All Films

Jungle Safari

1950 • 10 min • Kenya, United States of America

Documentary on the making of King Solomon's Mines (1950), highlighting the seven custom-bodied Dodge trucks used for the transportation of cast and crew.

Oslofilm: Oslo: 24 timer av byens liv

1950 • 22 min • Norway

A day's life and work in Oslo is told in a lyrical way. Occasionally, a dramatized red thread appears.

The Good Housewife in Her Kitchen

1950 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

Are You Ready for Marriage?

1950 • 14 min • United States of America

1950 - a young couple find out whether they are "ready for marriage".

Silks and Sulkies

1950 • 10 min • Canada

This short documentary from 1950 captures the thrill of harness racing on Prince Edward Island. We follow Bellhop's career as a pacer, from his unwilling introduction to harness through trials with a bicycle sulky (or 2-wheel cart) to his first big race. The film culminates with scenes of trotters and pacers at Charlottetown's Old Home Week.

Citizens of Tomorrow

1950 • 15 min • Norway

Documentary about Oslo's school system.

Adventure in Telezonia

1950 • 18 min • United States of America

A boy's dog has run off and, with the help of unfortunately named marionette Handy, the kid learns to use a telephone to find him.

Guernica

1950 • 6 min

An “image fantasy” inspired by Picasso’s painting.

The Editor’s Notebook

1950 • 29 min • United States of America

The Editor’s Notebook is a salute from one titan of Chicago media to another. A sponsored film produced by Wilding Picture Productions on behalf of the Chicago Daily News, The Editor’s Notebook mixes documentary footage, staged recreations, and interviews with the newspaper’s staff to illuminate and explain the work of the Daily News and the importance of a free press in American democracy. As both Wilding and the Daily News are long defunct, The Editor’s Notebook also provides an entertaining and accessible look at media companies whose legacies have no present-day corporate guardian or benefactor.

Merry Christmas

1950 • 9 min

Santa's elves at the North Pole are making toys for good girls and boys, while back in the suburbs a family stands around the Christmas tree singing carols.

Aquatic House Party

1950 • 10 min • United States of America

Aquatic House Party is a 1949 short film produced by Jack Eaton. It won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 22nd Academy Awards. This short is about a visionary indoor/outdoor combo swimming pool in a California home that is equipped with cutting edge modern mid-20th century features.

Little Red Riding Hood

1950 • 9 min

A live action re-telling of the classic tale filmed in the woods as a part of the "World's Great Fairy Tales" series.

Betty Page Nude

1950 • 4 min

Betty Page plays with a ball and a wagon wheel topless.

Your Friend, the Doctor

1950 • 10 min • United States of America

Explains the functions of the doctor and tells why it is important to co-operate with him.

Border Outlaws

1950 • 57 min • United States of America

Western tale of a special agent (Bill Edwards) unravelling a series of rustlings on and around Cooley's dude ranch

Marriage: Today

1950 • 24 min

Post-World War II film for young couples advising them of means to strengthen their marriages. Shows how two young couples have built lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them. One couple, university graduates, have many interests in common. The other couple, a business man and a teacher, center their mutual affection in their son. Designed to be used with a marriage text.

Thank You, Kitty

1950 • 14 min • China

The industrious and brave little cat is a good friend of everyone. It is hard work for everyone to watch the nursing home day and night. One day, two mice sneaked into a family under the broad daylight, not only spoiled the grain in the barn, but also messed up the room. At the end of the day, they stole the big eggs from the hen. While dragging the eggs and looking around in a hurry, the scene of the sneaky was seen by the big cat who was playing basketball, and the hen was able to keep her egg baby.

The Yorkshire Moors

1950 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A nature lover's paradise lays in wait for a mother and daughter enjoying a day's excursion on the North York Moors.

Marianne på sykehus

1950 • 44 min • Norway

Little Marianne swallows a needle with her porridge and is sent to the big hospital in Oslo to take an x-ray and operated. She finds going to the hospital is nothing to be worried about.

Oslofilm: Buss og trikk

1950 • 16 min • Norway

A long time ago, people traveled collectively to Oslo City by horse-drawn vehicles. This was the beginning of Oslo Sporveier (Oslo Tramways). Today, in the city that awakens to life in the morning, lots of people travel by buses and trams. We also get a dramatized tram stop, before we get a view of Oslo Sporveier's daily work.

Iseshima

1950 • 19 min • Japan

An Ishiro Honda short film.

The Launch of the Punta Medanos at Wallsend

1950 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Tyneside shipyard Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson turns out a beast of a tanker for the Argentine Navy.

Backward Season

1950 • 16 min • France

A woman waits for her husband, a woodcutter, during long lonely days. She becomes weary and leaves him to live with her sister. He takes the news with a look of resignation, but the next day she returns to wait for him again.

Mounting Tension

1950 • 20 min

Larry is a madly energetic, oversexed artist. Jane, a combination of palm reader and psychoanalyst, is trying to straighten him out. John is a straight boy interested in baseball who ends up an abstract painter.