1950 Movies

Experimental film by Curtis Opliger. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Kasperle Larifari travels to a distant island in search of a magic flower.

A sixth-grade teacher confronts the fact that one of her new students is not exactly like his older brother and will need to be treated like an indivi...

Behind-the-scenes documentary short about circuses.

A trained rabbit is plopped into several set-ups with other animals and the results are filmed, meanwhile a narrator cracks wise.

Ted Atkinson, the winningnest jockey on American racetracks is the subject for this Columbia World of Sports short. He is shown working out his mounts...

Wally shows his sister Nora how to write a good social letter.

"The White Hands" - 'I came to film in my capacity of poet, wanting to see whether I could express myself in pictures rather that in words-create a fi...

Song of the Wild is Heinz Sielmann's first feature film, made in black and white and a valuable contemporary document. Filming took place in 1948 and...

While most of the footage is indeed authentic and the safari journey and the reason is real, this is far from being qualified as a documentary since i...

Discusses the child's major emotions--fear, curiosity, anger, jealousy, and joy--and points out the principal characteristics of each.

An "autobiographical sketch" centered around small group of vacationers to Hill's estate in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. A gorgeous and relaxing film-s...

Encyclopaedia Britannica outlines the basics of sleep hygiene.

A documentary depiction of the cultural and social forces which led the world to war in the 1930s and 1940s, beginning with the rise of Hitler after t...

Santa's elves at the North Pole are making toys for good girls and boys, while back in the suburbs a family stands around the Christmas tree singing c...

Documentary produced by the Norfolk and Western Railway on getting deliveries to their destination quickly view the railroad

Rock Island Railroad documentary on the role the railroad plays in making everyday life possible

A short video made in the 1950's about 'choosing a partner for happiness'. Found on Youtube.

Habit Patterns - Breaking bad teen habits. How to wash, care for yourself, prepare & dress for the day. Be nice, be social and organised. 1950s teen s...

A trip around England meeting various oddities and obscurities including a hair raising Taxi drive around 1950s central London.