1950s Movies

A documentary showing a day in the life of a crofter boy, including going to school and playing shinty with his pals.

As a teenager in 1950 Brooklyn, all Saul wanted to do was hang out with his friends and go to the beach. Instead, he got roped into a dangerous new...

In 1952, TV Tupi, Brazil's first television channel, invited psychiatrist Júlio Gouveia and his wife, Russian writer Tatiana Belinky, to...

September 1954. A wave of UFO sightings sweeps over France. In America, a propaganda of a Soviet invasion is spread around. In a Québec...

Demonstration of shoplifting methods. With the Cooperation and Assistance of Berkeley, California Police Department and Berkeley Police Reserve;...

A promotional short for the feature film "Roach Motel". The short film "Modern Living and You!" satirizes "Red Scare" era instructional shorts, while...

Based on the hit 1951 jingle, this stop-motion animated short briefly follows the titular Suzy Snowflake as she brings joyful snowfall with her,...

"Stolen Education" documents the untold story of Mexican-American school children who challenged discrimination in Texas schools in the 1950s and...

The leader of an all-girl teenage greaser gang attempts to get the attention of her bookworm crush, but her usual tactics don’t seem to be...

Historical film covering the British Vanwall Grand Prix team behind the scenes and at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix and British Grand Prix at Aintree.

A retired detective, Paul Pierce, is called back on a case to help solve where missing person Kenny Cook may be lurking. Only Pierce might be dealing...

Humorous, melancholy documentary about copywriter, photo model and poet Frans Vogel (1935-2016). A handsome kid who became involved in the art world...

Recounts the so-called 'Battle of Inchon', an episode at the end of World War II during the amphibious invasion of Korea, resulting in a decisive...

1957, Professor Lawrence Jones is tasked with finding The Command Conquer. But he is not the only one looking for it…