1950s Movies

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

During the 1950s, a Greek concert pianist meets the love of her life in Trieste, Italy. After they marry, she follows him to the United States --...

A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openly....

A short about a conductor and his small-change cash.

A young Holocaust survivor who descends into crime; an Italian-Jewish engineer who wants to see a movie; a German Christian who forgives her...

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

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

Ethan is in love with the weird girl in school. The one with the twitchy eyes and spiders in her hair. The one who can't sit still for even a minute...

Chapter 12 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between...

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

A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.

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...

Pat's babysitting responsibilities are tested when eight-year-old Bean's parents never return.

A young boy in the 1950's sees a car for the first time. This brief moment turns out to be something not so easy to forget.

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

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...

Told as the memory of an aging gentleman, this is the story of Adan, a Puerto Rican boy who has one day to find a home for his pet goat, Chivo,...