Cinematic Era: 1949 Vintage

To get away from the boredom of the city, Henrique de Souzelas visits his aunt Doroteia, in a picturesque village in the North, where he becomes attracted to his young, beautiful cousin Madalena.

A concubine and a cousin attempt to poison a rich man's son to gain the inheritance. But he survives and must fight back.

Presentation of the Turin Crafts Museum.

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

This video depicts Tanglewood in its very early years. It contains very rare footage of Serge Koussevitzky and Aaron Copland.

The characters are refugees from the war who have arrived in America. Ricardo Moller is a scientist who the war has left sexually mutilated, while Arturo Gonzálvez is a professor who believes that another passenger is insane, unaware that she is his wife accompanied by their children.

Anna-Lisa Öst, called Lapp-Lisa, was a Swedish singer and Salvation Army officer. Lapp-Lisa became a singing legend with the song "Barnatro".

Little Audrey helps a lost dream find his way back to Dream Land.

1949 bollywood film.

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a trainee pilot dreaming about the history of flight.

An hand drawn animation of Frogs.

A puppet animation film about road safety.

Student film sponsored by an urban housing authority advocating the financing of public housing. In the story a newspaper editor sends his reporter to investigate the low-income housing shortage in Los Angeles. Visiting slums in central L.A., the reporter finds decaying dwellings, some without plumbing and heating. The film contrasts them with the sturdy pre–World War II city housing projects that continue to provide a healthy environment for their residents. And Ten Thousand More takes its title from the number of new housing units reportedly required by L.A. residents. Note: The film was broadcast and screened at public meetings during the postwar public housing debate in L.A.

The funeral of Georgy Dimitrov. It begins with the adoration of officials and citizens in front of the coffin in Moscow.

After learning that his widowed father will remarry, a boy escapes home.

A 4-year-old girl cries, lost in the city. A Soviet soldier on a ferry takes her in and takes her to her home village.

A short economic history of the world from Neolithic man through the present day which espouses free trade and global economics.

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin.

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Victoria Mercanton’s unusual French documentary from the early 1950s provides insight into the cult of Stalin worship by members of the French Communist Party. The film evokes different types of Stalin worship, from the individual to the collective one, and depicts a highly heterogeneous set of exhibits at a French exhibition in tribute to Stalin. Banned for commercial and non-commercial distribution in France, the film won the Best Short Film Screenplay award at the 1950 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Ion Marin writes a letter to the editor of his local newspaper extolling the virtues of collective agriculture.

Dennis James is the Master of Ceremonies in this fake awards show spoofing the Academy Awards. Public Domain silent film clips are given new titles and humorous dialog soundtracks.

Newly born baby Charles (future King Charley III) shown by the proud parents.

A documentary that follows the flight of a BOAC Lancastrian airliner travelling from London to Sydney that offers some observations from the passengers and of the places en route (Sicily, Lydda, Karachi, Singapore and Darwin).

Produced by George Pal, "Birth of An Oil Field" was directed by Duke Goldstone and released in 1949 by the Shell Oil Company. This film, part of a series of outstanding movies on the petroleum industry produced by Shell, explains and demonstrates methods, procedures, and equipment used in the drilling of oil wells and delivery of petroleum products worldwide.

A documentary film comparing current / everyday and historical / noble aspects of Prague.

Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep.

A father who is ill, is worried about his family in case of his demise. Will he be able to secure their future or will all his hopes crumble?

Nini dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. Although now, first of all, it is necessary to think about paying the rent.

A policeman infiltrates a gang of criminals.

A film by Dada Gunjal.

A restless Chinese sea captain makes a stopover in Hawaii. While ashore, the captain befriends a Hawaiian-Chinese family and, at the mother's request, teaches Chinese to her children. He falls in love with the daughter (Siu Fei Fei) although he must soon depart with his ship. Eventually he returns, "rescuing her from the natives," and takes her back to China.

Two small-town hustlers are mistaken for government officials.

A cat, a dog and a bird hitch a ride on the rear of a moving van driven by a very tough and easy-to-offend bulldog. When he discover the uninvited hitch-hikers he puts them to work unloading the van, but is quickly made sorry he did.

Puppet animation film based on the tales 'Red Riding Hood' and 'The Witch Pirula'.

Joe wants to be a muscle man.

Farm Foolery shows farm animals harvesting crops at harvest time in the fall. The second half of the cartoon includes a sing along of the Tin Pan Alley standard "Shine on Harvest Moon" by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

Serenade at Meryem (Ma'zafa muhda ila Maryam) is a film by Norbert Gernolle with the Algerian opera singer Mahieddine Bachtarzi, filmed in Fez in 1946.

Juan returns to Spain after unsuccessfully seeking his fortune in America. His older brother, Miguel, a brave fire lieutenant, welcomes him warmly. For Miguel, there is no better brother than Juan, whom he proudly boasts about.

Short documentary on the wool industry.

British Ministry of Health information film on the risks of poor food hygeine.