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An extended interview with the four American sailors who deserted in protest against the war in Vietnam in 1967. Filmed in Japan, the interviews reveal much about how they reached their decision to desert.

Part one of a two-part portrait of the great Jazz composer and pianist. In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York and Atlanta. In New York his quartet plays at the Village Vanguard and at recording sessions for Columbia Records; in Atlanta they appear at a Jazz Festival organized by George Wein. The members of the quartet were Charlie Rouse, Larry Gales, and Ben Riley.

Recordings of a speech Bobby Seale held in Scandinavia intercut with roving streets and images.

A rare 1963 documentary on the life of Norma Jean Baker, who would soon and forever be remembered as Marilyn Monroe.

The film tells about a young artist Nadya Rusheva and how much she could do for her 17 years. Unfortunately, shortly before the end of the shooting, the heroine died. In the picture, besides the drawings by Nadya Rusheva, her work on them, her monologues, you can see the Pushkin house museum on the Moika, 12 as it was before the restoration.

Short dramatized documentary that portrays the causes and consequences of a tropical disease known as “mal del pinto.”

A look at the Customs and Excise service in Britain.

Película documental de montaje, describre la historia de la conquista espacial desde el primer vuelo suborbital de Alan Sheppard hasta el lanzamiento del Apolo 11. Montage documentary film, describes the history of space conquest from Alan Sheppard's first suborbital flight to the launch of Apollo 11.

Highlights from the race,

A critical look on the 1960 Tour de France.

This film examines the changing economy of Canada's Atlantic provinces and the factors that contributed to the expansion of industry in the early to mid-1960s. The film focusses primarily on the choice confronting many inshore fishermen--whether to stay with the free but frugal life that their nets provide, or to move to the city.

A look at various sporting events in Scotland.

First graders in Poland learn about the word "cat."

Promotional film extolling the wonders to be seen at the New York World's Fair.

Filmmaker Jack Bond and Salvador Dali got together at Christmas 1965 to make Dali in New York, a highly entertaining film. Dali devoted two weeks of his life to creating extraordinary scenes for the film, performing "manifestations" with a plaster cast. A thousand ants and one million dollars in cash. When he confronts the feminist writer, Jane Arden, sparks fly. "You are my Slave! I am not your slave. Everybody is my slave." Dali recalls his meeting with Freud, "The last human relationship ever" About his wife, 'But for Gala I would be lying in a gutter somewhere covered with lice" Jim Desmond's dazzling cinematography captures the great artist painting as Flamenco virtuoso Manitas de Plata performs. Dali in New York is a rare treat for anyone who loves film and the living theatre of Dali's surreal universe.

A German Film Award silver medal winning short documentary.

Brazilian cirurgy doc

Tardigrades—tiny creatures just one millimeter in size—exhibit extraordinary adaptability.

Khark Island is an ethnographic documentary about an island in the Persian Gulf. Traditional life is shown, alongside westernized developments which have been built to accommodate newcomers working in the oil industry. The film uses some interesting tracking and aerial techniques, at times reminiscent of Albert Lamorisse's Lover's Wind.

Soviet film on the basics of choreography at the bench and in the center, jumping. Examples of correct and incorrect execution are given.

A look into the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), sixteen years after the Second World War, showing the full range of duties carried out.

Filmed chronicle by mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin, of the 1964-1965 expedition of the Italian mountaineer Guido Monzino to the summits of Hoggar in the Algerian Sahara with the ascents of Garet el Djenoun, Tizouyag Nord, Saouinan and Iharen. The mountain ranges of the Hoggar desert turn out to be more complex and interesting than most mountaineers suspected at the time.

A critical look at the westernization of the rural culture

Polish expatriate Janusz Piekalkiewicz put together this documentary about his homeland's struggle in World War II from 1939 to 1945. He draws from his personal experience as a participant in the Warsaw ghetto uprising and his incarceration in a Nazi concentration camp. Piekalkiewicz, who fled Poland in 1957, also focuses on the terror of the Stalin regime that followed the war, and newsreel footage is used to set the stage for the 1939 agreement between Hitler and Stalin. Piekalkiewicz maintains the film is not anti-Russian but admits it is definitely anti-Stalin in its presentation. He also points out that there were more casualties in Poland than the combined total of casualties suffered by the Western allies.

The "caminante" refers to a hobo who roams the countryside, a nomenclature preferred by Carlos, who once traveled all over Uruguay before becoming a homeless vagabond, or "bichiome", in the city of Montevideo. The film presents a portrait of society through the life of one marginalized individual.

First transmitted in 1967, young couples talk openly about the difference children have made to their marriages and themselves in an age where women's and men's roles are still defined by tradition and society.

A wildly satirical deconstruction of TV advertising.

This FDA film explores the history of hallucinogenic drugs, and specifically the effects and therapeutic uses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Combining graphics that suggest a hallucinogenic experience, snippets of interviews with users (who explain their reasons for taking the drug) and doctors, and taped sessions of research with volunteers, the film delves into the destructive as well as possible positive uses of the drug.

Planned as a critical satire on the preparations for the shah's visit to Germany in 1967, the events captured in this seminal television documentary constitute a turning point in German history, culminating in the killing of the student Benno Ohnesorg.

Pedal power saves a dad's day in this colourful cycling safety film set in a sunny 60s South East London.

Actor Antti Litja from the Tampere Workers’ Theatre arrives in Tampere by train, sees the sights and looks for a local girl, actress Tuija Vuolle from the Tampere Theatre. The film by the young director Asko Tolonen evokes a fresh spirit from the 1960s.

Ogawa Shinsuke’s directorical debut traces the struggle of four students who lead the opposition against the Ministry of Education’s proposed revision to the university correspondence school systems in 1966.

An interview with Madame Buchela, a West German clairvoyant.

A vivid educational geography film exploring the landscapes, cultures, and people of Jamaica, Haiti, and the Lesser Antilles. Produced alongside a similar film on Mexico, it represents one of Centron’s earliest efforts in a series that takes viewers on journeys across the world, capturing the spirit of exploration and discovery.

The picture is dedicated to the work of Soviet medical scientists who studied how stresses that are unknown under ordinary earthly conditions affect a living organism: overloads during exit from the atmosphere, a state of weightlessness, oxygen starvation. Experiments were first carried out on animals: dogs and rats, and later people also participated in the experiments.

Experimental composer John Cage tours Europe with The Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1966.

“Appearing to be an advertisement for a cigarette factory, this orphan film conceals a utopian project that goes beyond the scope of its original purpose: shot in the Dominican Republic, it consists of illustrations depicting the colonial process, a book of poems by a Dominican writer, the fields of the Cibao region, a man and a woman multiplied by mirrors and smoking, credits that point toward a voice-over narration and songs we never hear, as well as a whole array of film material, perforations, scratches, and secret messages that bind these traces together." - Diego Cepeda

Construction of the new road bridge connecting North and South Queensferry over the River Forth in Scotland.

The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and considers his contribution to the cinema.

American sculptor, Alexander Calder, creates around the workshop. The film features several of his kinetic sculptures-- Wild moving figurines that spin, undulate and perform circus acts. The film ends on a hanging moon mobile, completing our wacky trip.

A film about the opening of Norway’s first Munch Museum. It was from this museum that the paintings The Scream and Madonna were stolen in 2004—an event that triggered a national debate and ultimately led to the decision to build the new Munch Museum. // 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.

Little Ones Describe the Big World is not so much relevant as a sample of the directorial work of filmmaker Gabriel Barta as much as it is as an example of the early writing of one of Romania’s most peculiar and prolific writers, Radu Cosașu, who, at the time, worked closely with the Sahia studio after going through a difficult patch with the political establishment. The film is structured through the father-daughter dialogue written by Cosașu to lend colour and a narrative to the aforementioned exhibition. The style of his writing combines the wit, irony, and casual tone that have become his trademark: here, however, these qualities are put to work for the benefit of the socialist state’s political agenda.

How would Oslo have looked like without any of its famous landmarks? Would it look like an overgrown village? We are joining a stroll in the East and West, in distinctive places tourist rarely see, like Vålerenga, Damstredet and Homannsbyen.

In the silence and tranquility of the early morning, between four dimly lit walls, the machines are activated and the ovens heated. A morning like any other, a black-and-white film that closely follows the movements, kitchen appliances, and machines. And a son, Jean-Pierre Bonneau, who films his father, a baker, performing his daily, repetitive, and equally precise and skillful tasks.

What do high school girls do on a Saturday at 5 pm? This film outlines how 18 year-olds imagine future happiness.

In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary filmmakers including Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker. Between 1960-63, Drew Associates produced 17 documentary films for television. Aga Khan was part of a 12-film subset of these known as The Living Camera, which were funded by Time and broadcast in syndication around the country. It shows the young Prince Karim at a time when he recently took over as spiritual leader of his Ismaili Muslim community. The film follows him to Switzerland, France and Africa as he steps out of the shadows to lead as the hereditary Imam.

2-6 March 1961 saw the Queen and Prince Philip make their first and only state visit to Iran. Their host was Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1919-80), the Shah of Iran, who had already made an official visit to Britain in 1959.

An informative film about marinas and boating life in Oslo, including a historical retrospective. ***** 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.

As a young woman named Cholpon contemplates her future, we take a look at the prospects of women and girls in modern-day Kyrgyzstan.

This short, a prologue to the feature film The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), focuses on Michelangelo’s life and his many famous frescoes and sculptures. After a short visit to Caprese, where the artist was born, and the town where he first studied his craft, we see many of his most important works. They include the Madonna of the Stairs, completed at age 15; the statues of the Medici Tombs; and his two most famous Biblical figures: David and Moses.

Short film that explores the route of the Sella River, from its source in the Fuente del Infierno (León) to its mouth in the town of Ribadesella (Asturias). It pays special attention to the mysticism that surrounds it and with which it bathes the places through which it passes.

A lecture by G. Edward Griffin, given in the late '60s, exposes the hidden plan that shapes U.S. foreign policy and that the ultimate objective of that policy is the same then as it is now — disarmament and world government.