All Films

Banks And Credit

1948 • 11 min

A history of banking.

Telephone Courtesy

1948 • 24 min

Film about telephone courtesy. A friend of the boss comes visiting, and he's amazed at all the friendly and efficient switchboard operators he has. It wasn't always like that. Before, they were rude and unorganized! Luckily, a trip to the phone company and a large meeting with all the employees solves the trick!

The Nature Of Sound

1948 • 11 min • United States of America

Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted.

What Is Business?

1948 • 10 min

Business produces Mother's pen, the bread on the breakfast table, and the pop-up toaster into which the bread goes.

Alaska: A Modern Frontier (Revised)

1948 • 10 min

This educational short demonstrates how important the state of Alaska is by showing the many valuable resources it provides.

Chantons Noël

1948 • 9 min

Cartoons that illustrate four popular Christmas and New Year time songs.

Hekla

1948 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A silent colour film documenting the study of the 1947-48 eruption of Icelandic volcano Hekla – one of the world’s largest eruptions between 1900 and 1970.

Punctuation: Mark Your Meaning

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

Emphasizes the importance of proper punctuation and its basic rules. Tom and Beth, showing scenes of their puppet show, find that without punctuation, meanings become altered and their puppet story cannot be understood.

Negro Durham Marches On

1948 • 29 min

A portrait of the African American community of Durham, North Carolina, including the Hayti business district later destroyed by urban renewal.

A Place to Hang Your Hat

1948 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The story of the British Sailors Society, a voluntary welfare body.

Lafcadio

1948 • 15 min • France

An amateur experimental short exploring queer desire and repression, life and death.

The Mad Hatter

1948 • 7 min

Woody is offered a movie role providing he arrives at the studio at 9:00 a.m. and *must* wear a top hat. His sole hat is eaten by moths so he goes to Wally Walrus' hat store to purchase a new one (and, for once, does not give Wally a hard time). After a few attempts to get the hat to fit Woody's head, he buys the hat but it blows away landing on a goose in a meadow. After tussling with the goose, he gets his head back but loses his job at the studio anyway.

Old Manor House

1948 • 7 min • United Kingdom

Bubble and his talking taxi Squeaky investigate a haunted house.

Santa in Animal Land

1948 • 9 min • United States of America

Animal puppets seek out Santa to find out why he doesn't deliver presents to them.

Worth the Risk?

1948 • 9 min

Road safety film about how 'accidents always happen to other people'. A series of scenes illustrate careless behavior that could lead to road accidents. This includes a boy running out into the road in front of a car, a drunk man behind the wheel who nearly knocks over a pedestrian.

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 3

1948 • 9 min • United Kingdom

The 15th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Central Workshops', 'A Pit Is Reborn (3): Machrihanish', 'Miners' Health Centre', 'Shipyard for Colliers' and 'Cue for Ladies'.

Opus 140 'Visual Counterpoint'

1948 • 10 min

1948 Thomas Wilfred light animation

Santa Claus' Punch and Judy

1948 • 9 min

Santa magically creates a Punch and Judy puppet show to the delight of children at a Christmas party.

Copy Book Please

1948 • 1 min • United Kingdom

This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.

The Adventures of Junior Raindrop

1948 • 7 min

The Adventures of Junior Raindrop is the story of cutesy raindrops who… well… go wrong once they get to earth. Because of forest fires or badly managed land, raindrops like Junior become “hoodlum raindrops” (!), get involved “with gangs” (!!), and turn into “gangster” raindrops (!!!).

Durrës–Tirana Railway

1948 • 20 min • Albania

Documentary about the building of the Durres-Tirane railway.

Satan and the Virgin

1948 • 5 min

In bringing you this most unusual picture, the producers wish to point out that "Satan and the virgin are the same person!" At no time during her performance does she have help from any other person.

Zigzag

1948 • 8 min • United States of America

Short film by Frank Stauffacher. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

In het land van Thijl Uilenspiegel

1948 • 19 min • Belgium