1947 Movies

A documentary shot during the French government-funded ethnographic mission to the Ogooué-Congo river in 1946

A tribute to The cow that plays like a dairyman’s dream come true. This documentary stresses the importance of milk to the human race by depicting a G...

This outstanding cartoon successfully combines a social message with unique color animation, provocative commentary and a distinguished musical score.

A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble

This edition of the series, Volume 7, Number 2, examines the concerns in the medical profession regarding the shortage of qualified nurses. It takes a...

Film illustrating the scope of London Transport activities at their most extensive. These include shaping the transport system by collating numbers of...

The busty blonde bombshell of big band and swing music is the charming host and lead performer of this short and entertaining vintage film featuring a...

A look at post-war American railroads during their conversion to peace, operating under the handicap of little to no new equipment. It then looks at t...

Part of Ford Motor's AMERICANS AT HOME series--tells the story of the backwoods people who live in the beauty and awe-inspiring grandeur of the Great...

Visiting the fairyland with King Tingeling. There is a guard parade and the king plays with fun things and eats a lot of cakes. Finally, there are par...

Thomas Hart Benton demonstrates the main steps in planning and executing a mural: beginning designs, sketches, layout, clay model, small painting, lar...

This short from the publishers of Encyclopedia Brittanica shows the process of making a book, from the author's finished manuscript to its being turne...

An instructional film on sewing different types of seams.

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1947. Directed by Eric Thompson. Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, is very unlike Ip...

Relates the square dance to social dancing, teaches the positions of the dancers in relation to the calls and defines terms. Includes the swing, allem...

This movie was the brain-child of S.W. Boggs, the U.S. Department of State’s official geographer (1927-1954). Graphic artist Boris Artzybasheff was al...

Shows how tourists get to the Centre (Central Australia). Includes: Aboriginal rock paintings, the Devil's Marbles, Tennant Creek, gold crushing plant...