1950 Movies

experimental film by Jim Davis

Hikers descend on Knole Park, near Sevenoaks, and soon begin to cause all sorts of mayhem. They are rowdy and destructive; ripping up ferns, pulling d...

1950 Danish short

Marqués de Villa Alcázar directs a film about the olive harvest and the process of transforming it into olive oil in Andalusia in the mid-20th century...

The photographer Hannes Pálsson made this documentary when he was travelling in south-west, north and east Iceland.

Highlights from the 1950 Grand Prix d'Europe at Silverstone which was attended by HM King George V. This was the first ever Formula One World Champion...

The first breast-cancer-awareness film released for wide distribution, produced by the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, and U.S. Pu...

Scenes in and around the old city of Perugia in Umbria, Italy. Kodachrome

Mish Mish, the Egyptian cartoon star, is now French and named Mimiche. Mimiche strolls into town atop his donkey with his dog in tow. A local takes is...

The wonders of long-distance telephone communications

A documentary about the cycling race Tour of Germany in summer 1950

An insightful look at Denmark in the 1950s.

Social guidance film showing how necessary self-reliance is to all successful endeavors and happiness.

Animated dish washing liquid commercial from Denmark.

Jim Davis short shown at Art in Cinema, spring 1950.

An experimental film about light and electricity. The film opens with a title card reading "Light and Electricity," followed by a fast-paced montage o...

A short film commissioned by the Womens Temperance League to teach the dangers of alcohol.

A political parable urging continued emphasis on a free-market economy rather than resorting to government takeover of business - whether through comm...

Nick cannot plan ahead, but is convinced to do so after imagining himself as a drifter or a bum.

Little Jimmy has a lemonade stand, and wants to run it all by himself. Soon he finds out, however, that his other activities are beginning to cut into...