Movies 1953 Page 45

A veteran B-29 propeller plane, struggling to find work after WWII, is upset after his wife gives birth to a little jet. When he tries to compete...

A musical entertainment piece centered on a traveling women’s sword-fighting troupe.

An arsonist-for-hire dubbed "Mr. Matches" has been been torching buildings all around the city. Bernard Frank, head of the fire bureau, knows who...

Two men are in love with the same woman. One of them, feeling rejected, attempts suicide. The young woman finally decides to choose a third man. When...

Ziba and Ahmad are in love. However, the village elder, who is Ahmad's father, disapproves of their union. He desires for Ahmad to marry a woman from...

A U.S. sailor docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.

This comedy tells the confusion created by Dante Rossi, owner of a pizza restaurant in Braz, namesake of a powerful industrial São Paulo. This...

Arne Sucksdorff’s celebrated nature film follows two brothers in rural Sweden as they witness a fox raid and secretly raise an orphaned otter. Told...

A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.

American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new...

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's...

A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.

The conversion of a pedantic family tyrant into an understanding husband and father.

Different kind of people arrives to Madrid airport. Some goes with their heads and others just landed. Fernando is a pilot who he brings a girl for...

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a...

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying...

We follow the green city boundary from Ljan on the east side of the Oslofjord, up through Østmarka, Nordmarka and back down to the fjord. On the...

Dufaycolor film of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

This is a simple cinematic dance experience performed by Al Maldenado at the beach in La Jolla, California, using the bold rock formations as...

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s role...

A short re-telling of the classic fairytale.

London families spend a day at Southend-on-Sea.

This short film offers a children's guide to anger management.

Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency

Australian railway film from 1953, showcasing the beauty of train travel.

A study of the behavior of four and five year old children at home and at nursery school. At four the vacillation between infantile helplessness and...

The birth of Baby Huey! The headlines in "Barnyard Eggstra" read: "Duck Lays Huge Egg. Mother Eggcited. Egg To Be Named Huey." A fox steals the giant...

This fifteen-minute sales film for CBS Radio was directed by Bobe Cannon, designed by T. Hee and Sterling Sturtevant, with backgrounds painted by Bob...

Milford the pig gets the mail and informs Paw that the family has won a new house. The catch is they have to put it together themselves. Of course,...

An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century.

The wife is unhappy that her husband has not registered with the Home Guard like the other men.

Documentary concerning Baltimore's efforts at urban renewal with an emphasis on improving housing in the city's slums.

A travel film with a poetic narration and orchestral soundtrack on Tasmania: '...set like a scenic tapestry in the Southern Ocean'.

Set to a poetic musical dialogue, this film shows the beauty of Melbourne and gardens as the bride, groom etc gather for a wedding at St John's...

Ollie loves to play the tuba but his playing upsets all the people in town. He goes to the country and disrupts the milking habits of the cows. He...

A typical term at the Cheltenham Ladies' College, as filmed by members of staff.