1950 Movies

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

Jim Davis short shown at Art in Cinema, spring 1950.

Youth without families and perspectives still wander Germany five years after the war ended. "Back to Life" shows some of the efforts to reintegrate t...

Promotional film for the International Harvester Model 64 thresher.

A documentary created by the Jewish National Fund explores the challenges posed by threats from neighboring borders, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and...

'Early Animations' is a compilation of short animated films created by Flora Kerrigan at the outset of her career. Playful techniques are employed to...

Short film about Indiana and its railroads made for the Monon Railroad.

Wembley Stadium, London. Warrington beat Widnes 19-0 in Rugby League Cup Final.

Stars Snehaprabha Pradhan and Indu Kulkarni in the lead role.

Narrated by Bill Slater, this short black & white educational film is about sporting and outdoor activities on the majestic Hudson River in New York S...

A look at the Chevrolet cars.

This psychology documentary is about the positive effects of 'Activiy Group Therapy' developed by Dr. S.R. Slavson. Hidden cameras and microphones rec...

Krishna goes to the city looking for work and promptly falls for the folk Tamasha dancer Mogri (Wadkar). She is presented as a gold-digger, as the her...

Eddie Johnson is disappointed that none of his friends nominated him for treasurer of the school hobby club, he later learns from his dad the importan...

Colorful Kodachrome cubes and lines are synchronized to a jaunty tune. This film, found in the collection of Chicago-based filmmaker Margaret Conneely...

The film works with a combinatorics of a limited set of elements: blocks shot perpendicularly from above, illuminated from two sides and moved in stop...

Little Jimmy has a lemonade stand, and wants to run it all by himself. Soon he finds out, however, that his other activities are beginning to cut into...

A tourist video of the visit to Hawaii, promoted by United Airlines.