All Films

Nervous Shakedown

1947 • 16 min • United States of America

Hugh and Dudley stay at Dr. Flint's Sanitarium, unaware that two escaped convicts are using the place for a hideout.

Maintaining Classroom Discipline

1947 • 14 min

A formerly strict teacher takes a different tact with his unruly students.

Human Reproduction

1947 • 21 min

Educational short about the human reproductive process.

Playing Together

1947 • 10 min

Two brothers learn good sportsmanship at a local pool during a swim meet.

Target Labor

1947 • 17 min

Produced internal by the National Maritime Union itself, TARGET LABOR emphasizes the destructive power to unions of the then-recent Taft-Hartley Act.

Looking Ahead Through Rohm & Haas Plexiglas

1947 • 24 min • United States of America

Notable for its gorgeous Technicolor backend, the film explores the versatile material Plexiglas, a transparent and durable acrylic plastic developed by Rohm & Haas. Highlighting its lightweight, impact-resistant, and weather-resistant properties, it showcases its applications in military and peacetime uses, including aircraft components and various household items. Plexiglass can be molded, shaped, and crafted into intricate designs, making it suitable for a wide range of industries, from aviation to medical instruments. The film emphasizes its optical clarity, safety features, and aesthetic appeal, envisioning a future where Plexiglass enhances home design and functionality.

California And Its Natural Resources

1947 • 39 min

A look at the vast natural resources in California.

Science and Superstition

1947 • 8 min

Fun film telling students to research superstitions and other questions that they might have with scientific experiments. Superstitions like Groundhog Day and rabbit's feet are discussed as well as everyday scientific questions.

Royal Tour of South Africa

1947 • 55 min

Film of the Royal Family's tour of South Africa in 1947. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

City Fire Fighters

1947 • 10 min

A Fireman demonstrates fire fighting equipment & teaches children responsibility in preventing and controlling fires..

Try and Catch Me!

1947 • 9 min • United States of America

Sportscaster Red Barber narrates this Paramount Headliner short about the escapades of a raccoon, who is beginning his day when the rest of the world is going to bed. He visits a henhouse and swipes some eggs, the farmer organizes a hunt with his dogs and the raccoon is treed by the pack of hounds. But he manages to escape. Originally released on February 14,1947 and reissued on October 2, 1953.

Chiquita Banana and the Cannibals

1947 • 1 min • United States of America

Chiquita saves an explorer from becoming a cannibal's meal by showing him the recipe for banana scallops. Unfortunate stereotypical cannibal.

Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March

1947 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.

Hula Rumba

1947 • 3 min

A Soundie featuring Gloria King and Bernie Kaai with Kuaana’s Dream Islanders.

Neuzeitliche Moorkultivierung

1947 • 12 min

Short educational film about modern bog cultivations. It is also considered to be the first educational film made after the second World War.

Iron and Steel Supply of the World

1947 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

Posture Habits

1947 • 10 min • United States of America

This old-school educational film teaches a viewer how to develop posture consciousness and motivates them to have good habits with standing, walking and sitting postures.

England: Background of Literature

1947 • 10 min • United States of America

Takes students to England to show them the land that inspired many great writers... the London of Chaucer, Dickens and Browning...the countryside which was so meaningful to Shakespeare, Keates, Wordsworth and Kipling...and the sea as Coleridge, Conrad and Masefield wrote of it.

Woman's a Fool

1947 • 21 min • United States of America

A musical revue featuring a variety of acts of singing, comedy sketches, burlesque dancers, and more.

Flax from Canada - Part One: Growing Flax

1947 • 21 min • Canada

The cultivation of flax, long and complicated, requires constant precautions and care. This document describes the different stages of this culture, from tillage and fertilization of the soil to uprooting, retting, braying, stacking, retting and, finally, shipping to the factory.

Using the Bank

1947 • 10 min • United States of America

The film illustrates the various services provided by a bank through the experience of Mr. Frank Adams. It details his process of depositing money, the growth of his savings account with interest, and his successful application for a loan to start a hardware business. The film highlights the importance of banking services, including savings accounts, loans, and checking accounts, and emphasizes the security and convenience offered by banks. Mr. Adams' journey showcases how banking can support personal financial growth and business development.

Tomatoe

1947 • 2 min

Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhouse. He installed automatic temperature, humidity, and irrigation systems to help with growing different species of plants, and outfitted his greenhouse with automatic photofloods, iron window shutters, and an army of Bell & Howell “Filmo Model 70” 16mm cameras mounted on dolleys. The nerve center of all of this was an elaborate setup of switch panels and controls connected to a timer. Ott’s automatic greenhouse was called “ingenious” by American Cinematographer in 1947.

A City with Tradition: A Film about Lund

1947 • 10 min • Sweden

A document of life and culture in the southern Swedish university town, Lund.

The Long Bodies

1947 • 4 min

Movement and patterns of abstract forms.