Movies 1949 Page 48

A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and recount to each other their experiences.

Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuo.

A short about Romanis in Sweden breaking up camp and moving on.

This short documentary looks at the deep gorge of the Fraser River, shadowed by the mountain ranges of British Columbia. It is a highway for the...

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst...

Shabnam is a 1949 Hindi movie produced by Filmistan and directed by Bibhuti Mitra.

When his tribesmen begin killing off white settlers, Young Eagle is opposed to the carnage. In order to assure a lasting peace, however, the chief...

A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.

During the Warring States period, immediately after Hideyoshi Hashiba defeated Mitsuhide Akechi at the Battle of Yamazaki, in the village of Ogurisu...

Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer...

Eddy Arnold, singing star of the Ace Lucky radio program gets involved when Ace's equipment for a television program is destroyed by a fire. Aces...

Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.

Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing around the world; Bluto's got a sort of rocket plane,...

Jim Bannon is back as enduring cowboy hero Red Ryder in Eagle-Lion's Roll, Thunder, Roll. As ever, Ryder's cohorts are Little Beaver and the Duchess,...

A social/family drama exploring themes of modesty, hidden secrets, and the social constraints placed on individuals within a family setting.

Adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel whit the same name. It is perversely erotic relationship between a young salaryman and his teenage wife whom...

Looey the Lion is tossed out of the circus for ruining an act in progress. He works hard and devises himself a high-wire bicycle act, sneaks back...

This educational short shows how alcohol is produced and its effect on the human body.

"The Story of a Mother" (Danish: Historien om en moder) is a story by the Danish poet, travel writer, short story writer, and novelist Hans Christian...

Care and operation of police cars. The film features a 1948 Ford and was shot in the Ottawa area.

Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.

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...

Shows the agriculture, trade and infrastructure of California's Central Valley, all made possible by irrigation.

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

From Reykjavík, the capital city’s modern architecture, to traditional weaving and herring fishing, Iceland is presented as a progressive country,...

A short subject by Pierre Bailly.

Early experimental film by Jim Davis.

Documentary funded by the Harmon Foundation. It follows their road trip through the deserts of Utah and Arizona in a wood-frame station wagon. Along...

Tells the story of the fierce battle of survival waged by plant life, animals and human beings on the desert. Shows where the desert areas of the...

Women at work in an office; the English study circle in Skönvik; Skönsberg speech choir; timber rafting at Tunadal's timber boom; an electric...

Shows methods of recognizing and evaluating propaganda and encourages adoption of a judicious, critical attitude toward it. Chuck would like to know...

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit that covers the Colonial Exhibition on Oxford Street held during Colonial Month in the...

Put together from the pictorial space in the artwork. Flaherty was commissioned by MoMA and subsequently filmed Guernica, disregarding any external...

This amateur short film was created by the Edmonton Cine Club in 1949. It features two oil drilling companies competing for the same oil lease, with...

A film about conservation of the earth made in 1949 by the N.Y. Zoological Society.

Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.