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One of the most celebrated recordings of the Pink Floyd, professionally filmed in San Francisco on the afternoon of the 29th of April 1970. Tracks performed are Atom Heart Mother, Cymbaline, Grantchester Meadows, Green Is Thy Colour, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
An information film educating and encouraging aspiring radio CB'ers to get into ham radio.
This film establishes a parallel between the 1970 electoral campaign in Québec and the 1936 campaign dominated by Maurice Duplessis. It shows the hope but also the uncertainty that existed in 1970. Had the Quiet Revolution really changed things in Québec? Was it possible that a new leader would emerge on the political scene? (NFB.ca)
Concert film covering Neil Young's October 22 1978 concert performance at the Cow Palace with nearly 20 songs (including two versions of "Hey Hey, My My," his nod to the punk movement), acoustic and electric (with long-time companions Crazy Horse), dating back to his Buffalo Springfield days ("I Am a Child") and continuing through popular solo numbers like "Cinnamon Girl" and the extended "Like a Hurricane."
Palucca follows the legendary Dresden dancer and dance teacher Gret Palucca (1902–1993) as she introduces her students to dance as an art form. It also features excerpts from her solo performances, with which she significantly influenced the visual language of modern expressive dance starting in the 1920s.
This documentary shows how Icelanders maintain the salmon stock in their rivers. It includes scenes from salmon fishing in the river Laxá í Kjós, the release of parr in a river called Svartá in the Skagafjördur district and the netting of salmon in the rivers Blanda and Ölfusá.
Recorded in 1973, this TV show brings Elis Regina in an 'ensaio' (improvisation). The programme aired by TV Cultura rescues the living memory of the greatest MPB star through her testimonials on composers and performers. The images are black and white and with camera close-ups, it denounces the restless, strong-willed hands of Elis.
August 1973, after the police move into the Lip factory in Besançon, one of the female workers, Monique Piton, talks about the four months of struggle, the place of women and the lessons she has learnt. She is also critical of the role of television.
Based on a poem and archive images, the military aggression of the US army stationed in the Canal Zone against the Panamanian people who demand to raise their flag in the territory occupied since the beginning of the 20th century is reconstructed and denounced. The aggression that occurred between January 9 and 11, 1964 left a balance of 21 patriots.
Löffler, a young teacher, strives to deal with his 6th form pupils as partners and in an anti-authorian manner. The film discovers a person who - without the least fear of making mistakes - distrusts the prevalent way.
Scientific documentary film exposing the cencorship laws in the BRD as an instrument used for propaganda. Its the third part of the "Bundesdeutsche Filmpolitik" Trilogie.
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique perform a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines and decrying the evils of apartheid.
Elvis In Concert is a posthumous 1977 TV special starring Elvis Presley. It was Elvis' third and final TV special, following Elvis (aka The '68 Comeback Special) and Aloha From Hawaii. It was filmed during Presley's final tour in the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 19, 1977, and Rapid City, South Dakota, on June 21, 1977. It was shown on CBS on October 3, 1977, two months after Presley died. It is one of the few videos of Elvis which remain unlikely to ever be released for home viewing and is only available in bootleg form.
A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.
Portraits of some Swiss men and women, who fought between 1936 and 1938 in the International Brigades to defend the Spanish Republic against the putsch of General Franco.
Filmed between 1959 and 1974 using pioneering time-lapse techniques, Hilary Harris’ experimental documentary presents New York City as a living organism. Through a dynamic montage of traffic, crowds, and urban movement, the film explores the parallels between the rhythms of city life and the processes of the human body.
Explores the visual art of Saul Bass and his contributions to film credits.
A group of artists prepares an Open Gallery on the town square in Krapkowice in Silesia. After a year, the first parts of it are already in a deplorable condition. Whose fault is it?
Concluding that “nothing is too small for a revolution,” Macdonald proposes that simple things like listening, reading to one’s children, and crying can be revolutionary acts.
The film is dedicated to the beauty and majesty of its homeland, the traditions of the Kyrgyz people, and the everyday life and work of its people. The story is narrated by an old man who has lived a long life. As if looking back with a thoughtful gaze, he remembers all the cherished moments and beauty he will soon have to leave behind. Yet despite the looming tragedy, there is no sense of pessimism — every memory, every frame shines with a hopeful warmth, like life itself. The old shepherd’s character and spirit, reflected in his eyes, will live on in his grandchildren, preserving both the beauty of the land and the deep love he felt for it.
The two-part documentary introduced people in the villages and less populated areas of the Federal Republic. The prevailing structures, worries, hardships and hopes were shown - a portrait of the 1970s.
Procol Harum, best known for their world-wide smash hit of 1967, A Whiter Shade of Pale, are the stars of a 55-minute special program. In 1967 a new pop group emerged with the hit song, A Whiter Shade of Pale. They were The Procol Harum. We meet the members of the group and see them perform their hit along with other numbers, including Captain Clack, Whisky Train, and Your Overcoat Is Too Long. The group's leader, Gary Brooker, comments throughout. Shown on the ABC and in the UK on BBC. Tracklist : A Whiter Shade Of Pale Good Captain Clack Whiskey Train Homburg Piggy Pig Pig In Held Twas In I Pilgrims Progress Dead Man's Dream Nothing That I Didn't Know
The work of Montreal sculptor Jim Ritchie, living in France at the time. There is no narration but a music track accompanies this documentary for Canadian public television made by David Cronenberg while in France.
A Creator of the Imaginary: Patrick Bokanowski
River (Planet Earth) is a student's audio-visual presentation of a river system and the importance of water to humans, to his professor who hates to be bored. Both serious and humorous, the film shows how water sustains life, feeds industry, provides power and irrigates the land. It shows how water is inverted, dammed, used and expelled. It talks of pollution. The film demonstrates how water affects the economy, sociology and ecology of a country.
Philosophic reportage about work of pathoanatomist. Documentary version of Rembrandt’s «Anatomy Lesson».
An extraordinary document from one of the Cold War's bitterest conflicts - between the Soviet Union and Communist China - this film spares no quarter in its indictment of Maoist evils and misrule.
From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'.
Report on the irrigation project of the pampas of La Joya.
Jerusalem-born singer Yehoram Gaon takes a musical tour through his native city, highlighting its attractions, culture and people.
In this episode of the series "America of the Seventies," political commentator Valentin Zorin travels through one of the most famous and visited cities in the United States, the "pearl of the West Coast" - San Francisco. Many centuries ago, the inhabitants of ancient Hellas said that the one who was not in Athens was a blockhead, and the one who visited there and did not admire the city was a donkey, and the one who voluntarily left it was a camel. This is how Americans feel about San Francisco. Indeed, the city is very beautiful, steeply descending to the coast of the Pacific Ocean, it makes you admire yourself...
Questions about ideas about the future are usually only answered in very general terms. In the "Workshop Future", everyday people have the opportunity to communicate their ideas and wishes through pictures. What will work look like in the next millennium, will everything be done by machines, what is behind the concept? Will work be more and more thinking? What will it look like in the household, what ideas do mothers have for the kindergarten of the future? Inspired by various ideas, visions of the future are to be presented together with the thinking viewer.
Documentary about marijuana use, culture and law enforcement by future porn superstar director Alex de Renzy.
A haunting fire prevention film about keeping matches out of the hands of children.
About a commune of hippies in the village of Hveragerði and their views on a different kind of lifestyle.
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
The film is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the most famous theatre in our country. The film features unique footage from the early 20th century, as well as unique sets, the work of artists, opera and ballet soloists, and the magnificent Bolshoi Choir.
A vision of the different forms of handicraft production in the interior of Paraíba.
A plea against the government of General Hugo Banzer (1971-1978) and specifically against the Bolivian military during the seven-year dictatorship. Includes interviews with prominent politicians, union leaders, and former CIA agents, as well as with Régis Debray, advisor to President Mitterrand.
Grab some safety pins, practice your sneer and get ready to revisit Toronto's thriving punk scene. THE LAST POGO documents the raucous 1978 punk concert held in Toronto's legendary Horseshoe Tavern-a night of unhinged music and unbridled mayhem. On December 1, 1978, legendary Toronto concert promoters Gary Topp and Gary Cormier-better known as The Garys-presented The Last Pogo, a rollicking, riotous concert at the venerable Horseshoe Tavern. On the bill were seminal bands from Toronto's punk rock scene: The Scenics, The Cardboard Brains, The Secrets, The Mods, The Ugly, The Viletones and Teenage Head. During the concert, the frenetic energy of 800+ thrashing fans in the club boiled over and a near-riot ensued. Filmmaker Colin Brunton was there with a camera crew to capture it all, from the irreverent punk musicians and the slam-dancing audience to the police who tried to stop the show and the firefighters called in to escort people from the premises.
Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry of Education on the chores of the men who worked in the sugar cane fields in the town of Feira de Santana, in the cocoa fields of Itabuna, and in the efforts of building households in Chã Preta.
A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.
Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of comeback for her, after she had been out of the spotlight for over two years. On the TV special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend George Burns, teen idol Shaun Cassidy, television star John Ritter and even the Harlem Globetrotters joined her on the show. The special later went on to be nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.
Garrel convinced Jean Seberg, in the midst of a long struggle with mental illness, alcohol and drug, to “star” in this silent document of her daily life. Consisting mostly of meditative B&W close-ups of Seberg and her friends, as her torments and inner life flicker across her eerily beautiful face.
A "queixada" is a small animal that when it feels threatened unites to face the enemy. This nickname was given to the workers of Perus cement company, located in São Paulo in the neighborhood of the same name, when, in 1962, they organized a strike for wage arrears and lack of working conditions. The documentary is a dramatized reconstruction made 16 years later by the workers. (1978 - SP)
Documentary about the Men's Volleyball World Championship 1978 in Italy, where the Italian team surprisingly entered the finale and won the silver medal.
The only film about SWAPO, the liberation movement in Namibia. About its civilian and armed struggle against South African occupation and economic oppression. Historical footage depicts the mechanics of colonialism, earlier resistance struggles, and the origins of the current situation. The film has caused a stir internationally. The footage is unique (occasionally smuggled Super-8 film). For instance the film includes a sequence that revealed a South African massacre of 105 people in a Namibian village (the filmmakers have testified before the UN about their experiences). (FilmCentrum Katalog 23, 1988)
Featuring the classic Foreigner line-up of Jones, Gramm, McDonald, Greenwood, Gagliardi and Elliott, this show captures the essence of a group who would go on to become one of the best-selling bands of all time. On April 27 1978 rock's conquering heroes played a sold-out show at London's legendary music venue, the Rainbow Theatre.
Shot in Vietnam in the summer of 1969, this documentary creates a vivid portrait of the countryside and ways of life during the war.
A report from the set of the movie "To Love a Man" directed by S. A. Gerasimov.
Documentary film contrasting the experiences of two high-school seniors, basketball players from remarkably different backgrounds. Brian Walker is taken from his close-knit Indiana family, living in a small town. In contrast, Stretch Graham has practically no family support, and looks to his Brooklyn team and his warm-hearted coach for support. Both are actively being recruited by colleges.
A documentary directed by Marianne Ahrne, based on the French writer Simone de Beauvoir's Essay of the Age. The film discusses whether older people are really treated as human beings or not
Documentary about the court martial held following the assassination of Melitón Manzanas, commissioner of the Political-Social Brigade of Guipúzcoa, in an attack carried out by ETA on August 2, 1968. The film includes a series of interviews and testimonies from those imprisoned and prosecuted in that court martial. Following the attack, a state of emergency was declared in Guipúzcoa and hundreds of people were arrested.