1947 Movies

Film of the Royal Family's tour of South Africa in 1947. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

This 1947 film depicts the process of gasoline production from prospecting / surveying to consumer consumption. Detailed graphics describe the oil ref...

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

The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) criticism of "the tension an...

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...

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...

A musical revue featuring a variety of acts of singing, comedy sketches, burlesque dancers, and more.

Three songs: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Rock-A-Bye Baby, One More River to Cross, and the piano exercise Chopsticks, illustrated by animated...

Chiquita saves an explorer from becoming a cannibal's meal by showing him the recipe for banana scallops. Unfortunate stereotypical cannibal.

A José Burone Bruché's animation short film from the 40's.

Development of writing and writing tools throughout history.

Relates the square dance to social dancing, teaches the positions of the dancers in relation to the calls and defines terms. Includes the swing, allem...

A formerly strict teacher takes a different tact with his unruly students.

Newsreel from the 1940s about the race organized by the Touring Automobile Club of Lima, in homage to the national anniversary of Colombia, the route...

'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...

Notable for its gorgeous Technicolor backend, the film explores the versatile material Plexiglas, a transparent and durable acrylic plastic developed...

The adventures of Constance and Bud Helmericks in Alaska.

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

Short animated film.

This film shows the effect upon infants of prolonged absence of the mother. A number of babies in a foundling home are shown. The film indicates that...