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Short by Makavejev.

Documentary about the Bolivarian Games.

Machine manufacturing of glass bottles at the Riihimäki Glass Factory and use of finished milk bottles.

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

This portrait of East German sculptor and graphic artist Fritz Cremer (1906-1993) shows the artist at work in his studio and some of his art works, including sculptures for his Buchenwald Memorial. It accompanies the images with a text by Bertolt Brecht, read by actor Wolfgang Heinz of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.

Demonstration of various cars, passenger cars, trucks, buses and work machines, such as combine harvesters, forklifts, caterpillars, asphalt pavers, in a normal working environment.

Short documentary film on the architecture and history of Nara Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji temples.

This Traveltalk series short visit to southern Germany begins in Berchtesgaden. After a boat ride on the Königssee and a look at the Neuschwanstein castle, we visit the village of Mittenwald, renowned for making violins, and then go to Oberammergau, where the famous Passion play is performed by village residents every ten years. The last stop is a village on the shore of the Tegernsee, where we see traditional Bavarian dances performed.

This Traveltalks series entry visits several places on the Riviera on the coast of France. Stops include Villefranche, which boasts an artist colony; Níce, with its resorts favored by tourists; and a casino in Cannes.

A German Film Award gold medal winning documentary about electro-technics.

Helsinki City Transport Department's educational film for tram and trolleybus drivers and operators on proper traffic behavior and public service.

Black and white documentary about Mexico City, its most emblematic buildings, its main streets and its people, from its pre-Hispanic origins to the mid-20th century.

A documentary that tells about life in the small rural community Havråtunet on Østerøya, as it has been lived for centuries.

This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.

Camera study about everyday life on the Hoyerswerda construction site. Film rediscovered in 2014.

A feature-length, condensed version of the 1952 documentary TV series 'Victory at Sea'.

Documentary short of artist J.F. Willumsen.

Educational short film featuring a milkman and his puppet

A documentary material about the work of jet aircraft test pilots.

Documentary on the William Lyon Mackenzie Museum.

Training film for the Canadian Department of National Defence.

Freedom of the news is celebrated and Gaumont British News provides an insite on the latest techniques and processes to provide news.

Short film about the rail system of the Deutsche Bahn. The production of rails, switches and new railroad bridges are shown one after the other.

Young man comes into bank to open his first account as commentator tells us his story. Shots illustrate how the young man found a farm he wanted to buy, negotiated a loan with the bank manager, courted and got married (small group posing for simple wedding picture - bride in tweed suit), worked hard on the farm - harvesting grain and vegetables, milking cow in dairy, presenting small bag of grain to bank manager having made a success of it.

This promotional documentary made by the Shell Film Unit advertises the Shell Company of Australia’s extensive knowledge of motoring and Australian motorists’ needs. It focuses on the qualities of the Shell Touring Service throughout the country and their nationwide network of road-related services.

Documentary by Enrico Grass. Produced by Franklin Urteaga Cazorla.

Urban reform during the first months of the Cuban revolution is the subject of this documentary

Hamburg awakens to a new morning in Peter Pewas short film.

The story of the Stura River, bent by human ingenuity. The disorderly course of the river and the dam, resembling a 200-meter-long concave hand, are the tools necessary for energy production.

Herring history, summer girls and salty baths will attract tourists to Lysekil, Sweden, hopes filmmaker Åke Falck.

A PR short that chronicles the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, California.

Short about the titular choir, made after the announcement of the retirement of the choir's conductor, Sir Hugh Roberton

Follows the efforts to gain the right to vote for Negroes through a succession of legal decision and social changes. Dramatizes the case of Smith vs. Allwright et al. Reviews the long conflict to extend voting rights to a large electorate beginning with the Constitutional Convention's compromise over dropping property requirements through and including the enactment of the 15th and 19th Amendments to the Constitution. Cites legal precedents established by the U.S. Supreme Court through their decisions concerning the control of state primaries in 1918 and 1935 and the later reversals in 1941 and 1944. Points to the issues involved in Federal encroachment upon state's rights.

British Pathé version of the Woomera atomic tests.

A picture promoting collective farming and the use of tractors in agriculture. It introduces the work of the state tractor station in Chlumec - from the development of a uniform deployment plan to the departure of tractor drivers for specified tasks.

Documentary about a steel factory in East Germany.

A presentation of the cultural heritage of the medieval Bosnian state: stećci medieval tombstones, necropolises and legends about them.

Short film.

This film presents scenes in Amsterdam including canals, Rijksmuseum, the harbor and home life of a typical family.

A day in the life of the famous Coney Island Amusement Park in Brooklyn, NY.

They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short documentary film directed by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr. The film portrays how dams, barrages and irrigation canals were constructed on the Nile in Sudan, to generate hydroelectricity, irrigate the desert and create such projects as the Gezira Scheme. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Dramatized information film about drunk driving. Accident caused by drunk driving, forensic medical research, the effect of alcohol on human functioning.

This film shows a complicated three-year engineering project leading to the destruction of Ripple Rock, a deathtrap in the shipping lane between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Also shown are tunnelling beneath the ocean floor of Seymour Narrows, the placing of the explosives and a close-up view of the successful explosion in 1958.

British Movietone version of the Woomera atomic tests.

Life and old customs of village people in Prekmurje, a region of Eastern Slovenia.

A documentary about new methods of raising farm animals, made possible by the mechanization of agriculture.

An interesting little short about the exploitative system of the 1930's-50's that used cheap Mexican workers (that "cross the border on temporary work permits to *help* with the harvest").

A film about the footwear industry in Belgium.

Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who work with them are the subject of this film as they reflect in their personal lives some of the drama and romance of its situation. Among them are a tug skipper and his crew, a stewardess on a Cape ship, an assistant wharfinger in charge of handling baggage and freight, a taxi driver, and a pilot taking a great liner down Southampton water at night.

This is the story of a lorry's solitary journey with a new propeller for a trawler laid up in a port on the rugged sea-coast of Wales. For the lorry-driver and his mate it is all in a day's work; minor mishaps are overcome on the journey from Preston through the beautiful Welsh countryside. The story ends with the trawler on its way to sea.

Lowell Thomas travels across Europe and the Middle East on his way to attend the coronation of King Mahendra in Nepal.

A look at British industries and factories, starting with London Airport then on to well-known brands of the time around the country - from making alarm clocks to cars.

Short documentary

A second part of a documentary covering the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

The story of the pony, from the time it is rounded up in the forest until it enters the Pony Club Championships. The journey encompasses pony sales, training, and life at a riding school.