1947 Movies

A 1940s newsreel shows young women from Lima modeling elegant Vogue fashions, with makeup and hair done by the Elizabeth Arden Beauty Institute, and c...

The cultivation of flax, long and complicated, requires constant precautions and care. This document describes the different stages of this culture, f...

Short documentary illustrating the buildings and monuments of Piazza San Marco in Venice.

This short dramatized documentary film, presented by U.S. Army, introduces use of polygraph in investigation. Polygraph is used as a lie detector that...

'Jeugdstorm', like 'Jongens die een vlag kunnen dragen' (by Jos Jacobs and Leo Uten from the same year),is a propaganda piece from the Catholic Chiro...

Explains the scientific background and Biblical teaching about blood.

Part of the “Flight Safety” series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one shows viewers how a Navy...

Unreleased Hindi Film

This educational film emphasizes the importance of good grooming and personal hygiene habits. Clothes should always appear clean and neat, and should...

In every youth camp somebody needs to stand guard by the flag. After an eventful stealth game however Drats desides to leave his post to go swimming.

Part of the “Flight Safety” series of animated shorts commissioned by the U.S. Air Force at the end of World War II. This one emphasizes the importanc...

This movie was the brain-child of S.W. Boggs, the U.S. Department of State’s official geographer (1927-1954). Graphic artist Boris Artzybasheff was al...

This colour amateur film is an exceptional record of the second Cannes Film Festival, held in 1947. It features several well-known figures from the Fr...

A look into beekeeping.

The young girl Cui came from a poor family and had a close relationship with Jiang Tao, who was painting. Jiang Tao painted a portrait of Cui and care...

Visual documentary about mountains, filmed in Alberta's Canadian Rockies.

This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun d...

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