Movies 1948 Page 46

The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

Jimmy and Cannonball stumble across a murder scheme, hatched by beautiful but deadly Janice Thompson.

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.

A short documentary on the production of rayon, filmed in the industrial town of Torviscosa in northeastern Italy. The film documents the...

A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of the Bouquinquant brothers, Léon, who...

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy steps in when the young man is framed for murder.

Popeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.

How, in November 1945, after the end of the World War II and the fall of the Third Reich, the international prosecutors participating in the first...

Cold War-era cartoon aimed at convincing workers that increased productivity brings about greater purchasing power. The second of seven...

When Border Patrol Lieutenant Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer. To clear the Robert's name for his boss, Lieutenant...

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then...

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

An instructive film on the topic of the eradication of smuggling and democratic police.

A former OSS agent is assigned to rescue two atomic scientists from the dastardly Russians and spirit them away from behind the Iron Curtain.

A lovely, incisive portrait of adolescents in the crowded San Giovanni quarter of Rome during the last years of WWII.

Examination of the harsh living faced by many in Ireland in the lead-up to the 1948 general election.

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

This film instructs American Telephone & Telegraph Co. truck drivers on how to be safe drivers. It deals with motor vehicle safety and shows...

Once again the moving beam of "Spotlight" swings across the city of today to pinpoint a new story for the screen audience of tomorrow. This time we...

This film treats the subject of vandalism. It is intended to show children that by wantonly damaging public property they cause mischief not only to...

Six-year-old Betty visits a poultry farm, where she helps feed the chickens, sees them at various stages of development, watches a boy clean the eggs...

Winter holiday scenes at Pitlochry and in France (Paris and Lake Annecy, Alps).

The undead inhabitants of a haunted house decide to scare a poor house decorator and his dog away from the property.

The Ministry of Labour exhorts women to return to industry – the post-war production drive depends on them.

Part of the Flight Safety series of PSAs produced by United Productions of America for the U.S. Navy. Three stalwart brothers learn the importance of...

Amateur filmmaker, James Poppleton, delivers an account of WWII from the home front in Melbourne, Australia. Newspaper headlines set the scene and...

The ill effects on children's bodies and minds of the chaotic conditions being countered by the endeavours of UNESCO. The film emphasises especially...

After a farm child becomes sick, a visit from the sanitary inspector points out various precautions for maintaining a clean water supply and...

This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.

God tests Abraham's faith in Him by ordering him to sacrifice his son Isaac.

Experimental film by Jim Davis

Festivities marking the 4th centenary of the founding of La Paz.

A ghost haunts the house where he was murdered a hundred years earlier.

The Standard Oil Company of Chicago describes how gasoline was refined and used in the early 1950's. The film features a combination of animation and...

Night club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita.) The...