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Documentary about pop music artist Shinji Harada.

This film, made by the artist, Robert Smithson, with the assistance of Virgina Dwan, Dwan Gallery & Douglas Christmas, Director, Ace Gallery, (the aforementioned Dwan & Christmas also assisted Smithson financially with the making of the Spiral Jetty), is a poetic and process minded film depicting a "portrait" of his renowned earth work -- The Spiral Jetty, as it juts into the shallows off the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake. A voice-over by Smithson reveals the evolution of the Spiral Jetty.

A drama documentary illustrating the difficulties experienced by a married woman with two children who tries to get an abortion on the NHS. A series of slides show an outpatient abortion procedure and there are interviews with a local woman doctor and a consultant gynecologist. —Cinenova

This documentary about the early Indians of the Great Basin emphasizes the traditional culture of the last 5,000 years. The story unfolds through the words and skills of the older Piaute women of southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada. They tell us how they make cakes from berries, baskets from tulles, cord for nets…necessary daily tasks linked with an ancient heritage. The earth is ever present in the film, wildlife, rivers and marshes, sagebrush desert, all part of the story. The lifeways of the Northern Paiutes are followed through a seasonal cycle, from root-gathering in spring to building shelter in winter.

Working day of the railway watchmen (carrilanos) in Ticlio, one of the highest places in the world for a train to pass.

While Michal Tučný sings about food and love, endocrinologist Rajko Doleček from the Regional Hospital in Ostrava calculates that disability pensions related to obesity cost as much as the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal or three hundred thousand cars. The final part of this ten-part television counselling series converts human life into numbers and evaluates people as a social product.

Without commentary, the film shows the constant change of seasons from winter to spring, summer and autumn.

Documentary about people who live and work in the Sahara Desert, with a look at the means of transport used to travel across the vast wilderness.

This film consists of almost twenty minutes coverage of a political rally, filmed by more than ten Sahia cameramen, during the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of 23 August 1944, ‘the first day of the socialist era’. The Hottest Day is part of a rich author filmography, which includes around one hundred titles, such as A Life Dedicated to the Happiness of the People (1978); Homage (1983); The Party, The Homeland, The People (1986); Heroic Times in Legendary Lands (1987). When the Sahia documentaries obediently followed their political commission, their length could surpass the usual ten to twenty minutes, even reaching feature length. The Hottest Day was one of the shortest film in this category that we could find in the archives.

Self-produced film on the feminist movement

Made for hearing impaired children to help teach them lip-reading, the content discusses the importance of safety rules for children and vehicles on city streets. It emphasizes various safety measures, including obeying traffic signals, being alert, and thinking before acting. The characters in the story remind each other of these rules while navigating their environment, highlighting the dangers of neglecting safety practices. The narrative illustrates the consequences of forgetting safety rules through examples of characters almost getting hurt and the need for constant vigilance.

A look at improvements to old Glasgow tenements.

16mm dairy film by Pierre Parat

The film is about Moses Coady, who was called many things in his lifetime, but who proved to be the most effective social reformer Canada has known. He went into the villages, organized the people into study groups, helped them set up credit unions and co-operatives, and freed them from the semi-feudal conditions they lived in. Today, people from all over the world come to study his methods at the Coady International Institute in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. (NFB)

Magda and Paweł seem to have different expectations of life: she needs a bit of craziness, and he needs a bit of normality. Even though Magda cannot imagine living in the countryside, following Paweł's will, they decide to buy a farm near Serock. Magda and Paweł, not without problems, buy the farm from old farmers. The youngsters start to manage the homestead, at the same time they undergo some mental changes. Paweł's father dies, his mother decides to be an adviser to her son and Magda. The girl begins to trust life, however, she loses her first baby. Paweł finds it difficult to get along with the local farming club. The spouses share with us their fears, hopes and reflections.

This ultimate talking-head documentary provides the lowdown on making it in showbiz: the casting couch, how to play the game, how to change you name.

Spectacular images of international snowmobile competitions that are reserved only for expert owners of the most powerful machines.

The well-worn trope of the “intrepid white explorer attempts to explain the ways of African tribes” is subverted in a masterful fashion by Horace Ové in The Black Safari. We follow Yemi Ajibade, Merdel Jordine, Bloke Modisane, Horace Ové, and Douglas Botting as they go on an expedition across the Liverpool-Leeds canal in search of the English community and the strange cultures that they currently involve themselves in, all while attempting to find the centre of England. The imagery of the Queen of Spades, the boat that the explorers travel on, complete with the sound of African drums going through these towns in middle England feels provocative, especially as baffled locals look on in astonishment. The little seen The Black Safari makes for compelling viewing; it is a biting satire that never fails to raise a smile.

A collage of daily life in Aq Kupruk builds from the single voice that calls the townspeople to prayer, the brisk exchange of the baazar, communal labor in the fields, and the uninhibited sports and entertainment of rural Afghans. The theme of the film focuses on rural society. The film and accompaning instructor notes explore concepts of development, modernization, environmental equilibrium, and especially change, identifying change agents, and analyzing barries and stimulants to change.

Through documentary images, old photographs and interviews, the director presents the Santa Tereza cable car, not only as an original means of transport and tourist element, but also as an important part of the history of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

This short vignette features coal mines in New Waterford and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, along with traditional Cape Breton folk songs sung by Men of the Deeps - a miners' choral group.

A short history of Canada's greatest sailing ship.

This documentary film examines the meanings of the abuse of barbiturates and amphetamines. Filmed in Haight-Ashbury, this film seeks to define the nature of the drugs and widely varying patterns and degrees of abuse. A broad spectrum of people are included in the film - blacks, whites, Chicanos; adults and young people; poor and affluent.

This film uses the image of fireworks (as points of light) superimposed in the camera and in the optical printer until the surface of the film begins to bleach out.

A documentary about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

This instructional film shows the three parts of a lever and demonstrates how various levers help to move things more easily, or move them farther and faster.

This film explores Penza—the city's history, industry, and architectural monuments.

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.

Canada is facing a housing crisis, and cooperative housing might be a part of the solution.

The documentary is a record of a marriage ceremony that took place in April 1971 and was performed in accordance with Ainu traditions at the request of the young bride. There were two hurdles to overcome in the realization of the ceremony: first, a group of Ainu had to be convinced, who were against a revival of the tradition. Secondly, there were only a few members of the community who knew the details of the ceremony at all, since most of them had already been celebrating a wedding in their own style for over 80 years.

Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria and Dahomey the Gelede cult honours the earth spirits, the ancestors and especially the Great Mother. The festival filmed here emphasises the status of women and placated their potentially dangerous mystic powers. The commentary emphasises that the annual Gelede festival serves a cathartic role by paying respect to women in a patriarchal society. During the course of the festival social tensions are brought out into the open and ridiculed; antagonism between the sexes is thus controlled and given a legitimate outlet. The film shows the preparation of masks and the climax of the festival in which the Great Mask appears at midnight. On the following day the lesser masks entertain, satirising the movements of women.

In this documentary, the members of the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds hockey team travel to China to demonstrate their skills to the new teams in the East. While hockey there still has a long way to go, this film leaves no doubt that the Chinese players are up to the challenge. A film propelled by discoveries, it goes a long way to providing insight into the differences between East and West.

The director shows us an unofficial Lithuania, an indestructible village, old traditions and impressive faces. In the films of Shablevičius, the village, the land, the lonely tree standing outside are often filmed in winter, when everything gets the shade of a fairy tale and a miracle, and a rider on the road brings an unexpected message. The old mythical rural worldview seems to come alive in the eyes of the audience.

The film, set in Auxerre, explores the life of a family of six living in a transitional housing project on the city’s outskirts. The family, consisting of a mother, father, and six children, has resided in two small plank rooms without water or electricity for 17 years. The film observes their daily routines, relationships, and dreams, focusing on the teenage son’s aspirations and the mother’s relentless work and lack of pleasure. It highlights the hidden existence of this community, often overlooked or denied by city centre residents.

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.

Report on traditional Peruvian dance.

A parable, photographed in live-action, about the use of eating utensils in India. Doubling as a social commentary, this film also examines the significance and status that people attach to their artifacts.

Documentary about the Norwegian women's movement

Documentary film.

Portrait of an artist.

Pro Telecine S.A., Dir Pierre Aisner Marchok, Pej Luis Arauco, Cam Bernard Ziderman- Allain Casanova, Son Pierre Boucat, Ed Pierre Maury, Lab Telecine, Lf Lima.

This documentary features Brother Aurelio, a Redemptorist religious who is in charge of making altar wine at the San Francisco de Paula Convent in Rimac, Lima.

"The film was conceived as a coda to a longer (colour) film, Place of Work, made in the same year. It covers the time of finally emptying a long-time family home, with its personal memories and connection with some of my own work. Fragments of verse, along with young children's voices released into the emptying rooms and staircases, and an ersatz 'pop' music track, clarify the familiar and the alien in the situation." Margaret Tait

Magomed Abdurakhmanov, known as Parang, was born in 1889 in the village of Tindi, Tsumadinsky District, Dagestan. During his life, he made a significant contribution to the development of his native land, establishing himself as a dedicated builder and public figure. Parang single-handedly built 17 bridges, laid 10 kilometers of roads for automobiles, and 36 kilometers of pedestrian paths.

A polemical report on wealthy German-speaking residents of Namibia who revel in memories of the colonial era and support the apartheid policy of racial segregation. In contrast, the film depicts the miserable living conditions of the indigenous population, who sell their labor to white people for meager wages to ensure the survival of their families crammed together in reservations.

Produced and directed by Samuel Hudson in 1970, this experimental documentary follows a young couple, Sue and Steve, as they prepare for their wedding ceremony. The film is sectioned into five chapters, each highlighting a different theme with abstract film techniques. Hudson utilizes pixilation, stop-motion, and animation along with wedding photographs and interviews.

It tells about the aftermath of defeat of the Greek Democratic Party in 1948; Aegean Macedonians took the worst, however, since many children were separated from their parents and found shelter in neighboring Balkan countries, never to meet one another.

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.

This work depicts the sculptor Kiuchi Masaru's creative studio and the work without any verbal explanation.

An overview of fascist tendencies in post-war western Germany, illustrated by various events and everyday examples, backed up with numerous interviews.

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.

Documentary made by a team of Soviet filmmakers in order to pay tribute to Peru and the Revolutionary Government of General Juan Velasco Alvarado. It is a journey through different regions of the country together with archive images.

This poignant film publicises elections for a new Assembly in Belfast.

This short film from 1973 offers a report on Regina's successful experiment with dial-a-bus, a flexible service midway between a bus and a taxi. The idea is to provide passengers with door-to-destination transportation at an affordable cost.