1950 Movies

Tells the story of a peasant who receives three wishes for aiding two gnomes, but wastes them due to his own greed and his wife's spitefulness.

This film examines the reasons why the United States decided to engage in the Korean War. Scenes describe Russia's attempt to gain power following Wor...

A German Film Award commended short documentary about bird life.

A noble English dance tradition is preserved in Hertfordshire.

Documentary about the harvest of 1950 conceived as a celebration of the joint work of Czechoslovak cooperatives.

Civil Defense Film on DVD. Enjoy the wonderful vintage animation used to illustrate the manner in which radioactive particles penetrate all manner of...

Maryam, a village girl engaged to Ahmad, is deceived by a city boy named Mahmoud. Fearing scandal, Maryam becomes a wanderer in the city. Later, she t...

A tragedy based on first love.

The life of the inhabitants in the snow-covered Black Forest region.

Helsinki, buildings, parks, statues and monuments.

A film about new forms of agricultural production in Slovakia.

A compilation reel of local movie theatre trailers for upcoming events, such as a “Bug-o-Rama” festival and a “Marathon of Fright.”

This edition of the March of Time series takes a brief look backwards at where the world has come in the first 50 years of the century, and then prese...

Pictures from the London Olympics, the preparation for the Helsinki Olympics, the construction of the Stadium and other sports venues, and an introduc...

The film examines the organisation of civil aviation in Australia, from passenger flights to freight and utility aircraft. It includes planning and co...

How and why feelings of depression carry over from childhood to overshadow adulthood are explained in the case of John Murray, an industrious and cons...

One of the first detailed photo reportages about the country and its people, customs and traditions, the economy and transportation in Indonesia. Skil...

One of the very few Burma/Myanmar classics still in existence and is the country’s earliest surviving silent film in colour from 1950. Contemporary st...

Educational short film

The invisible link that powers Austria’s industry, cities and farms is, of course, electric power. Ultimately that power means jobs for the nation’s m...