1948 Movies

Operation Vittles is a 1948 American short documentary film about the Berlin Airlift, from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It ex...

Questionable cycling advice from the 40s.

A service film teaching us about eating right.

A short film about Oslo as a summer city for outdoor enthusiasts, with the surrounding forests and the fjord serving as recreational areas. // Oslofi...

Experimental film by Jim Davis

Young Frank Taylor loathes working at a shoe store, but discovers that he is doomed to hate any job unless he changes his attitude. After a motivation...

A Chinese film by Lu Dun

A man can't understand why prices on everything have suddenly risen sky-high. He mentions it to his grown son, and is told that the main reason for th...

A teenager eager to make the high school basketball team fails the tryouts. Devastated, he turns to the family doctor to find out what happened. The d...

An educational short focusing on school safety.

The highlights from the All-Ireland Football Championship Final, 1948.

Made as a promotional film for the new nationalised health services, it looks at a number of hospitals throughout central Scotland including the Edinb...

In bringing you this most unusual picture, the producers wish to point out that "Satan and the virgin are the same person!" At no time during her perf...

The English nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel, has had various interpretations and by giving the title to this HM-Treasury sponsored picture, the mem...

Three children on a picnic learn the process of fire making and the principles involved. The dangers from fire and methods of control are shown.

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...

This educational short demonstrates how important the state of Alaska is by showing the many valuable resources it provides.

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting the African Conference in London during September and October of 1948.

Boy uses his radio equipment to demonstrate how sound is produced and transmitted.