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This experimental documentary about two young Paddington dress-makers was banned for nudity, but was screened widely in Australia without complaint.

Documentary about the work of the first free Dutch radio station in liberated territory.

In Raiano, Italy, the feast of S. Venanzio is celebrated every year. Beside the official celebrations, the most secret and oldest ceremony is the "Cult of Stones": the devotees enter the caves where the saint used to live according to tradition, and rub their bodies on the stones to heal from evil.

Documentary of Apollo 11 mission from NASA footage.

Ethnographic documentary by NO-DO recreating the traditional carnival of the Navarrese village of Lanz.

A documentary film about the results of land reform in Southern Italy.

This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship," a Ju/'hoan kin relationship which provides opportunities for casual intimacy, emotional release, and support.

What's the difference between regular people and hikers? A tourist film set in the Elbrus region in the summer of 1964.

A documentary portrait of Calcutta

The film documents the ‘UFO: oggetti volanti’ happening, which took place in 1968 on Monte Olimpino. The event was organised by Bruno Munari and Daniela Palazzoli (then editor of the magazine BIT), who appear in the film. The theme of the event was flying art objects.

A second Hershey Lou Reed screen test.

Mr. Rowe, headmaster of David Lister High School, Hull, outlines the benefits of the comprehensive schools system. Produced for the Labour Party.

A film about the construction of the Pacific Experimentation Center (CEP) and the first atmospheric testing campaign in this area.

A revolution is taking place down on the farm - the machines are taking over, so that the modern farmer can operate his farm almost single-handed.

Report No. 9 in a series of 13 topical films, covering: Euston; ships - Freightliner II, Antrim Princess; container handling Parkeston Quay; Merry-go-round coal trains; permanent way lining and tamping machine; off loading cable troughing; strengthening the Royal Albert Bridge; Old Course Hotel, St Andrew's; car bodies by train - factory to assembly line; Beckenham train control; speed up of West of England expresses.

In order to raise the consciousness of New Yorkers, anti-war demonstrators took to the streets on fashionable Fifth Avenue on Christmas eve. To the dismay of the shoppers, their action snarled traffic and stunted holiday consumption.

The Nishimura family makes traditional rice cakes.

Sponsored film produced by the Magazine Publishers Association expressing the many features of an American magazine.

As the Cold War bristles with menace in the 60s, the youth at Kielder Workman’s Club celebrate free time with an American dance called the ‘Twist’. But it’s the Faustian pact with industry this brilliant travelogue focuses on first as it maps the path of the River Tyne. The sounds of heavy machinery and graft pitch us into Newcastle’s shipyards and collieries, whilst drugs spin off a machine called Bliss in Winthrop Laboratories’ production-slick war against pain.

A short documentary directed by Miodrag "Mika" Milošević, in collaboration with cinematographer and animator Nikola Majdak. Focusing on Slovenian gymnast and Olympic champion Miroslav Cerar, the film presents his routines through an emphasis on movement, timing, and form, using stylized camerawork and editing to highlight the visual structure of gymnastics performance.

Demonstrates the need for calibrating test and monitoring equipment. Shows how the US Navy's calibration program is organized.

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide.

Scenes from a bar - people eat, drink and talk about important and less important things.

Documentary about the building of the Rio-Niteroi bridge, in Brazil.

Experimental film on the work of Carlos Cruz-Diez, with electronic music by Antonio Estévez.

Documentary by Hans J. Gnamm

A brief tribute to Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari relating to his humble beginnings as a citizen born in the town of Brodósqui, located on the countryside of São Paulo. Some of his paintings and poems are presented along with some archive images.

Movie-lesson observations in the classroom teacher of the Leningrad Conservatory honored artist of the RSFSR N..The Serval. Forty physical steps from the Leningrad Conservatory to the Kirov (Mariinsky) theatre - the way of the artist, overcome, physically and emotionally exhausting rehearsals. Great camera work.

"Kurzeme is in the voices—the voices of windmills and airplanes, fishing boats and ocean liners, land and sea, the elderly and children, victims and heroes… In our voices." A text by Jānis Peters, read by actor Juris Strenga, accompanies the story of Kurzeme—its history and present day. Turning the pages of a harsh history filled with wars and revolutionaries, the “price lists” of medieval executioners, and the tragedy of Zlēki during World War II, the film returns to the summer of 1969, bringing together various characters and events.

Short musical documentary with Siegfried Franz.

Everyday, journalists have many tasks to do, from interview to the finished newspaper. The actualities live until the day is over, and the newspaper eventually ends up on the ground as yesterday's news.

This short documentary focuses on the Cree community of Trout Lake, Alberta and the traditional practices maintained there, including moose hunting, hide tanning, and tipi construction.

A year in Tromsø.

Reconstruction of a dramatic episode in the partisan struggle that took place in Treviso in July 1944, where a raid by Nazi-Fascist militias led to the capture and hanging of more than seventy partisans.

Report of the last market day on the old Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. Traders and visitors are interviewed and van der Elsken provides the commentary to the events.

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation.

A report from behind the scenes of Moda Polska.

Beautiful video clips of foxes in the wild and groundhogs in a spruce. Shown from the movement of two fox shooters. The toffee is shot and the greens are taken from the spruce. The Icelandic fox or melrakki has been native to this country for millennia and probably since the end of the Ice Age. It is expected that images of the disposal of the animals may affect children and vulnerable persons.

Documentary portrait of a 13-year-old aspiring filmmaker.

Based on two poems by Rafael Alberti, Garabatos (“Scribbles”) is a reflection on childhood, education and the demise of innocence. Music by Pierre Henry, Pierre Schaeffer and Edgard Varèse.

Short educational film about wounds.

"Here she comes…" At the 1968 Miss America pageant, demonstrators introduced a sheep as the appropriate winner. This entertaining short film shows how Women's Liberation activists used guerrilla theater to raise awareness of what Miss America really represents. The film was widely screened by the second wave women's movement and is a vivid document of the movement's activists in action.

The rut of Dalmatian hinterland changes with the arrival of returning guest workers, and things they bring along: cars, radios and new way of life.

Story of a summer day on the oldest narrow-gauge passenger railway in the world. Richard Baker narrates as the locomotives of the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales are prepared for the summer tourist traffic. Now retired, Driver Bill Hoole of the crack East Coast expresses can be seen preparing Prince for the sedate and leisurely journey to Porthmadog.

This programme follows the lives of a group of British soldiers from 40 Commando Royal Marines, as they set up camp and patrol the North Borneo jungle, in search of elusive groups of Indonesian border terrorists.

Student documentary film from FAMU in Prague.

Ancient bird hunting techniques, still practiced in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, are illustrated.

This short film explores how the Grand Canal in Dublin has changed over the years. The voiceover provided by Irish novelist, short story writer and humourist John D. Sheridan, notes how methods of transport have changed and how fewer boats and barges now use the waterway. The aural memories are illustrated by poetic footage of the canal in the 1960s.

¡Yankis, Go Home!

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due to the atomic bomb.

Short film about artist Francisca de los Reyes.

Documentary about the evolution of airplanes.

The material is taken from the exhibition 'Konstnärernas' (Artists) Stockholm in Liljewalch's art gallery in autumn 1963, with paintings from 1583 to the present day.