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The Peruvian Newsreel No. 162 of December 1968 celebrates Rímac in two articles that connect the past and present of this quintessentially Creole district. The first revisits the Stone Bridge and the Alameda de los Descalzos, major urban development projects of Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros, in the 17th century. It also covers projects commissioned by Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junyent at the end of the 18th century, such as the Real Felipe Fortress, the Royal College of San Carlos, the remodeling of the Acho Bullring, and the Paseo de Aguas (Water Promenade), inspired by the love of the actress Micaela Villegas, La Perricholi. The newsreel incorrectly attributes the construction of the Quinta de Presa to the Viceroy.

"The Pelicans of Rimac" is an interesting documentary from the French-language series "Sylvie's Universe, Amateur Reporter," which portrays a Lima far removed from the progressive myth of the 1950s. The courageous gaze of children becomes complicit in the wandering of street children and inhabitants and intuits, in the provocative image of the pelicans, the reasons for migration, hunger, and poverty, as well as their marginalization and disconnection from the city's colonial heritage. The Hispanic element is reduced to symbols of obsolescence, and the Andean occupation is foreshadowed.

NASA documentary film showing what the people behind NASA’s biosatellite program (satellites built by General Electric) hope to learn about the effects of space flight on living organisms.

Historical reporting based on the authentic archival documents from the World War 2 period. It showcases the tragic life of Jews from the Łódź ghetto, as well as the inner life and atmosphere of the ghetto, where over 160,000 people were squeezed into an area of 4 square kilometres.

Takes a light-hearted look at the problems of operating the railway. People leave their jobs for the day, hanging up doctors' coats and workmen's overalls to become conductors, station masters and ticket collectors. Warm and witty, this film is an affectionate salute to the people who keep this little railway running and to locomotive enthusiasts everywhere.

A short film on the city of Minsk and urban life.

A Films Division of India documentary recording an early development initiative during India’s post-independence modernization period. Referenced by Erik Barnouw as part of the Indian state documentary tradition of the early 1960s, the film documents a “pilot project” focused on infrastructure and development, presenting modernization as a planned, collective process through observational imagery.

Brazilian re-reporting of Algerian news coverage from France.

A feature on the history and art treasures of the Archangelskoye Palace, now a museum near Moscow.

A short documentary.

Experimental short film by pioneering Chaco filmmaker Jorge Castillo. Through a rhythmic and conceptual montage of images of people in the streets and parks of Rosario, Castillo reflects on the passage of time and death.

Survey of modern conveniences and amenities to be found on the reservation, including Navajo/Diné-owned businesses, boarding schools, soldiers and Boy Scouts, art classes, public ceremonies, and the newly opened General Dynamics Navajo Facility.

Things are faster on freeways. That should change the way you drive. This film provides ideas from people who drive fast for a living.

An industrial short.

A journey on British Railways' only narrow gauge line, running 12 miles inland from Aberystwyth up the Rheidol Valley to Devil's Bridge with its impressive wooded gorge and magnificent waterfalls.

A look into the new industrial revolution in Lancashire when, from 1950, more than fifty-five cotton mills were converted for light industries.

A look at the various aircraft flown by British pilots over the last fifty years, including the Sopwith Pup, the Hart and the Blackburn monoplane.

This work grew out of Knud Viktor’s private family recordings of his daughter blowing soap bubbles. Due to a cancellation from the intended composer, the film features Viktor’s first sound composition.

The Boganda Museum, museum of Central African art and popular traditions.

The tour group's trip to Ladoga is interspersed with the filming of an unfinished project about primitive people.

Filmed in San Bernardino Chalchihuapan, municipality of Ocoyucan, Puebla (Nahua community). The documentary records the religious ceremony, celebrations, and rituals of a young couple's wedding, in the traditional framework of their indigenous culture.

A documentary film by Ruslan Şahmalıyev.

Short documentary that follows a group of expeditioners across the Famatina

Documentary about about cultural life and the socio-economic situation in Iraq in the late 1960s.

History of the Pacific War from the invasion of Manchuria to the Tokyo trials

The burial rites and iron making methods of peasants in the northern mountains of Cameroon

In a Go Go Lounge several men sit around tables while the big breasted women dance around them.

An unusual attempt at cinéma vérité, in which people are asked if they are happy, while city lights flood the summer nights to the strains of a tender croon.

This is the first part of the three-part documentary about People's Republic of China, filmed in 1967 by Swedish filmmaker Bo Gaertze, and released by a number of companies

After an ethnobotanical overview of the main significant plant species in the region concerned, the Lang-Biang plateau, near Dalat, the film focuses on the operating chain of rice cultivation among the Làc.

Many of today's railway problems were created during the years of competition between the various railway companies. At Sheffield, for instance, different lines converge, producing a complexity which only results in inefficiency. Problems like this are shown in the film, as well as the new flyover at Rugby, modern signalling on the Southern Region, and passenger amenities at Plymouth.

As the thousands of passengers move about Britain every day, the railway system they use is being transformed : soaring concrete sustains new stations, a hillside is moved to make a new marshalling yard; express freight trains carry complete loads of oil, limestone, cars, frozen foods; griddle cars and Blue Pullmans, roadrailers and driverless trucks - these are only a few of the changes and innovations brought about by the Modernisation Plan.

A tour of the grain production used for breakfast in the United States.

And then lamppost-high snow sculptures, New Year's rides, hats with earflaps, frozen fingers, a giant snow crocodile! Minus fifteen Celsium at least, but the camera does not fail.

A London family sets off for the annual hop-picking in Kent.

The cameraman tells his yet-to-be-born child, Pamir, “Listen, I am going to tell you the story about my village.” The people of the village are constantly working, the camera lingering on the hands. The landscape. The traditions and rituals of the people. A woman with a tambourine. The spinning shamanic dance of an elder. A mother swinging a cradle gently. The newborn admonished not to forget the Motherland.

Documentary shot on the occasion of the happening "Opere di fumo" (literally "works of smoke") organized by Luciano Giaccari (founder of an important video library in Varese, formerly called Studio 970 2) on March 30, 1969 in Luvinate . Among the artists: Hidetoshi Nagasawa and Christian Tobas. Presence of the wife, Adele, and Gianfranco Brebbia's second daughter, Paola.

Training film for special agents at the FBI National Academy. Demonstrates how agents must stay alert to stay alive.

It Happens Every Noon describes the national school lunch program, which is designed to provide from a third to one-half of the student's daily nutritional needs. Explains the importance of a well-balanced midday meal.

Trainee army cooks learn to cook and toss pancakes

Five missionaries went into the land of the savage Aucas. Their offer of friendship was rejected, and the Aucas killed the missionaries. Elisabeth Elliot, wife of one of the martyrs, her daughter, and Rachel Saint would not give up and eventually lived among and brought the Gospel to the Aucas.

On Red Markham's farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, son Steve tells his story: through the woods, taking a school bus, how muddy fields impact harvesting, canning jam, making jack-o-lanterns, and watching a dairy truck collect milk.

Experimental 8mm film.

Film on nuclear fallout and its potential for damage in the event of an attack on the United States. Freakishly dramatic music. Picture of people going about their daily activity is occasionally colored red to illustrate contamination of radioactive fallout.

Documentary about the customs and ceremonies of two Himalayan regions of India. Winner of the National Film Award for best documentary in 1960.

Watch the Blackhorse squadron move their massive vehicles from the road into the trees. Part of "The Big Picture" series.

A documentary about the resistance of the students at Nihon University (College of Art) in 1968-69.

Howard Hill takes viewers along on an incredible African longbow adventure, highlighted by his harvest of a rogue bull elephant named "Tembo."

A 1969 documentary on the Moon landing missions by NASA.