Cinematic Era: 1946 Vintage

A Secrets of Life short.

Recently demobbed Hector Andrews fights a local election to stop the glen in his village, Cadisburn, being sold for development. A short film made to emphasise the importance of individuals taking part in local government.

The Fox and the Crow are police officers who are assigned to investigate a seemingly haunted mill. They do so with their usual lack of competence and manage to scare the wits out of each other. A wise and crafty old Owl makes them sorry they didn't choose a different profession.

Rare insight into the health work of Methodist missionaries in rural Shaoyang, Hunan Province, South Central China.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

This short documentary from the Canadian Artists series presents the art of Emily Carr, the Canadian painter who found exciting subject matter on British Columbia's Pacific Coast, with its giant trees and its Indigenous villages, totems and carvings. When Carr visited the Ucluelet Indian Reserve on Vancouver Island in 1898, the Nuu-chah-nulth people gave her the name Klee Wyck, meaning “Laughing One.” Her canvases are shown here amidst the landscapes and places where they were painted.

The film begins with shots of American bombers flying in formation and the narrator giving the audience a dictionary definition of a "special delivery" and the vital role that air power played in winning the late conflict. He goes on to say that the Air Force can have constructive, as well as destructive uses—several examples are shown of this, including the dropping of food and supplies to remote areas, using B-17s to get serum to Alaska and B-25s to deploy DDT, and using helicopters to rescue the wounded. These are all examples of the peaceful uses of the air power that had been created for war. Various new aircraft are also shown, such as an early jet, and a "flying wing".

The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.

The cartoon is believed to be a propaganda film by Stokely Van Camp beans against Heinz. There is a strong reference to Heinz in the beginning of the film as, "that British [UK] brand." As well as how unknown, unpopular, and not as strong if a product as Van Camp's.

Kalle Österman lives on the small island Solö together with his wife, Agneta.

Fouad is a disabled man who turns to literature to cope with his isolation. He falls for a beautiful girl named Widad, but she only feels sorry for him. Instead, she falls for his brother Gamil, a handsome young man who's also reckless.

The film tells the story of the post-war coffee cargo brought by the ship Herakles and coffee production.

An intimate journey across Lake Tota. With the camera as his logbook, Enrique Uribe White captures the building of his boat, days of sailing, and leisurely afternoons spent with artists and poets along the lake’s shores.

"Unusual Occupations exploited a booming contemporary interest in the offbeat and eccentric. Turning its eye specifically toward the surprising professions and hobbies of otherwise ordinary people, the series—produced by Fairbanks’ Scientific Films Inc., and with able narration by sportscaster Ken Carpenter—featured everything from artillery testers to underwear collectors. While the series’ two 1936 pilots were shot in Cinecolor, the production soon switched to Magnacolor, a similar two-color subtractive system that had likewise found a place in the film production market as a cheaper alternative to Technicolor. Using bipack camera film to obtain two color records, prints were struck on double emulsion-coated (“duplitized”) film with one side toned blue and the other red-orange. The resulting color image is pleasing, if not entirely natural." — Kirk McDowell

A BAFTA Special award nominated edition from a Canadian series that illustrates methods of industrial accident prevention.

Government sponsored film. Arthur Haynes and Charlie Chester in a kitchen: Arthur reads out instructions on the correct way of a cooking a cabbage, which Charlie misinterprets.

An entrancing short film which looks at the circus at Belle Vue in Manchester, featuring an exciting array of performances and narrated by Ronald Waldman.

Short sex education film about STDs.

A Cannes film festival nominated short feature.

South African Film

A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.

Thyagaraja, a saint and a poet, overcomes many hurdles in his life, including grinding poverty to emerge as the greatest Carnatic music composers of all time.

This film makes clear for the layperson the whole pattern of building construction for a brick home, from the moment that the architect prepares working plans to the completion of the house itself. It was originally intended as an instructional film to be shown to Australian servicemen taking courses in the building trades as part of their rehabilitation for civil life after World War Two.

Arranging the Tea Table

The ins and outs of serving a buffet

The original LCC project for the replanning and building of London explained by two architects responsible for the plan, Sir Patrick Abercrombie and JH Forshaw.

Short film about an orphanage.

A film about the Southern Pacific Railroad and the men and women who keep the trains running.

An impression of the repairs of the sluice of Ijmuiden after the damage taken during the war.

A short film that shows a mill owner that improves working conditions to improve worker productivity.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 12 April 1946.

A group of Belgian partisans are imprisoned by the Nazis in Buchenwald.

Shown in Cannes 1946, most of the film was lost and only 32 minutes of images with no sound survive today. An elementary school teacher, Lídia, is placed in an isolated village in the mountains and on the first day of school the doctor informs her that she will have to go away with the priest for three days. These will be the three godless days of the title, in which the young teacher will meet the lord of the hill, Paulo Belforte, who is feared by the whole village for allegedly setting fire to the church and for having tried to murder his own wife. Due to a series of misunderstandings, the villagers turn against Lídia and Belforte, to the point where at the end there is a torchlight procession to purify the diabolical events of Casal de Lobos. But all ends well, and peace is restored through (semi-)divine influence...

The Paragons with Marilyn Hare perform "Chi Chi Castenango."

With a spike in birth rates after the Second World War, it was the job of the government's publicity agency, the Central Office of Information (COI), to provide guidance for first-time parents on the dos and don'ts of bringing up children. This is an observational film directed by Brian Smith which covers the practicalities of caring for babies and young children.

The Slovak National Uprising, as the purgatory of a compromised nation in Ján Kadár’s accounting film.

A home movie short capturing the raucous party celebrating the release of Weegee’s second photobook, “Weegee’s People”. The film features appearances by Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh, who is among the subjects of one of Weegee’s most celebrated photos, “The Critic”, as well as some of the only known footage of eccentric author Joe Gould.

A look at a farm that works to produce better seed and better livestock.

A Cannes film festival nominated short documentary feature.

Among the first movies to deal with the subject of the Holocaust, this documentary about Jewish war orphans opened in New York in September 1948 and has rarely been seen since. According to film critic Jim Hoberman, the film was modeled on Children Must Laugh, a pre-war Yiddish-language picture about Jewish orphans.

A Soundie with Gracie Barrie.

A Soundie with The Delta Rhythm Boys.

Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This is a shortened version of 'Education of the Deaf'.

The Jubalaires sing "Oh, Noah."

How the Detroit Edison Company is a good citizen, employer and provider of electric power.

Mexican movie

Mexican movie

Mexican movie

Under Ottoman rule, the artist Boyan secretly becomes the masked avenger “Halata,” defending villagers against the usurer Hristo and Ali Chaush’s oppression. When Tzveta discovers his dual identity, Boyan’s actions spark a national uprising as armed villagers rally to overthrow their tyrannical overlords.

Early "interactive" film attempting to train teenagers to negotiate, not fight, with their parents.

A short about animal training.

The story opens with the mother and two younger children leaving a tent revival meeting where a large number have responded to the invitation. At home, they discuss the meeting until after Norma, the elder daughter has returned from a night of pleasure. Norma ridicules the thought of revivals. Being tired and emotionally disturbed, she gets to her room, falls across her bed and is soon asleep and dreaming. An angel appears and talks to her. In the dream the Rapture of the Church takes place.

Gandy Goose inherits a wealthy estate, which turns out to be haunted.