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1950's road safety short film.

Early 1950s Instructional film on how to use the Telephone and how it works.

A short film displaying Joan Miller's plaid-heavy fashions for young women.

Southern Pacific film on clearing snow from the tracks to get the trains through

Meeting the Needs of Adolescence deals with a brother and an older sister, each a distinctive personality. Janet and Tom's parents accept each child--they recognize Janet's need for independence and support her early experiences with boys, and they respect Tom's efforts to think things through in his own way. Teachers viewing the film will note the suggestion that the school, by providing opportunities for student planning, free discussion and individual projects, can contribute to the adolescent's need for mental challenge and self-directed mental endeavor.

Documentary on Puerto Rican pianist Elisa Tavárez.

Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

Recapture of Seoul and capture of Pyongyang, September 20 - October 20, 1952. Includes actual footage of the U.S. troops engaging in street fighting in Seoul.

Rare footage of troops in "Operation Tomahawk," Eisenhower, and combat.

Heart-wrenching interviews with U.S. soldiers in Korea during the holidays.

A Saturday matinee cine-magazine for the boys and girls' cinema clubs. Sections include, Children of the Black Forest, What's Wrong?, Toy Museum, and The Ringers.

Magazine short.

How can we protect ourselves against the threats of germs and toxins? Cold War America gears up to fend off threats from unconventional bioweapons.

The Circuit de Montagne d' Auvergne, near Clermont Ferrand is Europe's newest racing circuit and one of its finest. In 1959, it was the scene of the French Grand Prix, first motor-cycle world championship event of the year.

The 1955 Ulster Motorcycle Grand Prix. Footage of the preparations being made before the race. GV's from around the track and images of John Lomus winning and receiving a rosette from the officials.

After traveling through several countries, the holy relics contained in the Jerusalem Cross are displayed for veneration by the faithful of Lima. Lima 1953

The life in a village in Bali, Indonesia, as seen through the eyes of dancer Rindi and rooster breeder Ronda. Crop failures and illness has made life hard, and the villagers turn to their gods for help. Fortune changes and prosperity return.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Finnish engineer Eric Tigerstedt was one of the most significant innovators in radio technology, although the importance of his work has since been largely forgotten. However, by the 1950s, Finnish radio technology was in its golden age. The film showcases Helkama-Radio Oy's product development along with the manufacture of radio receivers.

The Kippari Quartet sings, with the text at the end: Knights' Costumes, Tampereen pukutehdas Oy. The Kippari Quartet advertises Knights' Costumes, singing about a tailor's family.

Short documentary about steel power plants in Zenica.

John Fisher relates the story of Sammy the sealskin suitcase's trip, along with its owner, to Newfoundland.

Report of a journey by bus and motor scooter from the Adriatic Sea to the Danube River.

Jonny, a circus boy, is accompanied by the camera while he fulfills the assignment for his mother to buy 5 eggs.

A short film explaining the phenomenon of ten-pin bowling, from a brief explanation of its origins to the professional players performing tricks with the bowling ball.

Documentary film showing Bosnia and Herzegovina, provinces that were considered backward and underdeveloped for centuries. The Second World War, i.e. the occupation, turned Bosnia into a land of ruins and incinerators. The film shows everything that was built in Bosnia and Herzegovina in less than ten years after the end of the Second World War.

Short film that registers Corrientes' avenue life.

An insight into the work and life of Robert Koch.

In a single year, for stores, materials and fuel British Railways must spend one hundred and thirty million pounds. The purchasing, warehousing and distribution of stores on a gigantic scale, the manufacture of some items, the repair of others, the recovery of salvage and the sale of unwanted residues - this is the work of the railway stores department, whose task it is to provide whatever is needed both for maintenance work and for building programmes, and to provide it at the right time, wherever it may be wanted throughout the railway system.

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools.

Christmas is celebrated in the middle of the Australian summer under a blazing sun. But even in the heat it is a season for traditional things; for family affairs and meeting with friends.

Central Documentary Film Studio feature in 5 parts.

This film shows the drama of the wheat harvest played out on millions of western Canadian acres. In late summer great combine harvesters surge into the golden fields, and so begins the flow of a river of grain—from combine to truck, to prairie elevator, to grain cars, to marshalling yards and, finally, to Great Lakes terminal elevators and freighters. Grading and inspection at each stage of transit ensures top-quality export wheat; scientists strive to produce still hardier varieties. The film ends with a sequence on breadmaking in a large bakery.

This short, black-and-white animated film from the early 1950s was produced by Transfilm Incorporated for McGraw Hill Book Co. for use as a training film for salesmen.

Fire and how to make and prevent, is the topic.

A massive housing construction is unfolding in the city of Molotov. In 1949, the residents of the Stalin District of the city received 1200 square meters of living space.

Opening the film is a highly visible Soviet coat of arms with translations of Marx’s call “Workers of the world, unite!” into several languages. In the middle of a media circus, representatives of the Soviet Union restituted art treasures to the GDR. The highlight was the return of “evacuated” objects to the Green Vault in Dresden.

A travelogue visiting Portugal in the early1950s.

Instructional film for children, teaching them how to properly ride a bicycle.

Featured artists: Yoshida Toshio; Kanayama Akira; Shiraga Kazuo; Shimamoto Shōzō

A documentary exploring the tartan wearing lives of lumberjacks in the 1950's.

Highlights from the 1950 Grand Prix d'Europe at Silverstone which was attended by HM King George V. This was the first ever Formula One World Championship race.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary that describes the subscriber to subscriber teleprinter service operated by the British G.P.O.

Half-lenght film about an educational experience. This is the only documentary from Iturralde that is preserved completed.

The first film to be shot in Basque language, produced in 1956 by general André Madré. It was discovered by the filmmaker and researcher Josu Martinez, without its soundtrack.

Illustrates the behavior of boys organized in clubs, each of which is run either on democratic principles, an autocratic principles, or as a laissez-faire group. Shows the responses when the groups are changed from one type to another. Includes graphs and charts giving statistics on group actions and reactions.

Shows the conflict between six teenagers and their respective parents in a situation designed to provoke discussion. Emphasizes that each generation must recognize the other's differences in upbringing, thinking and feeling and be willing to compromise.

The Flies, a Saudi film produced in 1950, stands as a historical milestone in the Saudi Arabian film industry. The film sheds light on the issue of flies and their risks to public health, forming part of Aramco's efforts to combat diseases in the Kingdom.

The hot events of October 1956 were considered so important, as to be edevoted an individual, though very short (3 minutes long), newsreel edition.

A sergeant in the U.S. military tries to ease three enlisted men's fears of the atom bomb by teaching them ways they can protect themselves in the event of an attack.

A look at the dangers and possible causes of gangs and teenage delinquency including over-crowded and under-funded schools with few after-school activities and over-worked parents who have little time to spend with their children.

This short film was released by the RCA Victor record label in 1956 to demonstrate to the American public just how they managed to produce 250 000 vinyl records a day, using a painstaking process, and all in pursuit of creating the ultimate "illusion" of live musical performance.

Newton Hill: A miners' training centre. Winlaton Sword Dance: Blaydon miners' children sword dancing. 119 Not Out: An old steam engine at work at Warden Law colliery. Prospect: How industrial users could save more coal.

Story of the Korean war; how it began, the first truce talks and their breakdown to the final peace treaty.