1948 Movies

Festivities marking the 4th centenary of the founding of La Paz.

Road safety film about how 'accidents always happen to other people'. A series of scenes illustrate careless behavior that could lead to road accident...

Based on the freedom struggle and Quit India Movement of 1942.

Short film by Frank Stauffacher. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Promotional film for the National Health and Insurance Acts which came into force on 15 July 1948

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

Jack is motivated to learn better spending habits after becoming envious of his friend Ralph's new camera.

Delivery of the packet "Pátria" to the Colonial Navigation Company. The sound of the film has been lost.

Experimental film using animation and live action, set to music.

A fox who has stolen a valuable diamond, disguised it and buried it for safekeeping, returns to look for it, only to discover a circus has set up on t...

This propaganda film reflects the rhetoric of the 1948 election campaign. Through black-and-white contrasts, emotional appeals, and threats of a “retu...

Life on a coaster, loading, ports, storm at sea, dramatic incidents in New Zealand, with commentary in rythmical verse.

A post-war film by Włodzimierz Kowańko, created in Argentina

Documentary about the building of the Durres-Tirane railway.

Traffic education film.

An abstract experimental film by Hugo Latelin.

Toward Independence is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries. Preserved by the Aca...

Uses a real-life situation to clarify the elements of mutual assent, competent parties, legal bargain and consideration--both in oral and written cont...

Questionable cycling advice from the 40s.