Cinematic Era: 1946 Vintage

Oscar nominated 1946 short documentary

This was Henri Storck first art documentary, a portrait about the painter, Paul Delvaux.

58th installment in a series of newsreels which were screened in front of movies at the cinemas during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II.

Newsreel footage of Canadian headlines. Shots include: a spectacular fire in Hull, Quebec which destroyed the Interprovincial Bridge; Dionne Quintuplets in Grade Five; Operation Musk-Ox; spy ring uncovered by the RCMP; Barbara Ann Scott skating at championship; highlights of a Boston Bruins versus Montreal Canadiens hockey game as they battle for the Stanley Cup; Canada's New Governor General greeted by King; 67th running of the King's Plate horse race at Woodbine race track; Vancouver, British Columbia celebrates its Diamond Jubilee; hurricane strikes Windsor, Ontario; HMCS Warrior in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Boy Scouts and Girl Guides gathering; Hamilton, Oontario celebrates its Centennial; etc.

"Once upon a time, a chimney sweep could get his cheek stuffed with cum..." A film about the Strengberg Oy tobacco factory in Pietarsaari, which was founded in 1762. Since 1842, it has been the largest tobacco factory in the Nordic countries, and in 1946, it employed a couple of thousand female employees. The film depicts the production of cigars and cigarettes, which is largely done by traditional handcraft. The factory's social activities are also described.

Drawing lessons at school and at the Ateneum.

Pictures from Central Ostrobothnia from an agricultural perspective.

Trainees are busy learning "a career rather than a job" at the world's first Mines Mechanisation Training Centre in Sheffield.

"In order to preserve all our achievements for posterity it is necessary to resort to the aid of the motion picture, which will be a great contribution to the immortalization of our art. The years are passing by, and we hope that our achievements, registered on film, will aid future generations to learn and perfect themselves. In the not too distant future our first experience in this field will be shown to a wide public: pictures of the methodology of classical ballet at the Moscow and Leningrad Ballet Schools. This film will be a scientific aid in outlying districts as well." - Agrippina Vaganova

Soundie featuring Red Allen (trumpet), J.C. Higginbotham (Trombone), and Johni Weaver (Sax) performing "Count Me Out."

An upstanding young attorney and his girlfriend go after a crooked politician.

A short documentary documenting Midsummer in Ylitornio.

A view on entertainment in 1946 at The Empire Stadium, Wembley. With a look at ice skating, boxing, table tennis, greyhound racing and more.

A Secrets of Life short.

The Johannesburg City Council presents “After Sixty Years,” a circa 1946 black-and-white film narrated by Frank Secker that tells the history of the South African city.

The document illustrates the reconstruction and modernization of Polish villages after the destruction during World War II.

A Cannes film festival nominated short feature.

A Cannes film festival nominated short feature.

A Marathi film by Pendharkar.

A grandfather is reluctant to use the new dial telephones coming to his town. Gives background of the change to dial service, and also illustrates proper dial usage.

A Soundie with Carolyn Grey and Jimmie Dale.

Soundie short featuring Robert Crum performing on the piano

Horror film based on the urban legend Mae Nak Phra Khanong.

Part of the Shadowgraph Teaching Series, this film follows the travels of Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Made by a group of children in the Vancouver, British Columbia schools under the supervision of Malcolm Morrison, action is simple and is photographed in silhouette. Gives the most important facts about Columbus and his explorations in this simple form. Intended for 4th and 5th grade pupils and has a definite appeal for them. A good film to inspire youngsters to try making films themselves.

Documentary on the former country railway lines in the Zurich Oberland region. Coal and water are refilled before the steam engine can take off. The train starts moving. The landscape glides past, from time to time the train stops at a railway station, luggage and milk jugs are loaded and unloaded. The journey is interspersed with portraits of passengers and railway officials.

WW2 propaganda film about the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

The Story of Oil. This short documentary depicts the production of oil in the Turner Valley, in Alberta, from the initial exploration through the use of the finished products. This film is an informative mid-century portrait of the substance that ran so much of the world's daily lives—and still does.

Black and white film with captions of Three Little Bruins in a Canoe by Castle Films.

A "Speaking of Animals" comedy focusing on the young ones.

An ill-mannered, selfish and untidy little boy is turned into a pig until his "good self" conquers his "bad self."

Careers in photography and cinematography. From the Preligner Archives.

Film for television made to illustrate the making of programmes and the scope of TV.

Experimental film by Hal McCormick.

Documentary relating the life of the famous marshal in Morocco. Hubert Lyautey died in Thorey on July 27, 1934, his funeral took place in Nancy, his birthplace. A year later, his body was taken to Morocco, where he expressed a desire to rest. The army and the Moroccan people honor him in Casablanca and Rabat, where he will be buried.

This little trailer looks to have been produced for theaters, and looks to be most likely animated by Joop Geesink in Holland/The Netherlands, who continued to produce films for Phillips and others after George Pal moved to Hollywood, starting the Puppetoon series.

1946 follow-up to Andre Cauvin's 1939 short documentary "The Mystic Lamb"

A reworking of the old sea tales, when men were drugged, slugged and shanghaied aboard ships. This one features a role reversal where the villain, with intent to shanghai the hero, finds the tables have turned.

Footage of Reece 'Goose' Tatum and other players, taken prior to a game between the Indianapolis Clowns and the Kansas City Monarchs.

The film God Created Man is a Belgian drama from 1946 about a smuggler who loses the love of his life after serving a prison sentence. While trying to rebuild his life, he marries an innkeeper, but that relationship also ends tragically. When he later meets his former lover again, old feelings resurface. A conflict with her new partner eventually leads to violence, bringing him into trouble with the law once more. The story revolves around guilt, love, fate, and the struggle between good and evil.

A dramatization of the life of Antti Ahlström and the history of the company that bears her name, based on biographies, letters and memoirs.

Pictures of the city of Raahe.

Pictures from the presentation of Soviet industry and culture at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center.

Instructional film on methods of camouflage during wartime.

A tour of Burns's country illustrated with poems and songs.

British ‘B’ movie, produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd. Negative is held by the BFI.

A film by Valerian Schmidely

In 1940 and 1942 well-known Australian anthropologist C P Mountford made scientific expeditions into central Australia for the University of Adelaide. He travelled in desert country to the west and southwest of Alice Springs, particularly around Haasts Bluff area, and photographed material which, in 1946 he edited into two films, Walkabout and Tjurunga.

A reunion of Hollywood stars playing golf.

A Cannes film festival award winning short scientific documentary.

Presents the work of the provincial insitution for the blind and the deaf- mutes at Berchem - Ste Agathe.

New Faces Come Back shows the part that plastic surgery played in giving disfigured servicemen a chance to resume normal lives. The story is told from the point of view of a Canadian flight engineer who has been injured in a plane crash. The onlooker lives with the young airman through the whole process of his physical treatment, his social readjustment during convalescence, his appearance in public again, his treatment by English friends and, finally, his boarding the boat for home, hope and anxiety struggling in his heart. Some of his old buddies are on the deck. They not only recognize him but welcome him joyously. We know that if the home folks do as well, his chances for a happy return are good.

Documentary about Nazism and its atrocities.

1946 Soundies musical short