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Swedish writer and troubadour Evert Taube flips through his memory album, tells stories and sings.

Off the coast of Marseille, near a rocky cliff, a Greek ship was discovered at a depth of forty meters in Mediterranean waters, loaded with amphorae and other pottery. The cargo has been lying on that sandy stretch of seabed for more than two thousand years. The documentary follows the dives of divers who recover cups, vases, plates and jars still full of wine. We are also witnessing new recovery systems, with the use of compressed air.

Documentary on photography with the participation of twelve globally famous Japanese photographers.

Documentary about the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and its post-war construction.

A short documentary on the Great Wall of China.

The life of people from the delta of Neretva and their struggle for the land. The attempts of the community to help them in the transformation of the swamps into useful land.

A short film from artist Adaline Kent documenting her adventures in the Sierra Nevadas.

A Norwegian exploitation travel documentary in color from 1952.

Focusing on capoeira, Vadiação was previously storyboarded by artist Carybé. Its soundtrack preserves the typical chants and berimbau music which are part of that practice, as the film illustrates the evolution of capoeira, simultaneously a martial art and a dance.

‘St Christopher’s - for the children of Railway Servants’. About a hundred children are cared for at this Derby railway orphanage and this film gives a selection of scenes from a typical day: the breakfast mail, a boy with a problem, a girl with a worry, a visit from two widowers, a birthday tea party. An official insight into a forgotten aspect of railway operation.

A patchwork of East End colours and characters on Middlesex Street, better-known as Petticoat Lane.

A picture depicting VIII. World Academic Winter Games held in Czechoslovakia in 1949. It shows in brief all the sports competitions in which students from all over the world competed.

A tribute to Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889-1952) who commanded the French First Army which he led from Provence to the Rhine and the Danube. Later, from 1950 to 1951, he became the high commissioner and the commander-in-chief of Indochina where he once again proved heroic by defeating General Giap three times on the run. But cancer forced him to return to Paris where he died some time later. De Lattre de Tassigny was posthumously made Maréchal de France.

The varied and important services of the U.S. Coast Guard are glimpsed. They warn ships of dangerous shoals, keep sea lanes open with icebreakers, face gale and hurricane to accurately forecast the weather in remote areas of the Atlantic and Pacific, and perform rescue services to ships and downed aircraft.

An absorbing record of the advance preparations for the historic first crossing of the Antarctic Continent by Dr. Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary.

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

A documentary covering the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

The first expedition of geographer and geologist Väinö Auer (1895-1981) to the Land of Fire in 1928-29. A cultural anthropological documentary, including the natural disasters that are so commonplace to us: the state of the birdlife (what species have disappeared), overfishing, forest destruction. The Lönnrot Glacier is also visited.

Short film about electricity in modern life.

Film on the refugee situation in Austria as a result of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

The film shows the course of the Alster from its source to Jungfernstieg in Hamburg.

A short film about the fire unit in Oslo. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

“The Fallbrook Story,” is a 20-minute film of Cold War-era uneasiness in which director Frank Capra rails against what he calls the evils of Big Bureaucracy. In 1951, Capra lived in Fallbrook, California on his 1,000-acre Red Mountain Ranch farm filled with olive groves. The federal government, which had purchased the old Rancho Santa Margarita land in 1941 to build Camp Pendleton, was concerned that ranchers upstream would take or pollute the Santa Margarita River, which ran through Camp Pendleton. Capra’s film documents how Fallbrook residents fought back against the federal government.

A teaching film for social studies, which was developed as a new educational subject in 1947. At an elementary school in Hokkaido, children have started a fly extermination campaign to improve school hygiene. In order to eliminate the causes of flies, the entire town is working to improve the sanitary environment. The short was filmed with the cooperation of Mizukaido Elementary School in Joso City and is the first film in the "Social Studies Teaching Film System" by Iwanami Film Productions.

The film shows how if people in the village act as good citizens, villages are sure to undergo transformation for the better.

A television documentary about Black Nationalism in America, focusing on the Nation of Islam and, to a lesser extent, the United African Nationalist Movement.

Documentary film introduces the principles of color cinema, from the spectrum of light sources to the structure of multilayer film, and traces the entire process of how color is reproduced on screen.

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Vesely’s study on changing urbanity claims that "the Espresso has a democratic touch." Italy has expanded into Munich and instead of beer hall cellars, there are Cappuccinos, ice creams and tables in the open.

This TravelTalk short focuses on the ancient ruins in Rome, the leaning tower of Pisa, and the architecture in Florence, Italy.

Electricity is used in every field and demand is constantly increasing. The electricity supplied by AEM in Milan (now A2A) originates in the mountains, in the Adda dams. A river of light that runs to the city to illuminate it and give it the energy it needs to progress.

Details of the life of Juan Ponce de León, founder of the city of San Juan and first governor of Puerto Rico.

A dramatization of the problems of a middle-aged man who, after being discharged from a tuberculosis hospital, encounters snubs, canceled social invitations, and job refusals from people who fear association with him. Explains that recovered tubercular patients are desirable as co-workers and companions, and emphasizes the responsibilities of the community toward former tubercular patients.

The story of a ship's arrival, unloading and departure from the Port of London in 1951, and all the life of the docklands and the river. Made for the Festival of Britain.

A record from the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition lead by anthropologist Charles P Mountford that explores the abundant birdlife and waterways of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Thousands of birds, both native to Australia and from around the world, find sanctuary in the billabongs of Arnhem Land, feeding on the fish, insects and flowers that flourish there. Apart from their beauty, the birds serve the useful purpose of helping to keep the balance of nature in the wilderness areas of Australia’s far north. Close photography makes it possible for some of the more interesting birds to be carefully studied. The film’s soundtrack is perhaps the most unique ever recorded, bringing us the thrilling sound of the voices of thousands of birds breaking the quiet of the virgin bush.

Photomicrography reveals the unusual structure and behavior of the Venus's flytrap, the trumpet plant, the cobra plant, the common pitcher plant, the sundew plant and the utricularia.

Recruitment slide about working in the ceramics industry. It introduces the various types of employment in this industrial field and shows the wide possibilities of employment in this production sector based on the story of the school youth brigade.

A group of workers from a Leicester shoe-making company travel down south for a day in the Smoke.

A filmed sequence dramatizes the problems addressed in the program: the story of a working mother addicted to barbiturates initially prescribed by her doctor.

The film offers three excerpts from the life of a working blind person. It shows in particular the extent to which the guide dog can replace the blind person's lack of sight and how this results in a relationship of loyalty between man and animal of rare intimacy.

In 1602, King Henri IV decided to develop French manufacturing to limit imports of products such as carpets and tapestries, of which the royal court was a major consumer. In 1662, Colbert (Minister of Louis XIV) bought the buildings and decided to create there the "Royal Manufacture of Crown furniture and tapestries", where upholsterers settled, but also painters, goldsmiths, engravers, cabinetmakers... Reserved to the furnishing of Royal Houses and diplomatic presents. To make this documentary, Alain Pol uses a new process developed by the French Lucien and Armand Roux. They had developed a color cinema technique with the "Rouxcolor" process, a patent filed in 1932. A simple process, which preceded the arrival of the American technicolor, less precise, but requiring special equipment for cinemas, which cut his career short.

A road safety film for pedestrians in city traffic. Demonstrates typical unsafe practices.

A nation's culture is a measure of its maturity. Culture, however is a living reality and our daily lives reflect in how we behave towards one another. This film approaches this subject and emphasises the need for consideration of others, which is the best foundation for good manners.