Movies 1947 Page 46

Thomas the cat finds Tweetie in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour...

A cat who has just been chased by a mouse wielding a meat cleaver laments, "Why can't I catch that mouse?!" A parrot reading "Superkatt" comics tells...

Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to...

Chasing women and staying one step ahead of the law, the Cisco Kid meets Raquel and then Dolores. He sees that Raole is the boy friend of Raquel but...

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music...

Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.

In a freshwater pond, it's "eat or be eaten." A dragonfly larva eats a midge; a water beetle larva eats a damselfly larva. Snail larvae grow. A...

Stop-motion animation short based on the Wawel Dragon legend.

A famous bandleader, suffering from overwork and exhaustion, goes to a sanitarium for a rest. While there he dreams of being out west at a dude...

After the Continuation War and the Lapland War, Eino Mäkinen photographed the devastated Lapland rising from the ashes in 1945-1947. Lapin sisu is a...

O'Voutie O'Rooney was marketed as a short film by indie distributor Astor Pictures, who tagged it along with feature films made for all-black cinemas.

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to...

Although Dale and Ken Bullock should be a happily married couple, their marriage is on the verge of a break-up, because Dale refuses to give up her...

Beloved teacher Miss Hinklefink inherits a western ranch, and to spend the summer with Professor Townley, she invites students Freddie, Dodie, Betty,...

Air Force film of Chuck Yeager's October 14, 1947 X-1 flight that broke broke the sound barrier for the first round in human flight.

Trusting aristocrats during the French Revolution hired Dr. Egan to assist them flee the mob, but were then double crossed by the good doctor who...

Red Ryder returns to Sioux City, Wyoming, at the close of the Spanish-American War, settling down at the ranch of his aunt, The Duchess, with his...

Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Catherine Duncan. Christmas in Australia is a mid summer festival, with temperatures rising high. ...

This time Bugs' race with Cecil Turtle features a rocket-powered tortoise shell.

An animated presentation of Silent Night, Come All Ye Faithful, Good King Wenceslaus, Joy to the World, and What Child Is This sung by the Leslie...

A rendition of the traditional English folksong ‘Widdicombe Fair’, accompanied by drawings.

This War Department bulletin from 1947 shows captured German V-2 Rockets being tested at White Sands, New Mexico. German scientist Wernher von Braun...

This RKO short, part of the "This is America" series, details (as much as possible in a 20-minute short) the transformation, following World War II,...

Skifully Yours by noted ski film director Otto Lang, offers a charming look at the Sun Valley, Idaho, ski scene of the late 1930s.

Another of the Power Primer series of GM American Industrial Films, this one looking at the internal combustion engine.

The International Ice Patrol is an organization with the purpose of monitoring the presence of icebergs in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and...

In the 1940s, Brotherhood of St Laurence founder, Father Gerard Tucker, commissioned three short, silent films which were screened to audiences in...

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by the National Film Board 1947. Directed by Geoffrey Collings. This film surveys post-war Japan and life...

A survey of the situation in postwar Germany, produced to raise funds in the US. The film is clearly structured: The first part demonstrates the...

Chiquita saves an explorer from becoming a cannibal's meal by showing him the recipe for banana scallops. Unfortunate stereotypical cannibal.

Shows how tourists get to the Centre (Central Australia). Includes: Aboriginal rock paintings, the Devil's Marbles, Tennant Creek, gold crushing...

The 1947 Australian Rules Football VFL Grand Final of the Victorian Football Leageu (VFL) seen in this film was played between the teams Carlton and...

The Columbia, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Colorado river systems.

What Makes a Fine Watch Fine visits Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for a guided tour of the Hamilton Watch Company Factory. The film focuses on the design...

A French team of archaeologists exploring Angkor buildings to restore some.

A brother and a sister who believe Santa is down on his luck this year decide to give Santa a gift in order to help him out.

In this Columbia "Color Phantasy" cartoon (production number 9701), it's the dogs vs. the cats in a golf match. But halfway through the match, an...

Abstract Film, Color, United States, Short Film, Mono.

Heckle and Jeckle try to steal food from under the watchful eye of Dimwit the dog.