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A portrait of Hamilton, the Pittsburgh or Birmingham of Canada. This is a rich and colourful subject that encourages imaginative treatment on the screen. The heart of the city is the immense complex of furnaces and rolling mills, but nearby are the lake, the mountain, and the rich fruit farms. How the work of the steel mills touches the city and its surroundings is shown in many views during both day and night.
A study of some bizarre customs as practiced throughout the world: opium smoking and prostitution in Kowloon; interracial lovemaking in a stag movie; showgirls performing in Los Angeles; prostitution in Hong Kong; bullfighting, flamenco dancing, and striptease in Madrid; ancient tribal marriage and fertility rites practiced in Luzon; West Indians dancing in Martinique; and much much more!
A documentary in which Brendan Behan acts as guide to Dublin.
Swedish visual artist Bror Hjorth talks about his work.
The first of three documentaries by Rivette on Jean Renoir.
Short film set to a score by Shostakovich which juxtaposes photographs of Second World War bomb damage to footage of a rebuilt city, innocent children and sombre citizens visiting a memorial.
A look at the designing of shopping centres and the differences between old and new shopping streets.
Experimental documentary by the artist, showing various happenings carried out over the years with Marie Louise Alemann and Walther Mejía. As a ritual, the various elements involved in these events are thrown into a river. A film in the form of a personal diary that documents artistic events that took place over a period of time.
A beautiful evocation of the history of jazz and its performers. An introductory program to understanding the African American people through their relationship to the culture of all people: jazz music. A new and poetic language.
A film poem using found film and stock footage altered by printing, home development and solarization. It is a film using visual relationships to invoke a feeling of flow and movement. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2011.
This documentary follows the preparations for the boxing match and the actual fight between Swedish light-heavyweight champion Lennart Risberg and the American professional boxer Willie Pastrano at Stockholm Stadium on August 6, 1961.
A look at life in a submarine and the work that is carried out within.
One of six films which examine in depth the work involved in this great engineering project. As they are of a technical nature, they were only available for showing to suitable audiences. In preparation for the construction of the new Victoria / Walthamstow line two experimental lengths of tunnels are driven using different lining materials. The film shows in considerable detail the aligning of the cutting equipment, the operation of the shield and cutters and the two techniques of lining.
The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under extreme misery. Although incapable of writing, they are aware of their condition and qualified to proposing solutions they hope for to their problems.
A short documentary in the form of a mock-info-travelogue of Hitler’s mountain retreats Berghof and the Eagle’s Nest at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden.
A harrowing portrait of the struggle for school desegregation in New Orleans against the violent protests of white parents.
Educational film about the importance of beeing a helpful car driver.
About the construction of the Kvadraturen district and life there in the 17th and 18th centuries. ***** 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 look at a typical day in a policeman's life, which uncovers more than expected from the role.
A promotional movie that was shown to Kirin Brewery factory visitors at the time. Japanese history and family memories intertwine with a musical interlude that introduces song-by-song the industrial brewing process by a cute "Beer Spirit".
Film prepared for a Florida press conference held on April 30, 1969.
Fantastic, supposedly inconspicuous animal observations with the help of sophisticated special techniques about the causes and scientific connections of the regenerative ability from the point of view of cell biology, explained using the example of freshwater polyps. The short film was awarded an honorary diploma at the International Festival of Scientific and Technical Film in Belgrade in 1962.
Shot for an Australian Travel Agents Seminar, this short film seeks to portray 1969 New Zealand as a hip and happening place. The tourism clichés of a scenic wonderland remain, but the film attempts to present a more sophisticated NZ to entice jet-set Aussies east. After all, we "got rid of six o'clock closing ages ago." To complement the Anzac staples of sport, beer and gambling there are mountains and Māori. Nightclubs offer show bands and strippers for "relaxation" after strenuous days of sightseeing. C’mon is a fascinating snapshot of a nation in transition.
A stop-motion animation aimed at young people, discouraging vandalism on railway lines, by pointing out the dangers.
Analysis of events in Congo from independence to the death of Patrice Lumumba.
John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two disciplines he was heavily active in: music and photography. The End of an Old Song brings us to North Carolina, and demonstrates the power of old English ballads sung with gusto while soused in a saloon.
About former famous athletes: Z. Mironova, a professor of surgery, N. Ozerov, a sports commentator, and G. Shatkov, a vice-rector of Leningrad University.
It is an experimental quickie on family planning. Using pixelation and electronic music, the film depicts the idea that two children are enough for a family.
About a traditional custom of bird-hunting with alive bait. The film was shot in Omiš, Croatia.
A 1968 documentary made under the aegis of the United States Office of Economic Opportunity, chronicling the early stages of the 114th Street Rehabilitation Project in Harlem.
A study of Czech mountain-climbers, taking place in Adrspach - Teplice Rocks and Prachov Rocks.
A BBC Television Training film that pulls back the curtain on how TV was really made in the 1960s, clipboards, call sheets, and all. It’s a fascinatingly dry yet oddly hypnotic look at the mechanics of production: script breakdowns, scheduling, budgeting, and the careful choreography between departments that kept live and recorded shows on air.
A documentary filmed in the village of Hoi showing the rhythm of daily life, including farming, fishing, preparation of food and social relationships in the South Pacific islands of Tonga.
A film record of M.E.T.E.I. (Medical Expedition to Easter Island), one of the most unusual scientific enquiries ever launched, headed by a McGill University research team. While the film is concerned mainly with the physical condition of Easter Islanders, it also provides glimpses of island activities, a village wedding, and the famous long-faced stone sculptures.
Film about the fishing, processing and freezing of fish for the Frionor company.
A short film on Kyiv's St. Sophia cathedral, a monument of history, architecture and monumental painting of the 11th century. This documentary became a manual for Ukrainian cinematographers on how to shoot architecture starting from the late 1960s.
About a young woman from East Berlin that is forced to go to Norway to regain her health.
A documentary film produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Iwanami Shoten's founding. It depicts the history of Iwanami Shoten over a 50-year period from its founding in 1913 to 1963, using films, publications, photographs, etc. from that time.
Kay is a short documentary that explores the artistic approach and paintings of Kay Lavelle, a sixth-year pupil at Sion Hill, one of Ireland’s oldest all girls’ secondary schools in County Dublin. The film follows the student as she paints on Killiney strand with beachgoers and fishermen and at the school’s art studio.
An impressionistic and dissonant portrayal of short film making by a short film maker. The views expressed in the film are sometimes bitter, often humorous, at times satirical, but seldom complimentary.
This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of a new Cuban ballet based on Afro-Cuban traditions and beliefs.
A look at all the various practised religions in India
The power of the political left leans in the village of Bagnolo on the cooperatives. About 82% of the population of Bagnolo is communist. The Mezzadros (sharecroppers) who don't possess anything are members and associates of the Milk- and Wine-Cooperative and are very proud of it.
This brief portrait follows 28-year-old campaign manager John Grenier as he maps out strategies for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential run and engineers a takeover of the Republican convention.
A counterpoint between what happens in a Parisian cemetery and in the Latin quarter of the same city.
An ironic film about the 1966 beauty competition to find Miss Germany.
Backstage with Franco Zeffirelli and Rudolph Bing as multiple mechanical difficulties snag rehearsals. Marc Chagall stops by only to see that his giant murals were not hung the way he intended in the lobby. Leontyne Price is engaging as she prepares for her commanding starring role in Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”
Fluidity of stone. Subatomic motion asserting a surface. Mind loop wandering. Visitation of sound matrix. Liquid solid. Nature transforms a planetary cycle. Relations of a timeless void.
Experimental film by Motoharu Jonouchi comprised of both archival footage from the 1960s Japanese student riots and dramatised re-enactions. It was created as a tribute to Michiko Kamba, a student victim of the riots.