1947 Movies

Urban utopia beckons in this idealistic vision of postwar Manchester - fascinating to revisit as Northern Powerhouses and city devolution return to th...

Yugoslav Partisan propaganda film about the post-World War II events in Pula.

A couple with contradictory personalities, the wife is a serious cardiologist, and the husband is a frivolous person who loves a life of debauchery an...

Documentary short.

In this 1947 film by diving pioneer Hans Hass, marine biology work is shown with the help of early diving equipment. During the expedition Hass was ab...

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

A Bevy of Beauties and a Boatload of Fun

The story of two young people in love and a jealous lover who wants to separate them.

A short film about Mardi Gras in New Orleans from the point of view of those who make Carnival happen.

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...

Road safety film, made for children in the late 1940's, using the fictional town of Puddle-Muddle as an example of the correct traffic and pedestrian...

A family pushes their daughter Nadia into prostitution for money. One day, two young men hit her with their car, and when they find out what she does...

Chittor Vijay is a 1947 Hindi language film directed by Mohan Sinha, featuring Raj Kapoor and Madhubala in the lead roles.

A story about LVN Pictures a major production company searching for a new female star, held a contest entitled Miss Philippines. The daughter of a poo...

A mysterious traveler encounters Dr. Mirjami and Inga on the road. They lure the young man to a boarding house, where their husbands already live, alo...

A young man desperately seeks the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers far more through surreal e...

Roshan, a young man who can't see, falls for a blind beggar girl named Rani. He tries to get the money for an operation that could restore her sight,...

Tal'at and Galal are two friends who agree to marry their children, Monir and Samiha, to each other. But Monir is a frivolous boy who gets caught chea...