All Films

Flax of Canada - Part Two: The Use of Flax

1947 • 20 min • Canada

Linen thread, strong and resistant, is used in several industries. Its durability is especially suitable for the manufacture of fishing nets, quality shoes are sewn of linen thread and many objects that adorn our homes, resulting from the work of our craftswomen, are made of it: towels, hangings, tablecloths, etc.

Anatole fait du camping

1947 • 13 min • France

After somewhat hectic travel preparations, Anatole and Margot set off on holiday. The cart arrives at its destination, somehow or other, and it’s time to set up camp. But the task isn’t always simple and Anatole is literally blown away, inflated like an airbed!

Stanley Takes a Trip

1947 • 11 min

The importance of a balanced diet, told in story form for children through the medium of two-dimensional cut-out animation. Stanley is a little boy who is lethargic from lack of a balanced diet. Some animals take him for a trip on the back of a "train engine" bull, to discover what are the proper foods for health and where they come from.

Wilbur the Lion

1947 • 9 min • United States of America

This George Pal Puppetoon (production number U6-1) has circus veteran Wilbur the Lion retired and returned to the jungle, where the wild life does not appeal to him, so he sets out to be captured by hunters.The hunters are none too good, so Wilbur has to basically capture the hunters, in order to accomplish his goal of returning to civilization.

A Christmas Fantasy

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

An odd Christmas short featuring idyllic scenes of Christmas and Santa wearing a creepy mask.

The Librarian

1947 • 10 min

SHOWS THE WORK OF A CATALOGUER, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, THE LIBRARIAN WHO WORKS WIITH CHILDREN & THE LIBRARIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN A FIELD

In the Time of King Krakus

1947 • 15 min • Poland

Stop-motion animation short based on the Wawel Dragon legend.

The Mail Goes Through

1947 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Two reckless villains try to rob a train. Good triumphs over evil, and the mail goes through.

Bookkeeping and You

1947 • 11 min • United States of America

An overview on how bookkeeping is an important skill, particularly when it comes to running a business, a farm, or your personal finances.

A Really Important Person

1947 • 11 min • United States of America

A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.

Hired Husband

1947 • 17 min • United States of America

The millionairess aunt of Errol's previously married wife is coming to visit, and since the aunt is dead set against divorce, the wife prevails upon Errol to pose as the butler, and brings back her inebriated first husband to pose as her current mate.

With the Reindeer

1947 • 8 min • Finland

A short film about Lapland

School in the Mailbox

1947 • 19 min

In Australia, children live in the Outback, too far from others to travel to any school. The Australian government has a school with no student only teachers that correspond with their pupils and teach those children at their own pace.

Hot Heir

1947 • 17 min • United States of America

Hugh innocently becomes involved with his neighbors wife, just as his rich uncle comes to visit.

To You, Moscow

1947 • 18 min • Soviet Union

As in any country's own history books, here Russia is gloriously painted against all comers with the then-800-year-old Moscow, "The Great City of Lenin", as its beating heart. Notable leaders are traditionally honored while commonfolk and enemies are suggested through animals - dutiful horses in old wartime, meek puppies 'neath the Provisional Government and suffocative ravens at the dawn of WWII. A love letter to the capital indeed, To You Moscow also functions as a quickie review of Russian history.

The Mine

1947 • 10 min • Poland

A film dedicated to miners, showing the hardship and risk of working in a mine. Devoid of verbal commentary, it draws its impact from the form: suggestive cinematography close to the pre-war avant-garde, dynamic editing closely linked to music. Brzozowska was accused of formalism at the 1949 Congress of Filmmakers in Wisła, where socialist realism was proclaimed.

Muku no Ki no Hanashi

1947 • 20 min • Japan

Short animated film from 1947

The Cage

1947 • 28 min • United States of America

A soundless film starts in a studio: an artist sits, a nude stands; a page burns, paper cutouts appear, images are distorted. The artist removes his eye; it falls from his hand, seeing images spin as it rolls. A man falls, objects in the studio falls on him, he's not the artist. A woman gets help from a man in a lab coat; he and the man on the floor fight over a shotgun. Outside, in the city, people and cars move backwards. On the street, those from the studio chase a woman who's stolen leeks. In the backward cityscape, they move forward. They run toward a seaside amusement park. The artist follows, his head in a bird cage. He ends up with the woman who went for help; or does he?

Moving Millions

1947 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Film illustrating the scope of London Transport activities at their most extensive. These include shaping the transport system by collating numbers of passengers, timetabling, maintenance and engineering of services including bus, underground, Green line, tram and trolleybus.

The Fight Against Cancer

1947 • 15 min • Denmark

A Danish PSA urging people to see the doctor before it's too late to cure their cancer.

Agricultural Holiday Camps

1947 • 1 min • United Kingdom

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

Skifully Yours

1947 • 22 min

Skifully Yours by noted ski film director Otto Lang, offers a charming look at the Sun Valley, Idaho, ski scene of the late 1930s.

Symphony of a City

1947 • 18 min • Sweden

An impressionistic short film celebrating Stockholm’s rhythms of life, blending images of its streets, waterways, people, and architecture into a visual “symphony.” Winner of the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Short Subject, One-Reel in 1949 — the first Swedish film ever to receive an Oscar.

La Ceinture Dorée

1947 • 16 min • France

La Ceinture Dorée is an institutional documentary film on the Brittany region in France. The different scenes describe the daily life of the Bretons, starting with a geography lesson on Brittany in a classroom. Then a Breton landscape where a painter paints a house, women in headdresses in a procession, bell towers and forgiveness, prayers at Calvaries. Then follow the plans of the boats at the dock and the work of the oyster farmers. Lobster ponds, algae collectors and fertilizer collection. Daily life of the Leonards, preparation of pancakes in front of the fireplace and pancake meal. etc