All Films

Me persigue una mujer

1947 • 57 min • Mexico

Abstract Movies

1947 • 10 min • United States of America

Abstract Film, Color, United States, Short Film, Mono.

Visite à Hans Hartung

1947 • 7 min • France

Directed by Alain Resnais

Riding the California Trail

1947 • 58 min • United States of America

Chasing women and staying one step ahead of the law, the Cisco Kid meets Raquel and then Dolores. He sees that Raole is the boy friend of Raquel but engaged to Dolores. Learning that all her money will got to her uncle Don Jose when she marries Raole, Cisco suspects a plot and sets out to unravel it.

Law of the Lash

1947 • 53 min • United States of America

When Decker's gang holds up a stage, henchman Lefty takes a lady's rings. Later lefty accidentally exposes the rings buying ammunition and Cheyenne sees them. When Lefty tries to shoot Cheyenne he is captured. Now Cheyenne wants the rest of the gang and their leader.

A Fight to the Finish

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Mighty Mouse at his fighting and singing best, rescuing the damsel-in-distress and his sweetheart, Pearl Pureheart, from the clutches of the oil-can-harry villain. He even finds himself tied to the railroad tracks and the situation appears desperate, but Mighty Mouse does it again in true super-hero, cliffhanging, true-serial thriller style, and leaps into a duel defying the loaded gun of the villain.

The Crab with the Golden Claws

1947 • 59 min • Belgium

Tintin finds himself involved in a mystery related to a drowned man, a can of crabmeat and a ship called Karaboudjan. After investigating the ship, Tintin discovers that the shipment of cans does not contain exactly crabmeat.

Let's Look at Water

1947 • 21 min • Canada

This short documentary shows how a city's water supply is purified at a filtration plant. The complex system of the underground mains that supply all parts of the city with water is also illustrated, as is the safeguarding of water supplies on trains, ships and aircrafts.

Fishing by the Sea

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Dimwit the hound is going fishing. Heckle and Jeckle are roommates in this one, sharing a single large birdhouse. They taunt Dimwit for no particular reason, then try to steal his catch of fish.

A Duel to the Death

1947 • 24 min • France

On the the bank of a peaceful river, two fishermen are... fishing! An idyllic scene indeed. At least until their lines get intertwined. At one of their two ends, a single fish! But whose end? Which of the two contenders is the legal owner of the aquatic vertebrate? To resolve the dispute, the two men decide to fight a pistol duel.

Visite à Lucien Coutaud

1947 • 15 min • France

An art short subject about a visit to a French painter.

Visite à César Domela

1947 • 15 min

A short subject about a Dutch artist who worked in : sculpture, painting, photography, and typography.

Fair Rent

1947 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.

Killers All

1947 • 60 min • United States of America

Exploitative roadshow documentary focusing on gangsters of the 1930's: Bonnie Parker (and Clyde Barrow), John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, and Pretty Boy Floyd.

Crowing Pains

1947 • 6 min • United States of America

Henery Hawk hides in an egg to catch his first chicken, while Foghorn Leghorn tells him that Sylvester is the real chicken and the farm dog joins in the fun.

Jean des Bossons

1947 • 20 min • France

Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean des Bossons, interpreter by the mountaineer Armand Charlet, accompanies on mountain hikes, Jean-Pierre, an apprentice guide. The novice, skis on the shoulder, is already clumsy. The professional taught him how to travel on skis uphill and downhill, then mountaineering in ice and rock parishes. By dint of training, Jean-Pierre has made it his job. Guides are also lifeguards. A group went to a glacier to rescue a man who had fallen into a crevasse. During this rescue, Jean des Bossons is the victim of an accident. A drama that prevents him from practicing the profession, but not climbing. The man sinks into the fog and Jean-Pierre cannot find him.

Journey of a Nation

1947 • 11 min

The much lauded poetic and polemical documentary about the standardisation of Australian rail gauges, emphasising the economic cost in times of peace and the possible threat to security in times of war. Heyer expertly highlights the problems involved, exploring the five changes in the size of rail track between the mainland states.

Visit to Felix Labisse

1947 • 15 min

An art short subject about a French surrealist painter, designer, and illustrator.

Woody the Giant Killer

1947 • 7 min • United States of America

Out of work, Woody complains about his not having any living quarters. A slick talking con man convinces him to buy some "magic beans" promising they will guarantee him a home. Sure enough, Woody climbs the resulting beanstalk and finds a huge castle at the top. Unfortunately, the castle is already occupied by a sleeping giant who Woody eventually outwits, turning his castle into a series of apartments with the giant as a bellboy and Woody as his manager.

Christmas Under the Sun

1947 • 17 min • Australia

Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Catherine Duncan. Christmas in Australia is a mid summer festival, with temperatures rising high. Over the years many of the traditional northern hemisphere Christmas customs have been modified to fit the climate. Cool drinks have taken the place of hot refreshments and much time is spent out of doors but the spirit of Christmas is unchanged and Santa Clause still arrives with snow glistening in his beard!

Ulster Story

1947 • 16 min • United Kingdom

Part of a travelogue series, this films visits to Derry, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Mount Stewart and Belfast.

Land of the Lawless

1947 • 54 min • United States of America

Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a female boss villain in this unusual Western from Monogram. Hired to look into dirty dealings in the town of Medicine Flats, Johnny learns that Kansas City Kate (Christine McIntyre), the owner of the Golden Spur Saloon, has been waging a war against local prospectors, one of whom is found murdered. Not appreciating Johnny's interference, Kate has her henchman Cameo (Tristram Coffin) take a shot at him and when that fails, hires a notorious gunslinger, the Cherokee Kid (I. Stanford Jolley).

Dover, Spring 1947

1947 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Dover made over: this quirky and pointed public information film reveals how the heavily-bombed and shelled Kent town was being replanned after the war. The filmmakers cleverly and entertainintly capture our attention by opening on travelogue cliches that they quickly undercut. It's not white cliffs and rolling hills they want to tell us about. It's present-day Dover - remaking itself in the crisp freshness of a postwar spring.

Tubby the Tuba

1947 • 10 min • United States of America

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits what he's permitted to do in an orchestra of self-playing instruments that, unlike him, get to play pretty melodies. A chance meeting with a bullfrog changes everything.