1950 Movies

Part of BFI collection "Your Children and You." A simple film stating the need for more foster parents. Gives glimpses of the tragedy which comes to s...

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

Directed by Norman Cobb.

Directed by Peter Pickering.

A rarely-seen documentary report on the United Nations's preservation of South Korea.

Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage in this neorealist social guidance film.

Bollywood 1950

Directed by Shih Hui.

Directed by Sharif Nayyar.

Gandy Goose/Sourpuss cartoon that has the Goose and Cat dreaming of being inside of a comic book with some musical entertainment that reuses a female...

Mighty Mouse, the mightiest mouse of them all, swoops down from the skies to rescue Pearl Pureheart from death on the roller-coaster rails at the amus...

Heckle and Jeckle, despite the animals falling in love all around, swear they won't. Of course, immediately after they say this, a pretty girl drops a...

The Dingbat, guarding the sheep flock, has to resort to many daffy antics and tricks in order to keep Wily Fox from adding a little lamb to his dinner...

Little Roquefort is being chased by the cat. The cat crashes into the catnip, and suddenly Roquefort is his friend, until the catnip wears off. The fi...

A Mediterranean cruise filmed by Jean Vivié in 1950 featuring astonishing visits to Pompeii, Taormina and Naples.

The elements of Ai-Ye (Mankind),by the noted etcher & engraver Ian Hugo, consist of footage shot in various parts of the South American Coast. From t...

Informational birth-of-a-baby documentary short from back when such a thing was one of the few respectable ways to look at a woman's hoo-hah in public...