1948 Movies

A debate on the definition of the word laughter, organized by Madame de Saint-Jules and two academicians, illustrated by film extracts, turns into a h...

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy.

A collection of home movies filmed from 1948-1951 featuring the legendary entertainer Cab Calloway and his wife Nuffie in their home on Long Beach and...

This late 1940s film pays tribute to Manolete, one of the great Spanish bullfighters and one whose death after being gored in 1947 remains as one of t...

This short Traveltalk visit to Chicago looks at some hotels known for their evening entertainment and for the rich and famous people who come to their...

A postman comes to Cairo on vacation to visit his son. He tries to marry a belly dancer, but meets a group of counterfeiters. He pursues them until th...

The Kunlun swordsmen carries out a rescue mission to save the little boy who has been abducted by the evil monk. Eager to take revenge on the Kunlun S...

In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of t...

Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.

A Terrytoons cartoon released 9 June 1948.

Aging father watches his adult children grow into independence and leave the roost.

An instructive film on the topic of the eradication of smuggling and democratic police.

The twenty-minute Santa's Workshop was turned into a two-minute trailer, with which Suomi-Filmi Oy also presented its Christmas greetings.

This surreal abstract film falls into three sections, or movements, the first taking place on the ground, the second in the air and the third again on...

An animated short about Texas. Includes a sing-a-long of "Deep in the Heart of Texas."