All Films

The Latrabjarg Rescue

1949 • 50 min

Originally intended to be a reenactment of a shipwreck rescue, that turned into an actual documentary about a real shipwreck rescue that took place close to where the reenactment was supposed to.

The Great Redyk

1949 • 19 min • Poland

Redyk is a ceremonial exit of shepherds with sheep flocks to the mountains. The sheep graze there. The Great Redyk is a post-war propaganda film with exceptional shots awarded in Cannes.

The Enemies of the Potato: Fungal Diseases

1949 • 11 min

Fungal diseases, discussed in this documentary, are caused by microscopic fungi. The movie gives some data on their characteristics and how to defeat them.

Cidade do Salvador

1949 • 21 min • Brazil

The historical places and geography of the city of Salvador.

The Enemies of the Potato: Virus Diseases

1949 • 9 min

Among the various diseases that attack the potato during the growing season, there are first of all the virus diseases such as Mosaic, Leaf Roll, Spindle, Purple Top, etc. Certified seed appears to be the most effective means of combating these diseases.

Life in Hot, Dry Lands (California)

1949 • 10 min • United States of America

Tells the story of the fierce battle of survival waged by plant life, animals and human beings on the desert. Shows where the desert areas of the world are located and why they are barren wastelands.

Harrogate Holiday

1949 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Post-war Harrogate: voted the happiest place in Britain and the third most romantic destination in the world.

The Wet Collodion Process

1949 • 4 min

Educational film on 19th-century photography.

Monument To Great Boer Trek

1949 • 2 min

Opening of monument to the 'Great Boer Trek' to celebrate Africa's national holiday. South Africa.

Dating: Do's and Don'ts

1949 • 13 min • United States of America

Dating Do's and Don'ts is a 1949 instructional film designed for American high schools, to teach teens basic dating skills.

Abstract Patterns

1949 • 2 min

A short amateur experimental film featuring mid-century paintings from Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kadinsky, Piet Mondrianand Joan Miro.

The Petrified Dog

1949 • 18 min • United States of America

Chases within chases. A mother runs after a child. A man seems to be pursuing himself. A woman who has been nibbling her lipstick through half of the film is pursued by a man. Scrambled Alice in Wonderland with brutiste soundtrack. The pursuit of art is represented by a painter daubing at a landscape in an empty frame.

The Wonderful Rendez-Vous

1949 • 11 min • Sweden

A man visits a woman, speaks, smokes, eats fruit and walks out again. Clothes appear on hangers before they one by one disappear. There is a sense of disgust surrounding the actions and the actual meeting.

Song of the Birds

1949 • 7 min • United States of America

Audrey is enjoying her air rifle, until she shoots down a baby bird and is filled with remorse until she sees it survived. The other birds, however, don't believe she's sincere about her reformation (even after she destroys the rifle), until the baby bird proves it. A remake of a March 1, 1935 Max Fleischer Color Classic of the same name. (Actually The Song of the Birds, the 'the' was dropped)

The Muider Group Revived

1949 • 12 min • Netherlands

Bert Haanstra's first film.

The Final Rejection of the Request for a Kiss

1949 • 2 min • Denmark

1949 danish short

Conjuror's Party

1949 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Buck Hurst, conjurer and illusionist, entertains at a children's party.

Pilot An Chang-Nam

1949 • 30 min

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 wins every competition against the Japanese to display Korea's superiority. After the liberation from Japan, he leads the development of the aviation industry and devotes himself to fostering younger generations.

The Enemies of the Potato: Insects

1949 • 10 min • Canada

Presentation of the different insects which ravage the potato (Colorado beetle, flea beetle, white grub, wire worm, leaf hopper) and the most effective means of repression.

Planned Parenthood

1949 • 9 min

A film on family planning.

Danny's Dental Date

1949 • 15 min • United States of America

Danny is having some anxiety about his upcoming dentist appointment, culminating in an educational nightmare in which he is a wooden marionette and lectured by animals about his teeth.

Growing Girls

1949 • 12 min • United Kingdom

After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.

The Lead Shoes

1949 • 18 min • United States of America

In "The Lead Shoes", we can neither thrust in our eyes nor our ears to help us understand how time flows or how space is. Therefore, Peterson forces us to take both space and time as relative experiences. The consistent disorientation in the film and our consistent inability to perceive them in absolute terms become the main subject of the film. Peterson makes us aware that space and time are more complicated than we think they are and they should be experienced in a more open-minded way. —Yoel Meranda

Haunted Palace

1949 • 34 min • United Kingdom

This short film documentary features Shaw Desmond, founder of the International Institute for Psychical Research. Shaw relates several famous British hauntings.