1948 Movies

This educational short demonstrates how important the state of Alaska is by showing the many valuable resources it provides.

Radio personality Martin Block interviews Ray Noble and Buddy Clark and introduces a few performances by Clark singing with Ray Noble and His Orchestr...

Tells the story of a woodchuck which was taken to a state park to live and now entertains the park visitors by performing tricks. Shows the woodchuck'...

Three children on a picnic learn the process of fire making and the principles involved. The dangers from fire and methods of control are shown.

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting the African Conference in London during September and October of 1948.

A rough but powerful film made by anti-apartheid crusader, Rev. Michael Scott, this is the first anti-apartheid documentary. The purpose of the film...

A blonde woman drops by her sister's apartment unexpectedly and discovers her brunette sister having sex. While hiding behind a curtain, the blonde si...

Postwar adjustment is easy for a young World War II veteran who is welcomed back to his job at U.S. Steel with a position, training courses, and couns...

Questionable cycling advice from the 40s.

A group of students who put on a radio debate show discuss what capitalism is. While they tend to agree on the general idea, they each have a differen...

A woman moves to Jakarta to find work after her husband is blinded in an accident.

Young Frank Taylor loathes working at a shoe store, but discovers that he is doomed to hate any job unless he changes his attitude. After a motivation...

São José do Vale do Rio Preto, 1940. The coffee plantation is depleted, generating consequences for the region: with the decay, commercial houses are...

Rare Footage of Mahatma Gandhi's Funeral

When sponsor Nottingham cancels King Russell's radio program, The Hot Shots try to change his mind. They not only fail but Nottingham's son forces the...

This educational short shows the operations of a big city airport.

A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The d...

Mexican movie

A Chinese film by Lu Dun

Once again the moving beam of "Spotlight" swings across the city of today to pinpoint a new story for the screen audience of tomorrow. This time we s...