Cinematic Era: 1949 Vintage

A woman dreams of being a great classical dancer and that the public cheers her on, which gives rise to the most absurd situations.

Nature documentary meets Disney-style cute in this Animaland animated short.

Short documentary on Poland's first steam locomotive.

In this first short film magazine from Terrafilm, we get to take part in a powerful snowfall in the mountains and dramatic motorcyclists in Strängnäs. In addition to visits to the bicycle factory in Varberg and a report about the family everyday in Norrköping, it is also offered a song with Gaby Stenberg.

Mexican movie

Martine is a young woman of aristocratic origin who does not know the man to whom she is promised. She decides to set up a coup with a schoolteacher friend. She is responsible for flirting with the fiancé under the identity of Martine. The man is totally disappointing. Then Martine learns that he has used the same trick.

A tiny Quebec community is thrown into an uproar when a tall young Texan named Bill arrives to claim a farm he has inherited. Bill's inability to speak French, and his apparent unwillingness to learn the language, foments plenty of ill will in the community. The story is resolved with an abundance of warmth and humor, sometimes hokey, sometimes hilarious.

Dutch Movie about the Dutch resistance during WWII. Partly fictionalised story of a Dutch resistance fighter who is caught and executed by the Germans. A metal worker goes to ground because he doesn't want to collaborate with the Germans. He joins the resistance movement and, after being wounded during a raid, he ends up in hospital. He escapes but is arrested not long after and taken to a concentration camp. He is executed in September 1944, just weeks before the Allied forces reach the camp. The name LO-LKP refers to the Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (National Organisation for People in Hiding) and the resistance movement Landelijke Knokploegen (national commandos), set up by the organisation. The film was commissioned by the LO-LKP after the war.

Film about archaeological research on settlements of the Czech lands by Slavic peoples. It focuses on individual stages of the research carried out in the localities of Dolní Věstonice, Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště, Staré Zámky u Líšně, Levý Hradec, and Libušín u Kladna. It presents the individual results in a manner that is almost educational in nature.

This short film documentary features Shaw Desmond, founder of the International Institute for Psychical Research. Shaw relates several famous British hauntings.

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

Hugh goes on a camping trip with his brother-in-law and innocently gets involved with the sheriff's wife.

A text read by the narrator traces the vicissitudes of the crucifixion of Jesus, while the objective of the two directors investigates the style of Piero della Francesca by exploring his frescoes in the Arezzo church of San Francesco.

The first film to be made directly by and in the name of a gay organisation, the Dutch gay rights movement COC.

A screen test for a planned adaptation of Balzac's The Duchess Of Langelais, which was never made.

This series consists of moving images relating to the American way of life. The footage covers stories relating to the American family, working women, unions, education, war veterans, and the will for peace.

Young woman has to choose between three potential husbands, so she leaves town for awhile to sing for a living and sort out her feelings.

Tuberculosis and a passional crime prevent the final triumph to a boy from the slums who has opened his way in boxing.

This short follows a young woman who is training to be an airline stewardess at the McConnell Hostess School in Minneapolis, MN.

Filmed in French, this Canadian film was based on a popular Quebec-based radio serial. The man of the title is miserable miser Seraphim (Hector Charland). Misanthropic to the point of insanity, Seraphim takes great pleasure in destroying the lives of everyone with whom he comes in contact. His current target is Alexis (Guy Provost), the ex-lover of Seraphim's long-suffering wife Donalda (Nicole Germain). Taking into consideration its daytime-drama source, it's understandable that Un Homme et Son Peche is plotted and paced like a soap opera. Star Hector Charland had previously spent 10 years portraying Seraphim on radio, so he's got plenty of "mean" at his disposal for this big-screen spin-off.

1949 movie version of the Rossini opera

"A Tiny Thing Brings Death" is a 1949 documentary directed by Paul Zils and Fali Bilimoria. The film focuses on the impact of malaria in India, highlighting the disease's prevalence and the efforts to combat it. Notably, the documentary features actor Sombhu Mitra, who portrays a malaria victim, bringing a dramatic element to the film.

This was the first feature film to be produced after the liberation of North Korea. It gives a pictures of boundless joy and emotion of the Korean people who are now liberated from the colonial yoke of Japanese imperialism thanks to the glorious anti-Japanese struggle organized and led by the great leader Comrade Kim Il-Sung. Unable to endure the insult of the landlord, Gwan Pil gives vent to his rage. Because of this, the Japanese imperialists deprive him of his tenant land and put him in jail where he gains class consciousness under the influence of a KPA operative.

A clown and a merchant, who look so much alike they could be mistaken for one another, switch places because each would rather live the other’s life.

In an animal school in the heart of Africa a giraffe wonders about the trip to Paris.

Short film about Simón Bolívar.

Part of the Speaking of Animals short film series.

Gus, a cab driver is in love with the company owner's daughter, but mistakes Dick Lane a harmless, escaped asylum inmate, for the boss and takes him to lunch, and afterwards has the boss picked up as a mental case. Gus further maddens to boss by wrecking the cab.

Farmer Regina suffers greatly from her childlessness, because it means that the Hallwanger farm has no heir. A former suitor, whom she rejected for Martin Hallwanger's sake, also torments her with references to her childlessness.

This documentary was made by the American Dodge Company in 1948-49 in order to promote the toughness of their trucks to North American, South American and Australian viewers. We see here rare scenes of Cuzco, Sacsayhuaman and other megalithic areas of Peru, Bolivia and other parts of South America. It is a great adventure into the mountains, jungles and deserts of South America! The film then moves on to Australia and the great wilderness of that country, still being explored in 1949!

Algernon Blackwood narrates his tale in this theatrical short film. Presumably lost.

Post-war Harrogate: voted the happiest place in Britain and the third most romantic destination in the world.

Uses time-lapse photography to show the physical power of plants in their efforts to receive sunlight and fulfill their growth.

Showing off the latest and greatest fashions for university students.

Salaryman leads a double life, staying out all night singing tangos in a pool room.