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About the harmful effects of alcohol on the human body.

Documentary short film by Mario Handler about the city of Prague as part of an internship to study film in Europe.

Yeats Country is a lyrical film commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to commemorate the centenary of the birth of William Butler Yeats. The first Irish film by cinematographer and director Patrick Carey celebrates the landscape of Yeats’ poetry through stunning photography, narrated by Tom St. John Barry. Evocative images of the west of Ireland illustrate the poet’s life including Thoor Ballylee Castle where he lived, Coole Park, home of Lady Gregory where literary figures of the period socialised, Lissadell House, Knocknarea Mountain, the slopes of Ben Bulben, the waterfall at Glencar and finally Yeats’ grave at Drumcliffe. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1966.

Portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini and his literary and cinematographic activity in the proletarian Rome.

About Hannah Ryggen, a Swedish-born Norwegian textile artist. Self-trained, she worked on a standing loom constructed by her husband, the painter Hans Ryggen. She lived on a farm on a Norwegian Fjord and dyed her yarn with local plants.

Soso Chkhaidze's documentary film "Kolkhida". Director's course work. Shot in 1967, in the third year of the Moscow Institute of Cinematography (ВГИК) (Pavel Chukhray's studio).

A film about the job placement of specialists after graduating from university and the issues that concerned Soviet youth.

A charity appeal film for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (then known as the Royal National Institute for the Blind) with the actor Leslie Phillips.

Ed Kimble, a structural ironworker, is followed during his workday building a skyscraper.

The myths surrounding the Mi'kmaq god, Glooscap, are retold using the Cape Blomidon and Cape Split areas for the setting.

Following the form of a tetrahedron, the film consists of four regular segments, each covering one topic. It gained a cult status among Split kino-amateurs of older generations.

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.

The 70th anniversary of the Moscow Art Theatre is celebrated with new premieres that creatively intertwine tradition and innovation. Stories about the founders of the theatre, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, and the galaxy of famous actors, including Ivan Moskvin, Vasily Kachalov, and others, are interspersed with film clips of the play Tartuffe. The history of the theater is also the history of its repertoire, which includes such plays as "At the Bottom," "The Cherry Orchard," "Anna Karenina," "The Kremlin Chimes," and many others.

Replacing a railway bridge over a main road in 15 1/2 hours between the last train on Saturday night and the first on Sunday morning, at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, so as not to disturb the scheduled train services.

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.

Investigation in 1967 on the profession of variety singer through the testimonies of Michel Fugain whom we follow during a studio recording, of Lucien Morisse artistic director in a record company, of the lyricist and musical arranger of Michel Fugain (Jean Morlier), of the disc-jockey Mini Max. They analyze the keys to success, their respective roles, the evolution of French song in relation to Anglo-Saxon music (source: Média Scérén).

Short documentary.

NASA documentary from 1969 about the Mariner 6 and 7 missions to Mars. Reception of the first detailed images of the Martian surface is shown, along with scientists' reactions and early scientific results.

"A comic promotional mock documentary about a boy and his uncle who visit the Silverstone Racetrack during filming of the James Bond movie Thunderball (1965)."

This documentary is devoted to the work of theatre and film actor and singer Nikolai Slichenko. Since 1977, he has been the artistic director of Moscow's Romen Theatre, the oldest professional Romani theatre in the world.

A critique of several aesthetically unpleasant architectural elements in American cities and suburbs of the 20th century.

Beautiful and poetic film directed by Mikhail Zaplatin about harsh and majestic nature of Ural. Whimsical hoary forest, fantastic peaks, coral cities, austere churning rivers...

A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland

A promotional film about wildcatting for oil.

Produced by Austin's local television station KTBC, Target Austin presents the scenario of a nuclear missile strike on the outskirts of Austin. The film follows the storylines of several characters from the CONELRAD broadcast to the announcement that it is safe to emerge from shelter. The film takes place in Austin, highlighting some iconic locations in town. It also features an Austin all-star cast and crew, including director Gordon Wilkison, narrator Cactus Pryor, actress Coleen Hardin and El Rancho restaurant owner Matt Martinez.

A look at the progress of the European Common Market during a time in which member countries have started to remove trade barriers.

The immense population increase in Copenhagen mid of the 20th century requested new living space further from the city centre. The old town quarters of the danish capital offered neither enough space nor did they provide a life close to nature which was required especially by families with many children. Based on the so called „finger plan” from 1947 Copenhagen was enlarged along five radial traffic axes. Using the example of the estates Carlsrø in Rodøvre and Milestedet in Brøndbyøster "Bag de ens facader" documents life in a modern suburb.

In 1968, striking students at the University of Chicago occupied an administration building. A year later, two expelled young women were asked by their former classmates to talk about the experience as a class project. The women confront the students about their convictions and how far they are willing to go to defend their values.

Andy Warhol's Silver Flotations is a portrait of Warhol's famous installation of floating silver helium-filled balloons at the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1966. Willard Maas's lyrical "film poem" is the only visual document of this seminal exhibition.

A docudrama set in the slums of Puerto Rico about a poor boy who needs new shoes.

A geographical stroll through the Tuileries Garden in Paris, in November. Time to dream of an island in the heart of the city, open to every horizon.

“This film discloses the responsibility adults bear towards children whom they abandon. This is a problem of society’s responsibility to its future. The war ended long ago, but the children’s homes were overflowing in the 1960s. When I found out about this, I was simply dumbfounded. I did not want to read the viewers a lecture, but hoped to affect them on an emotional level. This is one of my most beloved pictures. This is a motto of kindness, mercy, a message from man to the individual, this is the problem of a person’s responsibility to the future” (director Mikhail Litvyakov).

Rene Ricard in a lost Screen Test. The image was reproduced on the cover of the book ‘Screen Tests/A Diary’ (New York: Kulchar Press, 1967).

The subsea well constructed in Gela in 1959 by Eni was the first of its kind in Europe. The facility consisted of two interdependent complexes: a steel platform on the sea floor and a support ship. The very viscous oil gushed from the Sicilian land to flow to collection centers.

Documentary on the making of A Hard Day’s Night, consisting mainly of silent footage supplied by United Artists which was then overdubbed with interviews with various people involved in the film. It was first transmitted on 3 August 1964 by BBC TV UK.

The fox is considered one of the most cunning animals. It easily outwits its prey, even hunting dogs, but will it manage to escape the cruelest and smartest of its enemies - the man? The depiction of the fox's life in nature confirms the character of this animal known from fables. However, the fox's lifestyle can also be seen as a cinematic allegory of survival in impossible conditions.

People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system." Part of the "Challenge for Change" series.

A commemoration of the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban revolution. 500,000 campesinos invited to celebrate the occasion pour into Havana.

Short film by Fernando Lopes, decisive figure of the Portuguese New Wave.

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

A look at all the various practised religions in India

Since 1935, inspired by the Catholic writer/lyricist/essayist and victim of World War One, Charles Péguy, students (at first from the Sorbonne) have set off on a pilgrimage towards the cathedral in Chartres. The journey takes about two to three days, Moritz de Hadeln’s documentary of the pilgrimage, called Le Pèlé for short, lasts roughly an hour. Four crews followed the groups – there are many ways leading to Chartres – on their journey through the countryside.

Île de la Cité, spring 68. Between two demonstrations, a group of young people testify about police violence.

A 15 year old kid finds part of a document during a seaside holiday and gets intriged by it. He is determined to find the complete document.

A young German engineer is invited to Togo by the family of a West African student living in Germany. Here he observes the problems of the young state of Togo.

Belém, capital of Pará state, northern Brazil, turns 350 years old. Líbero Luxardo honors the city filming the Círio de Nazaré, the foundation of Federal University of Pará and his own film's release.

On traffic safety. // 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.

This film was produced in 1969 by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the United States Atomic Energy Commission to inform the public regarding the history, technology, and milestones of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Molten Salt Reactor Experiment was designed to assess the viability of liquid fuel reactor technologies for use in commercial power generation. It operated from January 1965 through December 1969, logging more than 13,000 hours at full power during its four-year run. The MSRE was designated a nuclear historic landmark in 1994.

Documentary about the stonecutters from Herzegovina, celebrating human devotion for work and the struggle with nature.

A poetic account of Cork and its surrounding areas.

This movie has been made for the 10th birthday of the anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory and the 20th birthday of the People's Army of Vietnam.

Exploring four of the world's major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity.