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A look at the dedicated research carried out behind the scenes of medicine and the onward march of surgery.

A film narrative about the activities of auxiliary police (security) battalions operating in Lithuania and Minsk during World War II. Former members of the police battalion give testimony. German war chronicles, archival documents, and mass graves bear witness to the activities of the police battalions.

Short documentary about life at camp Westerbork, based on the diary of the journalist Philip Mechanicus, supplemented with images by Rudolf Breslauer. Comments from the historian Jacques Presser. Mechanicus' diary starts on Friday 28 May 1943 and ends on Monday 28 February 1944, five days before he is put on a transport to Auschwitz where he is murdered seven months later (12 October) by the Nazis.

A look at modern bridge building in Britain.

Short documentary.

A look into the ceaseless battle between land and sea.

The viewer will be delighted with this overview of the history of American Foods. Through the miracle of good living typically, foreign foods have been Americanized in order that all members of this "melting pot" may enjoy life in all its faceted splendor. Through the use of animation, sound effects, color contrasts, and music, the history of our gourmet delights is beautifully portrayed.

The ancient seaport city, now the capital of Estonia. The second part of the fil m is concerned with the modern aspects of the city.

An anti-ROTC film with data demonstrating university complicity with the military, what that military is used for and why the supposedly neutral universities want to keep ROTC on campus.

Short documentary, recording the clash in the La Candela neighborhood and how it was celebrated in its early days.

Brings alive the life and times of thousands of years ago in ancient Israel. Depicts the beauty of the land which gave birth to three religions, the sites where heroic deeds took place, and the towering splendor of the ancient works Prod. Ray and Virginia Garner

A film about Gerrymander and discrimination, including an interview with former leader of the Nationalist party in Northern Ireland – Eddie McAteer. This film was not shown at the time because Terence O’Neill and Sean Lemass met for the first time – and it was felt impolitic to show a programme that might have embarrassed the Northern premier.

"Our nativity scene will be among the blast furnaces this year": on 24 December 1968, Pope Paul VI visited Taranto, to spend Christmas Eve with the steelworkers, in a shed of the steelworks opened in 1961. For the first time, a pontiff celebrated Christmas Mass in a factory.

A glimpse into the working life of Eugéne Käufeler, one of the top chefs in London.

A German Film Award winning short documentary on the ancient walled city of Shibam in modern day Yemen.

The visit to the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 highlights Canada's natural resources and advances in technology and science

The film opens with an image of a refugee dying beside a wall. The place is Berlin in 1962. Various shots of the wall and its defences follow. The film shows people attempting to cross to West Berlin after the wall was built. We are given a history of Germany’s treatment after the war and the differences between life in East and West Berlin.

Taking a look at more than just DIY in the home - we look at a DIY town situated in the Cotswolds and a DIY narrow gauge railway in Wales.

Explores the rich and diverse history of Texas, from its early exploration by Spaniards in 1519 to its eventual statehood in 1845. It highlights the various nations that governed Texas, the establishment of missions, the struggles of early settlers, and the significant battles for independence, such as the Alamo. The film also discusses the impact of immigration, the cattle ranching industry, and the discovery of oil, which transformed Texas into a land of opportunity. It celebrates the spirit of resilience and the cultural contributions of various immigrant groups, ultimately illustrating Texas's unique heritage.

The film uses the technique of collage on found footage, combining images from graphic media of the time with a speech by General Juan Carlos Onganía, the then president of Argentina. While Onganía's voice extols the virtues of the self-proclaimed Argentine Revolution, the images contrast with scenes of repression and poverty.

8mm home movie showing picketers and Ruby Bridges at her elementary school, likely Spring 1961.

American Industrial Film about the evils of stealing from one's employer.

A documentary from Maoist china which aimed to demonstrate the suffering of the working people under the old society. It was based on an exhibition in Shandong province.

Produced by programming in the BEFLIX language, run on an IBM 7094 computer, output via a Stromberg Carlson 4020 microfilm printer, describing the author’s BEFLIX language for raster-scan (bitmap) graphic output.

Shows the problems faced by Chief Spokane Garry as the White and Indian civilizations converged in the Northwest during the late 1800s. Deals with the Whitman Massacre, the Donation land law, the Indian war of 1858, and Indian disillusionment

A look at the history of the city of Spokane

KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary film from 1968, narrated by Phil Wilson, which looks at the living conditions, social outlook and aspirations of the Diggs family, who live on Fell Street in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood. Includes scenes of: widower Louis Diggs (originally from Texas) discussing his family's quality of life; Louis working as a handyman and relaxing at home; eldest son Larry Diggs reflecting on how different generations within his community cope with hardship and negative prospects; Larry working with kids as a counsellor at Youth For Service and visiting Andrew Jackson Elementary School; daughter Cherie Diggs attending Zion Lutheran Parochial School and shopping for the family; Larry's younger brother Joe Diggs attending George Washington High School and walking around Golden Gate Park, as he describes his current state of affairs and street views of the Western Addition.

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Made by a collective of student filmmakers and stitched together by Bill Kerby in an MFA Thesis film. Students capture a vision of the counterculture from the inside by filming the music and arts scenes, student protests to end U.S. military occupation in the Vietnam War, and the police repression of the late 1960s on handheld film cameras. Countering the dominant representations from news broadcasts, the students frankly capture the intensity of police repression during anti-war protests. The film appropriates footage of nuclear bomb testing, merged with the footage of rock Musicians Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane. This visual merging of film content, overlayed with the music and sounds of the late 1960s paint a pressing portrait of the times. "Dedicated to Ralph Williams and Bob Dylan: May The Best Man Win." Funded by the Louis B. Mayer Grant.

A monograph about a leech, a member of the ringworm family. The film shows their living conditions, structure, reproduction, and presents some of the 300 known varieties with particular emphasis on the medicinal leech, due to its practical application in medicine.

Portrays the complete life cycle of the alligator and its important role in the ecology of the Everglades. 16mm

A jazz-infused introduction into the milieu and musical environment of Andrzej Kurylewicz’s Piwnica Artystyczna club. With appearances by artists Wanda Warska, Włodzimierz Nahorny, Barbara Brylska, Stanisław Tym and Jean Chavrain – a representative of the Estates General of the French Cinema.

Inside Italian ironworks and steelworks.

This six-minute short documentary captures the eclipse of July 20, 1963, in the small town of Grand-Mère, Quebec. The eclipse was plainly visible and attended by scientists, stargazers, and an influx of visitors who came to see it and join in the accompanying festivities.

This film describes how Puerto Rico, with too many people and too few resources, created an industrial economy and emerged from colonial rule to self-government. Governor Luis Muños Marin here decsribes his "Operation Bootstrap" program, interviewed on-camera with director Bill Deneen.

Illustrates the importance of planning early and obtaining expert advice in preparation for getting into the college of one's choice.

This film details the process of the creation of leather and the crafting of moccasins.

Short documentary about the Cree community of Chipewyan Lake, Alberta, focusing on its trading post and efforts to continue traditional practices in the face of modernization.

An experimental short that contemplates death and ephemerality.

Produced by the Portland Cement Association of Skokie, Illinois, this 19-minute film describes how Marina City was planned, constructed, and utilized. It is narrated by former WGN Chicago radio announcer Walt Newton.

A step-by-step description of how power from the national grid is supplied to British Railways.

The history of a whisky distillery in South Queensferry, Scotland.

Vintage cars take part in a rally across Scotland from Edinburgh to Turnberry.

The film is a historical account of George Washington's journey from a young surveyor to a pivotal leader in the American Revolutionary War. It covers his early military career, the French and Indian War, and his leadership in the Revolutionary War, including battles like Trenton, Princeton, and Yorktown. The film highlights Washington's struggle against British rule, his challenges during the harsh winter at Valley Forge, and his pivotal role in preventing a mutiny among his officers towards the war's end. It emphasizes Washington's integrity and his commitment to the principles of democracy, culminating in the establishment of the United States and the upholding of civilian control over the military.

A documentary presenting personal impressions of the port of Rotterdam-Europoort, showing ships, dockyards whilst emphasising the rapid growth of shipping and industry in and around the port.

A documentary filmed at the Oron museum in Nigeria showing various traditions and customs of the Nigerian population and their value as art.

The conflict comes to a head; student Melville proposes that the Basic Regulations Assembly should "like Lysistrata" refuse to deal with the Ministry of Culture and not adopt any Basic Regulations until the Dahrendorf Plan is off the table. The students propose that no basic regulations be passed until the government has improved the Higher Education Act. The motion is rejected by 10:25 votes. Riots interrupt the meeting.

Short documentary.

Short film about Volvox, a bubble algae

Short documentary about nature.

This is the second part of a three-part documentary about People's Republic of China, filmed in 1967 by Swedish filmmaker Bo Gaertze, and released by a number of companies (this is a German version released by the FWU).

A tribe from South Vietnam lives in the forest and through the forest. In villages, throughout the year, mountaineers, by various techniques, make what they need. The film presents the techniques related to pottery, sparterie, basketry, forging, weaving, housing construction, etc. (recording of traditional songs in the mountain language).

Scenes from a carnival and sideshow in 1961.

A musical performed by schoolchildren from a secondary modern (Markfield) in North London, combining lively dance to the sounds from a transistor radio, and the automative actions of a production line to the monotonous music of the sewing machines.

Initiation of the possessed, participation in the rituals of the chief of earth and in the communal fishing of the dry season. Funeral ritual and burial of a man.