All Films

Il dramma di Cristo

1948 • 14 min

The documentary focuses on Giotto's frescoes in Padua.

Jesús T. Piñero

1948 • 26 min • Puerto Rico

Portrays Puerto Ricans' reaction on the appointment of Jesús T. Piñero as the first Governor in the island.

Blame It on the Samba

1948 • 6 min • United States of America

Donald Duck and Jose Carioca, both literally blue, stumble across the Cafe do Samba, whose proprietor is determined to cheer them up with samba music. After they get their color back, they land in a giant brandy snifter, where a live-action woman is playing the tune on an organ. She also drums and dances a bit. The only dialogue is the lyrics of the song, sung by women.

The Truce Hurts

1948 • 8 min • United States of America

Butch convinces Tom and Jerry that there's no reason to fight and they should all sign a peace treaty. Tom and Butch even rescue their pals from a fellow cat and dog. But then a steak falls off a truck and the boys can't decide how to divvy it up, ultimately losing it completely, and the truce is off.

Accidents Don’t Happen: Safe Clothing

1948 • 7 min • Canada

Brogan thinks Foreman McCardle has gone clean off his rocker when he has him, Brogan, carted away to the clinic although he’s perfectly well. When Nurse Gilfillan starts to operate - on Brogan’s trailing necktie, baggy-sleeved sweater, cuffed pants and worn-out shoes - horrid tales of workers who had worn similar clothing and been reduced to near-hamburger make everything quite clear.

Fly Away Peter

1948 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.

The Hot Scots

1948 • 17 min • United States of America

The stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they learn that detectives are need to guard a Scottish castle where valuables have been disappearing, they masquerades as Scotsmen to get the job. After a spooky night in the castle, the boys expose the servants as the crooks.

The Witch's Cat

1948 • 7 min • United States of America

A witch and her really-stupid cat try to disrupt a Hallowe'en celebration by the mice. They swoop down on the mice as they are parading around a bonfire. But the cat burns its tail, is discovered, and the Mighty One is summoned. He ties the cat in knots and the celebration continues.

They're Off

1948 • 7 min • United States of America

At the race track, various spectators (all Goofy lookalikes) are playing the ponies. A posh rich Goofy bets on the equally posh Snapshot III while another more common looking Goofy bets on the bedraggled Old Moe. When the race begins, Snapshot and the rider are so overconfident they wait a few minutes after the race has begun to start running. When they finally do get going, Snapshot is not above stooping to dirty tricks such as tripping and biting the other horses. Sadly, Snapshot's vanity is what costs him winning the race (he stops to pose for the photo finish) and Old Moe is declared the winner.

My Bunny Lies Over the Sea

1948 • 7 min • United States of America

In Scotland, Bugs Bunny rescues a woman from a monster. The "woman" is a kilted Scotsman, and the "monster" is his bagpipe. The Scotsman then challenges Bugs to a game of golf.

Crabbin' in the Cabin

1948 • 18 min • United States of America

Wally and Eddie's hunting trip is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of their wives.

Van Gogh

1948 • 20 min • France

The biography of Dutch artist Van Gogh, illustrated only with images of his paintings and drawings, or details of those, and according dramatic musical score.

Bumble Boogie

1948 • 3 min

A bumblebee (to a boogie-woogie version of Flight of the Bumblebee) is being attacked by flowers made of piano keys, flowers made of trumpets, snakes made of piano keys, the piano hammers hitting the "strings" of the sheet music, and so forth.

10,000 Kids and a Cop

1948 • 18 min • United States of America

A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.

Boogie Woogie Blues

1948 • 10 min • United States of America

A 10-minute performance film featuring famous songstress Hadda Brooks, accompanying herself on the piano.

The Cumberland Story

1948 • 43 min

A documentary by Humphrey Jennings about the modernization of coal mines in Cumberland.

Taming the Cat

1948 • 7 min • United States of America

We see a house cat next to an unoccupied birdcage as he pulls a canary feather out of his mouth. Hmm, I wonder what happened? Now he hangs up a sign: 'Songbirds Wanted'.

The Feeling of Hostility

1948 • 31 min • Canada

Dramatizes the factors producing resentment and hostility in personal relationships. In the story of Clare we see how the death of her father and the later remarriage of her mother discouraged her from seeking affectional relationships with others. Although successful at college and in her business career, she feels the lack of fellowship and understanding. The factors behind this emotional inadequacy are reviewed by a psychiatrist.

The Racket Buster

1948 • 7 min • United States of America

Mighty Mouse makes a personal appearance at a movie theatre and three gangster cats capture him in an unguarded moment, rob the box-office, kidnap Pearl Pureheart, and take Might Mouse for a one-way ride. However, he free himself, rescues the girl and captures the gangsters.

Son of God’s Country

1948 • 60 min • United States of America

Bill Sanger has his men out raiding and killing to obtain the ranches along the route that he knows the new railroad will use. He then kills the editor that received a letter that would expose him. But the editor earlier hid the letter in a chamber of his gun. Marshal Monte Hale arrives and eventually suspects Sanger and breaks into his house. After a gungight Sanger catches him and with one shot left shoots Monte. But he is using the editor's gun.

Water for Firefighting

1948 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Feature-length instructional cartoon made for the Home Office and the Fire Brigade.

Professor Tom

1948 • 8 min • United States of America

Tom, complete with mortarboard, is teaching a kitten the basics: "cats chase mice." But Jerry keeps subverting this lesson at every opportunity.

Escape from Broadmoor

1948 • 38 min • United Kingdom

A maniac killer returns to the scene of a ten-year-old crime, only to find the ghost of a murdered servant girl waiting to exact her revenge.

The Hunting Rifle

1948 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The hare fraudulently organize a death penalty for an annoying neighbors