1950s Movies

A family reflects on what they are grateful for, even though they cannot afford a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner.

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

Kancha Sherpa was one of 103 Sherpas that brought Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mt. Everest in 1953, as the first to reach the...

Progress in South Australia manifests itself around the Flinders Range country in the industries of Whyalla, Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Leigh Creek...

Set in the 1950s, the PLA exterminates residual bandits in the Yunwushan Mountain.

The film looks at men and women of color in the U.S. Merchant Marine from 1938-1975. Through chronicling the lives of these men and women who, with a...

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...

A self-perceived failing mother yearns for a connection with her son, only to find it more difficult and frustrating when he forms an inseparable...

The history of how the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art of Cuenca was created. In the mid-1950s, the Spanish collector and painter Fernando...

A chance encounter with seagulls sets a man's life on an unexpected path.

Inspired by real events, combat surgeon Sergio Passaro is deployed to a remote UN position in North Korea in November 1950, He finds himself at the...

This documentary film from the 1950s explains how the citizens of a small midwestern town restore community spirit through a 4-H club.

Canberra, the National Capital of Australia, is a city which has been planned; a place where modern living is enriched by a lovely setting. But the...

“Marilyn vs. Marilyn” tells the story of a little-known period of Marilyn’s life – the years she spent in New York, trying to...

An atypical portrait of singer, songwriter, poet Georges Brassens.

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...

The nostalgic retrospective of the time from a very candid perspective, over five chapters.

A story of two boys caught up in the turmoil of the dramatic events of 1956 in Central Europe. At 13, Romek Strzalkowski was the youngest victim of...

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