The Golden Girl of the Golden West") as the headliner.

A man and his wife, who worked as a teacher, were framed and the man died in a fire, while the woman was forced to throw herself into a well. After hi...

The plot takes place during the Civil War in Greece, and it shows the fight of communist partisans, against the pro-Western, monarchist government. Du...

Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".

Exploration of ores found in Finnish soil.

An Chang-nam, who deeply regrets that Korea is affiliated to Japan, strives to pour cold water on Japan's pride by becoming a world-famous pilot. He w...

Much of the romance associated with the development of the gold industry is to be found at Kalgoorlie on the golden mile, that rich strip of Western A...

A Norman McLaren Animated Film

Cold War propaganda movie showcasing the benefits of capitalism through the eyes of an average worker named Joe.