1947 Movies

This vocational guidance short spotlights the rising airline industry and the various jobs it offers.

The Father of American Music, Stephen Foster created melodies for all the world to sing, most memorably his folk songs about the joys and sorrows of t...

SHOWS THE WORK OF A CATALOGUER, THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN, THE LIBRARIAN WHO WORKS WIITH CHILDREN & THE LIBRARIAN WHO SPECIALIZES...

'A colour sound film funded by the Koornong School in Warrandyte, Victoria. Produced to promote awareness of the school’s activities, in particular it...

A prince falls in love with an ordinary girl. It will be the latter to come to the aid of the prince following her capture.

Film of the Royal Family's tour of South Africa in 1947. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Documentary

The very first Palestinian fiction feature, lost when the director had to flee Jaffa after the town was bombarded in 1948.

The historic past, cultural and economic present and potential future of Palestine are all portrayed as (mainly implicit) criticism of "the tension an...

Flippy the canary reads a book on crime, and sees his cage as a cell and himself as stir-crazy. He escapes, only to be pursued by his enemy, the cat,...

A Fireman demonstrates fire fighting equipment & teaches children responsibility in preventing and controlling fires..

Rosa, the daughter of the foreman of Don Ramón, a wealthy landowner, has to take refuge in a hut one stormy night. There she is raped by a stranger wh...

A look at the vast natural resources in California.

The Delta Rhythem Boys sing while a skeleton lurks in the hallway

Plastics industry makes the transition from military applications to peacetime futuristic designs.

Animated character "Tommy Telephone" produces a telephone by assembling 433 separate parts.

Development of writing and writing tools throughout history.

Salesmanship and psychology instruction for gun dealers.

Emily Post narrates this traditionally minded film.