1949 Movies

In April 1944 The Great Western Aerodrome started its transformation from a privately owned small grass airfield to Heathrow; by 1946 one of the world...

Women at work in an office; the English study circle in Skönvik; Skönsberg speech choir; timber rafting at Tunadal's timber boom; an electric locomoti...

This series consists of moving images relating to the American way of life. The footage covers stories relating to the American family, working women,...

Black and White | 16 mm | ca. 21 min. | Production:Louis De Rochemont | Published by United World Films Inc., New York | Released on DVD from the Nati...

Among the various diseases that attack the potato during the growing season, there are first of all the virus diseases such as Mosaic, Leaf Roll, Spin...

This documentary follows four scientists and their Native guides into the unmapped wilderness of the Ungava Peninsula, in northern Quebec. Crossing th...

This educational short shows how alcohol is produced and its effect on the human body.

Uses time-lapse photography to show the physical power of plants in their efforts to receive sunlight and fulfill their growth.

Documentary in classic NFB style about Canadian farmers who travel south to Texas every spring with their combine harvesters to harvest crops travelin...

A short subject by Pierre Bailly.

Ed, a teenager, applies for a job, but upsets his interviewer, Mr. Wiley, by criticizing a former employer. Mr. Wiley tells Ed the story of two brothe...

Bulgarian film version of the opera Ivan Susanin

A trio of house painters, a cat, a dog and a bird, undertake to decorate the exterior of a skyscraper, and end up, involuntarily, performing a ballet-...

An African entourage makes a spectacular appearance in postwar London.

The Red Cross sells stamps to Danish citizens on Red Cross Day, and the purpose of the film is to tell why no one is allowed to say no. You follow the...

Uses the story of teens trying to extend the hours of their "Teen Canteen" as a vehicle for explaining customs, moral codes, and laws.

Created in 1949 by the U.S. Army, "The Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb" represents an early attempt to describe the impact of bomb effects and radi...

Instructional short for true beginners.