All Films

Facts About Film

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

Shows the harmful effects on 16mm film of improper projector cleaning, film threading, film rewinding, and placement of films in cans. Points out the physical qualities of 16mm film which make it susceptible to damage and demonstrates the way that film may be protected.

Goémons

1948 • 25 min • France

Unfinished Business

1948 • 20 min

Postwar adjustment is easy for a young World War II veteran who is welcomed back to his job at U.S. Steel with a position, training courses, and counseling.

Build Your Vocabulary

1948 • 11 min • United States of America

Dramatizes the story of a father, who, after finding himself at a loss for words at a public meeting, follows his son's lead and starts a campaign of vocabulary improvement.

How To Judge Authorities

1948 • 10 min

Explains how to judge an authority by considering his evidence, his experience and the validity of his decisions. Explains that authorities can differ.

Adventuring Pups

1948 • 8 min

The story of three beagle puppies and their adventures on the farm and in the woods. Shows the characteristics and actions of dogs and several other animals.

You and Your Work

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

Young Frank Taylor loathes working at a shoe store, but discovers that he is doomed to hate any job unless he changes his attitude. After a motivational lecture by his high school guidance counselor, Frank looks forward to working the rest of his life selling shoes.

Miracle In Paradise Valley

1948 • 38 min

Shows many accidents on a farm, and describes how they can be prevented. Joe the Special in-the-meantime agent magically appears and tells a farmer about the safety problems on a farm.

We Make A Fire

1948 • 10 min

Three children on a picnic learn the process of fire making and the principles involved. The dangers from fire and methods of control are shown.

When All the People Play

1948 • 28 min • Canada

This short 1948 documentary focuses on the people of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, and their efforts to create a recreation center. People from every section of the community contributed their services to planning and establishing this center, which then offered activities as varied as softball and library services.

40,000,000 Miles a Year

1948 • 32 min • Canada

A nostalgic and fast-paced history of the TTC and Toronto.

Oslofilm: Oslo Havn - byens hjerte

1948 • 16 min • Norway

How the Port of Oslo was in 1948, and the technical facilities the port could offer with loading, unloading, transit, forwarding, etc.

Home Sweet Home

1948 • 7 min • United Kingdom

The fourth cartoon in the Bubble and Squeek series by British Animation Production.

Clio Capers

1948 • 22 min

"Clio Capers" is a short film about the Clio Club, the Latin club James Blue belonged to at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon. The film features "Jupiter" and his fellow immortals atop Mt. Olympus looking back through the "Clio scrapbook," actual home movie footage James Blue shot of club activities between 1946-1948. Originally shot on 8mm film. No sound.

Civilization on Trial

1948 • 24 min • South Africa, United States of America

A rough but powerful film made by anti-apartheid crusader, Rev. Michael Scott, this is the first anti-apartheid documentary. The purpose of the film was clearly to generate international support for dealing with the plight of the African and Indian population in South Africa and South West Africa. Indeed, the very title, Civilization on Trial is a direct take-off of Arnold Toynbee’s influential 1948 book of the same title.

Cab Calloway Home Movies

1948 • 56 min • United States of America

A collection of home movies filmed from 1948-1951 featuring the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway and his wife Nuffie in their home on Long Beach and on their travels across both of the Americas.

Round Europe in a Talbot Ten

1948 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Amateur review film of the Talbot Ten. With shots of Lake Como in Italy, the Swiss mountains, historic towns in Germany and the canals in Belgium.

Queen o’ the Border

1948 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A portrait of Hawick, pronounced 'hoik' by the locals, a town in the Scottish Borders. The film was shot in Technichrome - a vibrant colour system developed in 1948 to photograph the British Olympic Games.

Modern Hawaii

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

This film portrays Hawaii as a multifaceted American territory, far more than just a tourist destination with picturesque beaches and palm trees. It describes Hawaii as a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific, serving as a crucial crossroads for shipping and air travel between North America, Asia, and Australia. The film highlights Hawaii's fertile soil, conducive to agriculture, with major crops being sugar cane and pineapples, cultivated historically by a significant Asian workforce. Cities like Honolulu are presented as modern, diverse urban centers blending various cultures, including the native Hawaiian heritage. The film also notes Hawaii's strategic importance, with historical sites like Pearl Harbor, emphasizing its unique combination of cultural richness, economic vitality, and historical significance.

Great Lakes: Their Link with Ocean Shipping

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

Portrays the lakes as an important shipping route for a region of vast natural resources, major population centers and extensive industrial development. Shows the Welland Canal and the St. Lawrence Seaway as important links between the lakes and the ocean.

Geometry and You

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

Shows how Jim and Bob use protractor and ruler to study such figures as rectangles, triangles and circles, and such principles as congruence, similarity and symmetry, in constructing a model porch.

Nalen-rapsodi

1948 • 12 min

Shows song, music and dance from Dancehall National, commonly known as Nalen in Stockholm. The film is a pure music and dance film and shows no less than three stellar ensembles in full action - Het Miller's hot quintet from Holland, Seymour Österwall's Swedish elite orchestra and Jimmy Woode's all-black bass are responsible for the music. Black singer Kosto Kilroy and Javanese swing singer Sanny Day are seen and heard as soloists. Furthermore, Nalen's jitterbug stars and adjutant Engvall with his 100 singers and musicians from the Salvation Army participate. A beauty pageant and a carnival also feature prominently in the film. Among the melodies is the popular samba Manana.

Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4

1948 • 9 min • United Kingdom

The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.

The Bear Dodger

1948 • 9 min • Japan

Created by Noburo Ofuji, who had been cartoon making since the 1920s, often with decorative paper cutouts. The character animation looks like it was done 15 years before, but a lot of the elements are highly original; design (those trees!), use of camera focus. Heavily musical in a manner that recalls animation's earliest use of sound. The lesson here is: "If you can't count on your friends, travel alone".