1949 Movies

An episode of "The March of Time" - a theatrical newsreel series created by the editors of Life Magazine and Time Magazine.

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

Produced by Dr. Lester F. Beck of the University of Oregon, this astonishing 40-minute motion picture is an unrehearsed, authentic clinical record, sh...

Documentary film about the historical and cultural development of the two largest cities in East Bohemia - Pardubice and Hradec Králové.

A film about conservation of the earth made in 1949 by the N.Y. Zoological Society.

What is the Christmas stamp collection money used for? Vulnerable and especially needy children get the opportunity to come to the Christmas brand hom...

Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.

The Wirth Brothers Circus, one of Australia’s largest and most successful, survived another 15 years after this film was made.

This year the Musica Viva Festival will feature content from the NFSA's Film Australia Collection to be screened in the Bang & Olufsen Salon throughou...

Structure of the skin; good cleanliness habits; the proper way to wash; the correct use of soap.

A group of local youngsters are angry that the vacant lot where they used to play baseball has been placed off limits to them by the city. A neighbor...

Much of the romance associated with the development of the gold industry is to be found at Kalgoorlie on the golden mile, that rich strip of Western A...

How the mobile telephone system works, and how mobile phones can benefit businesses such as trucking and construction companies.

A documentary about fruit growing and canning in Australia.

Made by the National Film Board 1949. Directed by Bern Gandy. The expanding activities of the Post Office to cater for communications in an ever growi...

Educational short that details the inner workings of an ant hill and compares this 'ant city' with a human city.

This classroom training film was designed to show the achievements of Roman culture in the areas of government, architecture, engineering, language an...