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This Sportscope series entry highlights sailboat races in Holland.

A story about Stockholm at the turn of the century drawn by Oskar Andersson (OA).

Explains the ways the English culture influenced our own--Democratic thought, jurisprudence, civil liberties, language, literature, art and styles.

A docudrama about Oslo’s electricity supply. The film depicts a power outage, provides some historical background on Oslo Lysverker, and examines a modern electricity supply network. ***** 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.

A portrait of the American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.

A sought-after community for recreation and an opportunity for cultivating the land for city residents. Well-known actors take part. ***** 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.

Follows the migration voyages of eels.

A film about the work of the unified agricultural cooperative in Poběžovice, which became the winner of the JZD competition in 1950.

James Wong Howe follows artist Dong Kingman over the course of a day, in which the maestro starts and finishes a watercolor of a street in New York City.

Showcasing a variety of Thai culture.

Using documentary footage, re-enactments, newsreels, diagrams and animation, narrator Westbrook Van Voorhis details how to react to news of an atomic explosion.

This educational film is an introduction to the ergot fungus, including lifecycle, cultivation, medicinal uses, and toxic effects. The film also summarises methods for the chemical extraction of ergoline compounds.

This short film from 1958 compiles 3 short reportages on different ways kids are schooled in remote areas. To School by Boat follows children of isolated fishing hamlets along a stretch of British Columbia coastline as they travel to school by sea-going bus. In Classroom on Rails, we hop along a railway coach that brings school to children in a logging area of northern Ontario. Northern Schooldays introduces us to First Nations children educated in a residential school in Moose Factory.

A short documentary about the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the oldest private detective company in the United States.

Another documentary film about Helsinki.

This 1954 classic follows an outback mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track.

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Short by Ferdinand Khittl commissioned by BASF about the use of magnetic tape.

A story of the exploits carried out by the oil technicians of Baku for the exploitation of the black gold deposit of the Caspian Sea.

A portrait of an amateur theatre group in Kirchberg, Bavaria.

In the years 1955-59, the repatriation of the Polish population from the USSR continued. The camera accompanies the repatriates from the border crossing in Terespol, through repatriation points, to their destination cities in the Recovered Territories. The days are full of hope and the nights are anxious.

Documentary film about bird life in the Alps.

This is a Canadian Civil Defence documentary about what might happen during and after a nuclear attack. In particular it highlights the role of Civil Defence Welfare Services.

Fishing tips from Lee Wulff. Filmed off the coast of Florida.

A reportage film from the fourth annual International track-and-field meeting of the so-called Evžen Rošický Memorial. Rošický was a Czechoslovak record-holder and communist journalist, who was member of the anti-fascist resistance during the occupation and was murdered by Nazis. At the memorial, important figures from Czech athletics are presented, e.g. the runner Stanislav Jungwirth, the javelin throwers Miloš Kopřiva and Dana Zátopková, triple jumper Martin Řehák, and others.

Institutional documentary short film made in 1953 by the Pan-American Newscast of the Argentina Sono Film company, under the direction of Carlos Borcosque for the Eva Perón Foundation on the 5th anniversary of its creation.

The newsreel "Pioneerism" is dedicated to the theme of youth and childhood.

This short film takes the viewer on a tour through the world of harness racing and show horses.

A holidaying family captures the picturesque Devon coastal village of Lynmouth, both before and after a tragic flood event.

This short documentary studies the contrast between the sedate Toronto of the turn of the century and the thriving, expanding metropolis of 1951. Aerial views give evidence of the conversion of the old Toronto into the new--the city with towering skyscrapers, teeming traffic arteries, vast industrial developments and far-reaching residential areas housing over a million people. Toronto's mid-century progress is also Canada's, as manifested in the building of Canada's first subway, and in the bustle of the nation's greatest trading centre--the Toronto Stock Exchange.

In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."

Part two of two teaching films about human anatomy which is devoted to the action of the skeletal muscles in producing movement of the bones at the joints of the human skeleton. It uses live action and animated medical illustrations as well as an actual skeleton with commentary. A man, naked to the waist, also demonstrates the relevant physical processes such as respiration.

The Hilton Hotel rises from the ashes, surrounded by derelict houses and bomb damaged streets.

This short ethnographic film presents a comparative study of infant bathing practices in three cultural settings: Bali, Iatmul communities along the Sepik River in New Guinea, and the United States. Through observational sequences, the film documents differing methods of mother–child interaction, caregiving routines, and degrees of maternal protection, situating everyday domestic practices within broader patterns of cultural socialization.

The towns that once populated Death Valley during the gold rush era and what has been left behind.

A BAFTA award nominated dramatised documentary telling the story of two steelworkers who attempt to climb a rock in the Dolomites.

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

Aquatic House Party is a 1949 short film produced by Jack Eaton. It won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel) at the 22nd Academy Awards. This short is about a visionary indoor/outdoor combo swimming pool in a California home that is equipped with cutting edge modern mid-20th century features.

Manufacturing of agricultural machinery at Wärtsilä Group Oy's Taali and Pietarsaari factories; product demonstration and maintenance of new machinery at the test farm.

A Scottish bus driver takes a holiday up the length of Scotland - by bus.

Hot Rod Magazine film from 1959 With the Parker Brothers from Odessa, TX, and their early hot rods. Shot similar to Endless Summer this movie follows drag racing teams as they travel to the 1959 Drag Racing Nationals. This film features the DRAGMASTER team from California. They are also shown in their shop building an early dragster. Jim Nelson, the owner of the SpeedShop in Ocean Side, California and pioneer of dragsters, is shown in the shop as well. They drag in Detroit and Oklahoma. They are shown traveling with their dragsters loaded.

First person view of a man, seen only in shadow, attempting to connect with the world around him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

This CinemaScope short explains all the wonders of full, four-track high fidelity magnetic stereophonic sound. The system is compared to regular optical sound, and then is demonstrated in a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers." Alfred Newman leads the Twentieth Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra.

The film popularizes folk music, folk dance, and Karol Kurpiński’s piece titled "Wesele w Ojcowie". We could see dancers of the State Dance Ensemble led by Eugeniusz Papliński.

Schort documentary on the atomic bomb.