01 January 1951 Factual 18 mins
This 1950s' film looks at the measures to preserve water flow from the Rocky Mountains. With the steady falling of the water table, the exploitation of timber stands and the recession of glaciers, water conservation was an urgent concern of the Alberta and federal governments.
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Canada 01 January 1951
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15 October 1951
Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones.
09 August 1951
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
05 October 1951
A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
25 September 1951
A bigame woman, a complicated maid with shady facts, and a rip-off against a wealthy man attempted by an alleged son.
15 November 1951
After conning a potential buyer into believing that Queenie's herd is diseased, nasty would-be empire builder Duke Drake is confronted by the girl's new tough foreman Bill Foster.
26 January 1951
A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then taking their money.
10 August 1951
Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime.
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Bored with her bourgeois life, the young Maria Variani, daughter of a professor, meets Bruno, who is part of an amateur jazz group, and allows herself to be persuaded to join the band that plays during the radio program "The microphone is yours".
20 July 1951
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05 April 1951
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