Cinematic Era: 1948 Vintage

Denmark's first television broadcast ever. Actress Lily Broberg presents "the television" and shows a clip from film about the school ship "Danmark".

Emphasizes the importance of proper punctuation and its basic rules. Tom and Beth, showing scenes of their puppet show, find that without punctuation, meanings become altered and their puppet story cannot be understood.

This film examines the problem of children who won't eat, and what can be done about it. Tommy should be hungry, but he just picks at his food. Going back to early babyhood, the film traces in detail, how eating habits are formed, how individual likes and dislikes must be taken into consideration, and that the worst habit of all is the permanent battle over food. After this analysis, Tommy still sits by his well-filled plate. In despair his mother takes him to the doctor, who explains that she is really the problem. She realizes that she has been tense, impatient with Tommy from the start. Now it will take painstaking care to build a new atmosphere of cooperation and friendliness, to learn understanding of Tommy's personal requirements at mealtimes, and all the time.

Promotional documentary about missionary work in the Belgian Congo.

This is the story of a bushman's confusion when together with his old dog he visits the big city. He tells the story of the cattle country which he knows and loves best. With him we see where some of the finest beef cattle in Australia are raised - on stations like Edinglassie at Muswellbrook, New South Wales. The film moves to the cattle land around the Gulf of Carpentaria where stock men and drovers handle mobs of cattle with skilled ease. This is the real life of the bushman from the cattle country.

A vision of the chaotic Buenos Aires of the mid-20th century and an urban solution

A doctor must pretend to be single and his wife follows him to the field causing a series of incidents.

Short film on the bearers of the golden fleece, sheep, and the economic importance of sheep breeding for the island Texel.

A film that mixes comedy with mystery. A hairdresser (Lucho Córdoba) is a fan of detective novels, to the point of fantasizing while he works, which causes him several problems with his boss. Suddenly he finds himself involved in a plot as if it were taken from one of them.

The twenty-minute Santa's Workshop was turned into a two-minute trailer, with which Suomi-Filmi Oy also presented its Christmas greetings.

U.S. Navy instructional film about proper oral hygiene. After prolonged dental neglect, seaman Humphrey learns the proper technique for brushing and flossing one's teeth.

Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.

Bubble and his talking taxi Squeaky investigate a haunted house.

Smallpox tells the story of Juan, who is blind because his mother failed to have him vaccinated in time. In order to protect his wife and daughter from contracting the disease, the film carefully explains the steps they must follow when visiting a health center and emphasizes the importance of never refusing a visit from a public health nurse.

Series of eleven loop films, uncut, illustrating various techniques in athletics, hurdles, sprinting etc..

The 1948 London Olympics see Wembley stadium host the athletics plus diving and the swimming at the Empire Pool.

A portrait of Hawick, pronounced 'hoik' by the locals, a town in the Scottish Borders. The film was shot in Technichrome - a vibrant colour system developed in 1948 to photograph the British Olympic Games.

A portrait of the African American community of Durham, North Carolina, including the Hayti business district later destroyed by urban renewal.

This film documents an entire expedition to the Gambia, from setting out in July 1948 to the return to the UK. Three geographers were responsible for the survey: C. Swithinbank, E.Gordon and J. Pook. Based at Kuntaur, a river port 150 miles up the Gambia River from the capital Banjul (then Bathurst), the expedition carried out a land survey which covered some 12 square miles. The film shows village and Compound life, with sections on the management of crops and agriculture, plus the dissection of a hippopotamus.

A short animated retelling of the rhyme in the "follow the bouncing ball" style.

You too can be in the movie, threatens what starts out as a playful satire against profiteers who take advantage of the shortage of food and other goods in the post-war period. A scientist examining various types of social pests under a microscope is actually a member of the “health” police. A vigilant white blood cell that shines a light on all thieves, even those in front of their screens. Are you smiling at this? Yes, you!

Irmeli worships the memory of her deceased composer father, but falls in love with her mother Ruuti's new fiancé, Dr. Hallamaa. Unhappy love depresses Irmeli, and she tries to run away to Sweden. Antti, an engineering student who lives as a tenant in the family's home, sets off after Irmeli to bring her back home.

This film reveals the roots of ballet in Australia and the story of the overseas dancers who brought their art to Australia. This encouraged the rise of local dancers who proved themselves adept in the classic ballets of Russia, France and Great Britain. It traces the birth of Australian choreography, decor and mounting with Australian dancers shown performing an Australian musical composition with Australian themes. Influential figures such as Edouard Borovansky, Tchinarova and Margot Stevenson are featured as well as the Borovansky Ballet, the Ballet Guild and the Bodenwieser Modern Expressive Ballet.

Alegres vacaciones (English: Happy Holidays) is a 1948 Spanish animated film by J. M. Blay and Arturo Moreno.

A young aristocrat is madly in love with an inventor, but her parents arrange her marriage to an old army general.

One of the first Iraqi films.

A musical film marking Yoshiko Yamaguchi's debut at Daiei.

A moving and passionate documentary about March 20, 1948, when the Finnish delegation left for Moscow to negotiate the YYA agreement under the leadership of Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala. The seriousness of the situation can be felt concretely, as the delegation is seen off at the Helsinki railway station by the entire nation in miniature. "And so the train left, taking the negotiating delegation to its important mission."

The Coalition's election film. Episodes of a grandfather and a young man discussing the ideas and politics of the time on a "Sunday walk" are shown as a frame story. In addition, a speech by the chairman of the Coalition's parliamentary group, Arvo Salminen, about the party's goals.

Spending the summer in Helsinki, Tampere and Naantali - in the water and on dry land.

An early experimental film by Jim Davis. Note, not the same film as Light Reflections.

A film by Jean Rouch.

This is a documentary on what LDS Church welfare is and how it functions.

The fourth cartoon in the Bubble and Squeek series by British Animation Production.

Life on a coaster, loading, ports, storm at sea, dramatic incidents in New Zealand, with commentary in rythmical verse.

A film that shows that international aid work can give Europe's tuberculosis children a chance if this aid work is simply supported in their home country. Sent out on the occasion of the great UN collection.

A shot film about the Swedish seaman in Buenos Aires.

A film about Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea and its history. At the station, the staff live with their families.

This short 1948 documentary focuses on the people of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, and their efforts to create a recreation center. People from every section of the community contributed their services to planning and establishing this center, which then offered activities as varied as softball and library services.

A blonde woman drops by her sister's apartment unexpectedly and discovers her brunette sister having sex. While hiding behind a curtain, the blonde sister is so aroused that she begins to masturbate and is discovered. Angry that their sexual liaison has been disturbed, the man grabs the blonde and proceeds to spank her and then whip her with his belt. When the brunette objects to her sister's treatment the blonde helps the man bind the brunette's wrists and string her up from the ceiling and then beaten. The blonde and the man proceed to have sex while the tied-up sister watches. Later the sisters engage in mild lesbian familiarity.

Film showing Malaya before, during and after the war

A nostalgic and fast-paced history of the TTC and Toronto.

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting the African Conference in London during September and October of 1948.

Made as a promotional film for the new nationalised health services, it looks at a number of hospitals throughout central Scotland including the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Ballochmyle, Strathcathro and Killearn hospitals; their medical staff at work and the services the hospitals provide.

Experimental film by Jim Davis

Experimental short by Jordan Belson.

Experimental short by Dorsey Alexander.

Experimental film by Elwood Decker. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.