1953 Movies

An amusing look at American history, starting with Columbus' discovery of America, and touching on the formation of the original thirteen states, the...

Murder in Paris (aka Paris Efter Midnight aka French Life) was the second of five burlesque shorts presented in anaglyphic 3-D by Oakland and San Fran...

Zakia is a reckless woman who pushes her husband to deal in drugs in order to provide the money she needs. Her husband is arrested and sentenced to te...

A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.

A story about a young man tempted to kill his rival for a girl, only to find out that he may be his illegitimate son. The story is set in XIX century...

A nurse succeeds in replacing the infant (Rashad),the son of her sister with the baby girl (Nadia),in order to achieve her sister's dream of inherit...

The two sons of the Forsgården estate - Arne and Arthur - both fall for the same woman, the beautiful but poor Lea. She has on the other hand only eye...

When Clarabell the clown puts a white tube instead of a black tube into the television, he disappears into a puff of smoke as a strange and wonderful...

This short film is an illustration of Niver's preservation process of paper print films. Renovare—from the Latin "to renew"—was an apt name for Niver'...

In the frozen North, Captain Herman of the Northwest Mousies is trying to capture notorious outlaw Pierre Katnip, who has been robbing the little mice...

An orphan girl from a wealthy family, lives with her depressed, withdrawn father, and falls in love with Tawfiq, a writer in her father's circle. She...

Two young high school boys spike the punch at a Halloween party, mischievously let the air out of car tires, and finally steal a car to go for a joyri...

Images of the construction of the Sabbioni dam, which submerged a glacier tongue to build a hydroelectric power plant.

Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation i...

Documentary short about Västerbotten, Sweden from the Norwegian border to the coast.

Chemins d'avril is a French short film directed by Édouard Molinaro, released in 1953.It is about a young boy on his way to school. He finds a rabbit...

Children in the third grade learn the reasons for celebrating George Washington's birthday, Lincoln's birthday, and Valentine's Day.