Cinematic Era: 1948 Vintage

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.

Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefs

A beautiful and talented accountant has not adapted well to the domestic life after marriage. Both she and her husband feel that married life is nowhere near as interesting as being single. Their fights lead her to move to a women’s dormitory.

Recreation of the widespread rapes and murders of Filipina women by Japanese soldiers during WWII.

(Sabah) is an arrogant actress, arrogant and married to the old man lover (Hassan Fayek) and lives with them his daughter Wafa (Samiha Tawfiq) engaged to the young man Munir (Kamal Hussein) and treated as a wife or mother, betraying her husband with her lover Abdullatif Abdal (Istfan Rusti) Aziz Bey, and he fought to blackmail her with the help of his wife, the employment of Znobh Alexandrian (Isaf Abdel Maqsoud).

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity. (Melbourne International Film Festival)

A young doctor is hired, with a friend, to work for an old miser whose garden contains a treasure. In love with the old man's daughter, the doctor wants to prevent her from marrying the old man who is promised to her. To do this, he must be rich and he must absolutely find the treasure.

Alcoholic hobo drifts across the border and has a series of random adventures.

Short documentary about superstition in southern Italy.

An ex-soldier gets mixed up with the crooks a glamourous blonde associates and is persuaded to help in a crime.

A little girl arranges a concert to cheer up her new doll, who is sad.

The English nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel, has had various interpretations and by giving the title to this HM-Treasury sponsored picture, the memorable lyrics helped to remind a 1948 audience that their taxes were divided up to pay for various post-war commitments and services that would benefit them.

This short film celebrates the social legislation of wage reform for cane laborers.

The swirl and “‘Updo”’ styles of hairdressing. A teaching film presented by John J. Mueller.

Bad harvests and starvation makes northern Swedish farmers consider emigrating to the USA.

This documentary explores the history of the railroads In America and their potential role in the post war era.

Mantan Moreland's comedy feature.

A propaganda documentary that illustrates the essence of punctuality at work and translates it into simple real-life examples.

Hollywood producer Richard Lane needs a rest and he and his assistant, Gus Schilling, decide that Florida would be an ideal place far-removed from the hustle-and-bustle of Hollywood...and aspiring actresses. Lane's wife is not thrilled to have him that far out of her sight, mostly because of aspiring actresses. Once they arrive at the Florida resort, they quickly encounter the same situations they fled California to avoid, and Lane is in a very sticky situation when his wife follows him to Florida.

Images of street life in New York's Spanish Harlem during the 1940s.

The Legend of the Miraculous brothers according to the paintings of Beato Angelico.

There are two sisters who will soon receive a large inheritance and several men want to marry them to participate in that heritage.

Uses high magnification photography to demonstrate the processes of converting raw fibers into woven cloth.

An intrascendent man pretends to be crazy to stop his family's extravagance, which is about to ruin him, victim of two scammers.

The short documentary Holiday Days on Teno, wonderfully filmed by the Grand Old Man of Lapland films, Aimo Jäderholm (b. 1916), is a dream come true for every fly fisherman and salmon hunter. The film's salmon adventure is based on "Palto Rantteella" in Karigasniemi in late July 1948. From there, the fishing guests, "the stout police chief of Kuopio and other southern crows", set off to catch salmon. Aleksanteri, a skolt from Petsamo, was the rower, and "it was already good enough for others to row, when he himself had pulled a 23-kilogram körilä and much more besides".

A famous pianist, invited by a girl, becomes interested in her sister, who pretends to be mute to hide a pronunciation defect.

Story of work in a cutlery manufacturing firm in Sheffield told through story of the son who enters the business.

This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.

This film portrays Hawaii as a multifaceted American territory, far more than just a tourist destination with picturesque beaches and palm trees. It describes Hawaii as a group of volcanic islands in the Pacific, serving as a crucial crossroads for shipping and air travel between North America, Asia, and Australia. The film highlights Hawaii's fertile soil, conducive to agriculture, with major crops being sugar cane and pineapples, cultivated historically by a significant Asian workforce. Cities like Honolulu are presented as modern, diverse urban centers blending various cultures, including the native Hawaiian heritage. The film also notes Hawaii's strategic importance, with historical sites like Pearl Harbor, emphasizing its unique combination of cultural richness, economic vitality, and historical significance.

General director Strøm will create a large Norwegian industrial company to tame waterfalls and put them in pipes. But also his wife Sylvia, the gifted pianist, must be tamed. However, Strøm discovers that human material is considerably more difficult to process than the forces of nature.

A man was stood up at the altar, he then vows hatred towards the opposite sex. He and his bachelor friends venture out to an island to live a life free of females one day a new "man" appears wanting to join the group.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 June 1948.

The weekly newspaper is the cornerstone of many a town, the newspaper which is a reflection of the town's values and thoughts. Its editor is the newspaper personified. He is much like a civil servant, working for the people of the community. His editorial is the most personal yet widespread contact he has with the community. The letters to the editor are democracy in action. News from the other side of the globe, which could affect townsfolk, makes it way to them through the newspaper. These world stories are equally as important as the news from around the corner, which again is a reflection of the town. The newspaper's main revenue source is through advertising, which in a way is its own form of news.

Amateur review film of the Talbot Ten. With shots of Lake Como in Italy, the Swiss mountains, historic towns in Germany and the canals in Belgium.

Adaptation of the homonymous novel by Eduardo Gutiérrez, inspired by a real police chronicle, starring a gaucho killed by the police in 1874. Juan Moreira's life was full of injustices and has been considered representative of those suffered by gauchos.

A story of a kid whose only friends are a dog and the stars. The kid without a name, together with his beloved dog Matteo, tries to sell cigarettes at a street corner; he doesn't succeed, pursued by a cop. His only consolation will be stars-watching at night.

In this romantic comedy, a man returns to his wife after the war, but is disturbed by his continuing fixation upon the woman he met who claims to be a Russian princess. He leaves his wife to find the princess. When he does, at long last, find her, he discovers that she lied. The man quickly goes back to his wife.

Educational film about sexually transmitted diseases.

In 1948, the U.S. nuclear stockpile consisted of approximately 50 atomic bombs. Since the industrial complex to produce more nuclear weapons was not fully complete and there were limited amounts of plutonium, researchers wanted to develop more efficient implosion bombs. Operation Sandstone was a series of atmospheric nuclear "proof tests" conducted in the Pacific Proving Grounds Marshall Islands area April and May 1948. The goal of this test series was to prove the workability of changes to implosion warhead design that used less plutonium. The first shot, X-ray, conducted on April 14, 1948, had a yield of 37 kilotons. The second shot, Yoke, detonated on April 30, had a yield of 49 kilotons, while the last shot, Zebra, occurred on May 14 with a yield of 18 kilotons.

A historical film contrasting the two Germanies – the good and the evil – which struggled for power between the two world wars.

MexRev era -- soldier falls in love with the woman who killed his brother, then discovers her role in his back-story.

Wicked old lady arranges to sell the virginity of a young neighbor. Her boyfriend gets upset over this.

Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.

In this deeply moving tale, a wealthy young man, Tak (Pak Wan), falls in love with his aunt’s servant, Ling (Pak Yin). However, their relationship is cut short by the stark difference in their social statuses. Unbeknownst to Tak, Ling becomes pregnant and is cruelly cast out of her employer’s household, facing the stigma of unmarried motherhood. Tragedy soon follows as her child suffers from an acute illness, forcing Ling into prostitution to survive. Her plight worsens when she is falsely accused of murdering a client who has, in fact, committed suicide. When Tak, now a lawyer, learns of her suffering, he returns to seek justice for her.