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A collection of classic bloopers from radio and television.

In this film, an argument arises between two bands when an antelope killed by a hunter from one band is found and distributed by a man from another band. The film illustrates conflict mediation in traditional Ju/'hoan society and the Ju/'hoan leaders' ability to settle disputes without violence and without formal political organization.

Valerie Singleton shows children of primary and middle school age how they can cross the road safely by following the Green Cross Code.

Take in Sydney from the rooftops in this gently surreal, wordless short. With a cheeky animated interlude and sweeping harbour views, this is 1970s city life with a twist.

Very rarely screened since its original release, this film was originally conceived as Nightcleaners Part 2. A portrait of Grenada-born Myrtle Wardally (b.1936), a leader of the Cleaners’ Action Group Strike in 1972, it features her discussing the partial success of that campaign and also her childhood in the Caribbean. It’s also an experiment – as probing as it is rapturous – in the politics of film form, and a fascinating deconstruction of the idea of Myrtle as a “symbol of struggle, the nightcleaners, working women, immigrants, mothers, blacks”.

Importance of the role of the Peruvian university in supporting agriculture and reforestation.

An actuality film of a county fair and its varied attractions.

In this documentary from 1974, Alan Price visits the North East of England, including his home town Jarrow, and talks about his musical career. In London he rehearses, records and performs some new songs, which reflect the changes in his life and attitude brought by his ten years as a professional musician.

A documentary following a day in Urho Kekkonen's life as the president of Finland.

Chico Buarque and MPB-4 performing live at TV Cultura.

An introduction to the work of graphic artist M.C. Escher.

Eastman narrates, describing the challenges they face living in the arctic and the bonds they form with the wild animals. A wildlife cameraman raises three wolves in the Yukon. Trappers who hear of the wolves try to kill them for the hides. This film served as a follow-up to Eastman's grizzly bear film, High, Wild and Free.

This documentary summarizes the history, traditions, and living conditions of the Black population in the province of Limón, Costa Rica addressing the origins of the Afro-Caribbean and the groups that settled on the Atlantic coast.

An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter train, a unilingual ticket collector and a bilingual passenger. The passenger appears on screen himself to describe his bid to have tickets requested in French as well as in English. What ensued, and how even the railway president became involved, is illustrated with wit and humor.

Educational film about the speed of light.

The story of the tragedy of a young family in which a child with Down syndrome was born. It is shown in detail and at the same time very delicately how a geneticist searches for the causes of the pathology that has arisen, telling what genetics can really do at this stage.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing the speed sailing at Castle Cove near Weymouth for the John Player World Speed Sailing Record in 1975.

A close-up examination of laborers creating Cuban cigars intercut with artistic advertising labels and postures for those cigars. Silent with musical accompaniment.

Cinematographic exercise by director Alberto Yaccelini, where through metadramatic procedures we are presented with the dilemma of the veracity of the documentary as a means of communication and reflection of reality. An apparently fragmentary, incomplete work that manages to fully reflect the complex personality of the protagonist. And, by extension, the complexity of personality.

A documentary portrait of two lifelong friends navigating adulthood in the mid-1970s, as they balance work, education, family, and ambition while their lives begin to take different paths.

An examination of reincarnation, regression, and other life-after-death subjects.

Several short stories in the spirit of classic neorealism of the 60s about people and cities.

The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

Magnus Magnusson's guide to the Egyptian king Tutankahmun's celebrated visit to a London museum in 1972.

Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, inspired by Otto Pankok’s paintings of Romani theme and subject in the 1930s, declared degenerate art by the Nazis. These are moving narratives of persecution, discrimination, marginalisation, of life as second-class human beings, all of which lasts, incredibly enough, right up to the allegedly democratic present day of the film, since they live in inhumane conditions in barracks at the margins of cities and society and are not officially recognised as Nazi victims. Long, nearly uncut sequences open space for the people and their stories. That’s all it takes for one of Peter and Zsóka Nestler’s most important works.

This documentary is about the Montagnais from Saint-Augustin et de La Romaine Indian reserve, in the region of the Côte-Nord in Quebec. Perrault approach those First Nations Citizens in order to discover that even if in our traditional occidental thinking and culture we consider ourselves superior to them, we still have a lot to learn from their traditions and ancestral way of living. Through a warm, human and respectful gaze, Perrault looks at the repercussions of European civilization's influence on Aboriginal culture, exploring the imagination and the codes of Native from Canada. The result, contradictory yet profound, was especially striking thanks to the sublime images captured by Gosselin within close relations with the Cinéma-Direct tradition in witch Perraut is one if not the greatest ambassador in the world.

On January 25, 1979, an oil well in Zsana, Hungary, caught fire after gas rushed into its shaft at a depth of 1,800 meters and ignited. Miners, soldiers, and firefighters worked together to quench the flames but were only able to do so on February 15. The incident garnered nationwide attention through coverage by the press.

Documentary about Milos Jovancevic, an eccentric writer and self-proclaimed virgin.

A short displaying the process of manufacturing and assembling a Fiat 126P in Poland, a so-called "maluch".

Abstract, geometric forms, became the basis for the most outstanding works of the avant-garde sculptor Katarzyna Kobro. With her 'Spatial Compositions', she created her own artistic language, with which she aroused a lot of criticism, which was based on the traditional assumption that a sculpture should be a compact, modelled mass. However, the task of "Composition" was to shape forms that were to come into being. Kobro, however, still wanted to change the space surrounding people with her own art.

A chef at New Japan restaurant in Chicago talks about what it takes to master a job.

Elders Mariane and Athanas Jacob – of the Atikamekw community of Manawan – demonstrate a moose-call horn constructed from bark. The beautiful horn is a vital tool in attracting moose, an essential animal in their culture and community.

A documentary portrait of the Jie of northeastern Uganda, examining pastoral life during a dry season as government policies and economic pressures challenge traditional patterns of herding, movement, and subsistence.

Nestler relates the histories of shipbuilding, armaments, and war in Europe to the exploitation of labor and the circulation of knowledge and capital between countries.

This film collage is based on Heinrich Heine’s poem "Lorelei". Traditional German postcards were used with images of the siren on the Rhine who lured fishermen and sailors to their death with her beauty and song. The stop-trick was used to film the participants who recite the poem, as well as old beer-drinkers who sing in beer cellars.

Importance of the guinea pig in the national diet from the time of the Incas to the present day.

In support of the victory of the Unidad Popular, artists create a mural on the Paseo Bulnes, located in front of the Palacio la Moneda. Among the muralists are José Balmes, Gracia Barros and Guillermo Núñez.

The filmmaker threads together the pieces exhibited at the third TRIENNALE-INDIA held in New Delhi in 1975.

A portrait of Mrs Khadeeja Begum, a widowed Pakistani mother of two in 1970s Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

An intimate discussion film, Self-Loving is a unique cross-cultural statement about female sexuality, focused around masturbation. Filmed in both city and rural settings, the eleven women of gay, bi-sexual and heterosexual lifestyles Share their early experiences, current patterns, use of vibrators, fantasies and orgasmic patterns. Specifically a film dealing with women's feelings and experiences of masturbation, it is a positive, in depth statement about women's Sexuality.

The movie "Clown Face" offers a very rare glimpse into the backstage private world of Circus Clowns. Here, you can look behind the curtain. You will see the clowns in their backstage habitat, Clown Alley, preparing for a circus performance

One of six Canada Vignettes from the NFB production Don Messer - His Land and His Music, featuring one of the principal performers, Marg Osburne, who has since passed away.

Life of a goat herder in the face of the city's advance into the countryside.

Fimi is based on 4 parts of Veljo Tormis' choral cycle "Estonian Calendar Songs": 1. Mardi Gras Songs, 2. Swing Songs, 3. Frame Songs, 4. Midsummer Songs.

Follows the young mayor of the Stroniec municipality in his interactions with local people.

The candid record of a unique 14-day theatre school, held at the village of Manutuke by the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust.

A document on the daily life of an ordinary collective farm of the U.S.S.R. in 1978 : the hard-working people who love their work just because they are brought up to do so, almost with no rewards from life, in an atmosphere contaminated with official rhetoric.

Paracas Bay is seen as a sacred and untouchable place because of the richness of the fauna that inhabits it.

Report to the Civil Guard lifeguards on the beaches of Lima during the summer.

Documentary film about the situation in the Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas in the 1970s. This production by Colectivo de Cine Polans denounces the poor and precarious situation in Vallecas and, above all, the Madrid City Council's approval of a Partial Plan that would mean the expulsion of all the neighbourhood's residents, some 70,000 people. Extract La Digitalizadora de la Memoria Colectiva

A look at the importance and development of wind music as the axis of the Ayuujk culture in Totontepec, Oaxaca, where the love of music and other related activities are transmitted from generation to generation to continue the tradition, and the economic activities to which the Ayuujk Jää'y are dedicated, most of whom are farmers and are the ones who play in the music band.

Intended for European audiences to encourage them to drive to Britain for their holidays. Shows the travel facilities offered by Sealink, and suggests some of Britain's tourist attractions.

Documentary about French film actress and director Delphine Seyrig featuring an interview filmed in 1977.