1950 Movies

The degree of intelligence with which a variety of animals solve deliberately-posed problems is shown as proof that animals do not act on instinct onl...

Film shows the beginnings of what evolved into an everyday appliance, the Mullins Jet-Tower Dishwasher.

About the benefits of fertilizing and putting chemicals made by the Monsanto Company on your lawn and garden.

The wonders of long-distance telephone communications

In this film, George V. Allen, the first director of the United States Information Agency (USIA),explains the purpose of his organization and the way...

Discusses a young woman's negative appraisal of each new man she meets. Ultimately, she learns that self-analysis must come first, that she must accep...

Members of two families illustrate correct and incorrect manner of taking care of their obligations to one another.

Everyday incidents at school and at play teach Alice, Jerry and Eddie to resolve conflicts by compromise, by obeying rules, by finding facts, or findi...

Biology teacher shows pupils how they react differently to same situation. Discusses what emotions are, what they do, where they come from, and how th...

Painting-based reenactment.

Propaganda film produced by the British Colonial Film Unit depicting everyday life in Nairobi, Kenya.

Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture.

Joey is a withdrawn little boy who prefers to be by himself than go out and make friends. His mother, deciding that it's not healthy for him to by alo...

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...

Jane is a happy teenage girl who is totally (and somewhat disturbingly) devoted to her family. She takes care of their needs before her own, and is ov...

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

A Texas boy tours Bavaria, then falls asleep during a concert and has visions of Santa and angels.

Tells the story of a peasant who receives three wishes for aiding two gnomes, but wastes them due to his own greed and his wife's spitefulness.

Bob, the star of the high school basketball team, is accused of stealing money out from his teammate Ben's locker. Things look bleak for Bob, until a...