1948 Movies

The 1948 London Olympics see Wembley stadium host the athletics plus diving and the swimming at the Empire Pool.

The Standard Oil Company of Chicago describes how gasoline was refined and used in the early 1950's. The film features a combination of animation and...

This film treats the subject of vandalism. It is intended to show children that by wantonly damaging public property they cause mischief not only to...

A 1948 short film made by Hawley-Lord, Inc., that takes viewers through a tour of a trout hatchery, seeing fish raised from egg to catch.

Highlights of the All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final 1948.

A tribute to Lancashire, land of industry, leisure, sublime landscape - and laundry detergent.

A film by Shantaram Athavale.

Three elementary pupils learn that everyone attaches personal meanings to words and that the wording of newspaper stories, conversations, advertisemen...

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...

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

A silent colour film documenting the study of the 1947-48 eruption of Icelandic volcano Hekla – one of the world’s largest eruptions between 1900 and...

The March of Time was an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. This episode covered the Dutch...

Short film detailing the hardships faced by California fruit workers from the policies of the DiGiorgio Fruit Company, and the company's efforts to br...

Subject unknown. Co-winner in the Documentary category at the first Canadian Film Awards presentation in 1949.

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...

Film showing Malaya before, during and after the war

Shows many accidents on a farm, and describes how they can be prevented. Joe the Special in-the-meantime agent magically appears and tells a farmer ab...

Money for the football team is being used to buy a film projector and causes a big stink! A/V Geeks and jocks on the brink of gang war! Helps students...

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.