1950 Movies

This Traveltalks entry roams through the northern end of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and makes a short visit to the Upper Peninsula. We start with a ride in a dune buggy on the Sleeping Bear sand dunes. Then it's on to Traverse City, the cherry capital of the w...

Khadra's father, Hajj Abdullah, dies, leaving her and her brother Fares a huge fortune that he stored in Balalis. Khadra is surprised when their cousin, who has been absent for a long time, returns to them in an attempt to plunder the money, taking advantage o...

Short public information film showing housewives' efficient and hygienic methods of food storage.

This Traveltalk series short visits an array of locations associated with England's heritage. Included are Runnymede, Windsor, Ascot, Lincoln, Wells, Salisbury, Glastonbury, and the ancient Stonehenge site.

Popular science film about the importance of light for plant life.

The adaptation is based on the 1902 play of the same name by J. M. Barrie.

The final short in the Secrets of Life series.

Documentary film about the development of underdeveloped regions of the Czechoslovak Republic thanks to the expansion of the public transport network.

The film works with a combinatorics of a limited set of elements: blocks shot perpendicularly from above, illuminated from two sides and moved in stop motion on squared paper. (DFI)

Documentary film about the Czechoslovak natural science group's expedition to Iceland in June 1948.

It was 1943. Burma was under Japanese control. In Pegu, a small place near Burma lived two Indian families. They were neighbors Kumar and Lata loved each other. Their parents were also willing to see them engaged. Suddenly one day, it came out in the news pape...

A fascinating glimpse of the Chinese diaspora across southeast Asia, this Hong Kong production follows a wayward husband through Southern China and Thailand, and tracks the travails of the wife he leaves behind.

Manuhiri from various tribes throughout New Zealand assemble at Waiomatatini near Ruatoria for the tangi of Sir Apirana Ngata.

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The difficult journey to Los Llanganates in search of the treasures of the Atahualpa Incas.

GDR propaganda short promoting waste steel collection

Bollywood 1950

A BAFTA nominated documentary on the canals of England illustrated by a journey from London to Birmingham produced for the staff of the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive.