1950 Movies

A young man who needs money to buy a typewriter gets a job in a bookstore. He finds out that work cuts into his social life, and is torn between quitt...

Amateur film by British diplomat Clarmont Skrine recording the alpine foothills and Basque coastline of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of south-w...

Experimental 16 mm black/white film from Chicago from 1950 by Danish photographer Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920-2013).

With a musical score typical of a romantic drama, the camera captures, for fifteen minutes (which feel like hours),the construction workers pouring c...

Hikers descend on Knole Park, near Sevenoaks, and soon begin to cause all sorts of mayhem. They are rowdy and destructive; ripping up ferns, pulling d...

GDR propaganda short promoting waste steel collection

Experimental film by Jim Davis

Documentary report about the construction of a house in Ostrava from prefabricated blocks manufactured at the factory.

This educational film (not to be confused with the 1937 exploitation film of the same name, directed by Elmer Clifton) was produced in the 1950s by Sa...

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting everyday life in Nairobi, Kenya.

The rural bully, Uncle Yan, has one wife and five concubines, but he still has a weak wife. The Feng Shui master pointed out that farmer Chen Dashun's...

In this film, servicemen are strongly urged to forgo illicit and casual sex because it is degrading and contrary to divine will. The joys of marriage...

Explains the functions of the doctor and tells why it is important to co-operate with him.

A documentary about the cycling race Tour of Germany in summer 1950

BAMPFA presents a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. C...

Film clips of animals in Iran, Pakistan and India. The animals are mainly held in captivity at local zoos. Animals filmed include camels and a calf, g...

Sally leans how to make a quick meal... in just under 20 minutes!

Jim Davis short shown at Art in Cinema, spring 1950.

Likens a good conversation to a volleyball game. Considers the requirements of a good conversation-courtesy, contributing, following the subject and c...