Cinematic Era: 1946 Vintage

A London cabby uncovers the city's secret nightlife in this surprising plug for post-war National Savings.

Also known as Lion of Baghdad, this film stars Fearless Nadia, John Cavas and Sayani Atish.

Musical film that tells the story of a famous singer with an unshakable security and is at the peak of her career, until Gloria Grey appears, a beautiful and talented beginner who will displace her, to burst into her life generates all kinds of conflicts of egos, jealousy and misunderstandings.

1946 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film

Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause accidents on the roads - and country roads are no exception.

This short traces the cooperation between nations that resulted in the development of atomic weapons, and how they were used to end World War II. It also makes the case for cooperation between nations in order that the further development of nuclear weapons will not spiral out of control and endanger the safety of the world.

Soundie featuring Thelma White and Her All-Girl Orchestra featuring Ellen Connor performing "Take It and Git"

Captures life in rural Oxfordshire in the mid-1940s.

Presents a study of dynamic posture in action, in motion and in preparation for motion. Demonstrates, using a woman subject, correct and incorrect posture in sitting, walking, running.

British educational documentary film about the principal instruments in the modern symphony orchestra, illustrated through Benjamin Britten's composition, "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", for which it was commissioned.

This is the collection of cartoons from 1946 SovietUnion:

In order to prepare a meal for a visiting parishioner, one farmer shoots another farmer's buck. Hilarity ensues.

A humble theatrical prompter becomes a star of the song recreating with his voice and image the traditional iconography of the roads traveled in his longed-for land.

Focuses on the emotional life of two women, whose husbands, with labor excuses, make "outings" from 7 to 9 at night.

16th century swashbuckler in the 'musketeers' vein.

Overnight, the situation changes from one extreme to another. This is what happened to Umm Al-Saad after she accepted to live in humiliation in her wealthy uncle’s palace and work as a maid, to the point that she was accused of theft and his wife threw her out. But fate decreed that her innocence would be revealed after the illness of the uncle became severe, and his wife and children neglected him.

During a stormy night, a rich man is abandoned by his wife, blaming him for her unhappy life. The man and his driver die in an accident in the carriage, after leave the house to search the woman. Days later, the only son and heir of all the properties, Carlos Landa (Tomás Perrín), a military man, returns to the country with intentions of selling the hacienda and all the land, firing all the workers. The beautiful and charming maid, Luisa (Mapy Cortés), daughter of the death driver, encourages him to keep it all and begin to harvest the land. Although Carlos accepts, the villagers begin to gossip around the new life at the hacienda, with prejudices about Luisa and Carlos living alone there. However, in time Luisa starts to have feelings about Carlos, and he seems to correspond, but the arrival of an aristocratic woman, Margarita (Amparo Morillo), catches the attention of Carlos.

Uni professor is voted "Hunkiest teacher of the year." Madcap complications.

An empathetic description of the misery in an inner Parisian suburb, by a photographer who was also the camerman for Joris Ivens, Pierre Prévert and Luis Buñuel. - Nicole Brenez

A man loves a woman of strong character but she abandons her

Vanita Smythe sings "Back Door Man."

In the story, the golden watch is a metaphor: life of an individual for whom honesty is of real value. Uncle Bogdán is the one to have the golden watch, which is all the "fortune" he has, apart from Juci, his only daughter, who supports him

During the war, a girl falls in love with a soldier. Having no news from her, she has meanwhile accepted the overtures of an older colleague.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 July 1946.

Adapted from “Las Tradiciones Peruanas” by Ricardo Palma.

A man who arrives in paradise explains his earthly misfortune.

Film about the biography of the musician Franz Schubert.

Young songwriter falls in love with a singer he writes for... but her jealous manager fucks up both their lives.

Workaholic kindustrial tycoon is kidnapped and learns the value of a more leisurely lifestyle.

Follows the band's rise in show business, starting with its origins in the Navy during World War II and their struggle to make it.

Nat 'King' Cole perform "Got a Penny, Benny?"

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Mexican movie

A series of 5 choreographed sketches starring Jacqueline Clédon and Michèle Nadal.

A Fox & Crow animated short. In this one, Mysto-Fox puts out a sign in front of the carnival for a rabbit audition. Guess who applies.

Harriet Rosenberg has traveled with her mother to the mountains to find a suitable victim to marry.

A Filipino adaptation of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.

Explains through animation the process of photosynthesis, and discusses its importance to our daily lives.

Musical comedy starring Buck & Bubbles.

The Bronco Busters perform "Old Chisholm Trail."

The cat of the house lets the canary of the house out of its cage, with intent of eating said bird. The dog of the house shows up, with intent of not allowing the cat to eat the canary, and the cat is soon in need of medical attention, including a blood transfusion. The blood-donor is the canary, and the cat is soon chirping like a canary.

Presents the case for motion study in the workplace and advises supervisors on how to convince skeptics that it is a good thing.

Hitler is portrayed as a hyena, the willing average German citizen is embodied as a hare. Dob, the stable bunny, is unscrupulously exploited as a worker in the factory. (Images are reminiscent of "Metropolis") When the war is over, he doesn't even realize it.

An animated film in which colored shapes dance to calliope music. The visuals were drawn by Norman McLaren directly upon the film with pen and ink. Simple forms dance about the screen to the discordant strains of an old-time circus calliope.

Soundie featuring Mable Lee and Stephin Fetchit.

Olga Hallman is waiting outside Långholmens prison. Out comes Adolf Johansson. Released after eight years for manslaughter. Olga takes him to a cafe.

A composer can only get his music performed when it is believed to be by Tchaikovsky.

A soundless mix of story fragments and images. Initially, images of death, a man with a guitar, a soirée. Some images are surreal: an older woman eats a leaf; a headless man pours a cocktail into his body.

Reminiscences of the early days of cinema and films show in music halls, including extracts. (BFI)

Animals try to escape from a flood.

Tin-tan gets involved in what seem to be a murder at the local house of wax.

This documentary is a true tribute to the Percheron, the superb draft horse. We talk about its origins, its characteristic traits, its performance in competitions and its value on the farm or for the heavy draft service in the cities.

New and old St. Petersburg.