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An educational film about the traditional way of climbing up and down a mountain covered in snow and ice.

This film documents a moose hunt conducted by the Trout Lake Cree.

This film is intended to explain to pregnant women whose babies are soon to be born what to expect from the labor and delivery experience. It addresses how to distinguish false labor from true labor, when to pack a bag for the hospital, what procedures will be carried out to prep the woman for delivery, the types of anesthetic a doctor might order, and techniques for minimizing discomfort. Changes in the cervix and uterus are illustrated with animation techniques, while the birth of the baby, including episiotomy and use of forceps, are shown in a real hospital room.

Film that documents the big wave riding at the famed North Shore of Oahu. Viewers are introduced to surf slang and culture, as well as Hawaiian music and dancers. Surf maneuvers are shown in detail and slow motion. This is the first surf film showing Hawaiian waves and surfers.

"This film covers the story of how a soap box derby car is built and raced, told from the perspective of Clarence Carter, Jr., a derby participant in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Robert Kennedy makes a brief appearance as the derby race starter. The film was produced and directed by Gerald Krell" (US National Archives).

The life of the natives of Amazon made by the Ommidvar brothers, Iranian travelers

Life and friendly neighbor relations on the Yugoslav-Italian border. Undisturbed growth of trading between the two countries.

Alberto Burri at work. The exceptional privilege of being able to see the artist at work, among glues, wooden strips and plastic panels, blowtorch and metal plates. The film version comes from a 35mm copy, a very damaged film especially with regards to sound.

A trip between the most renown mountain localities on the italian northwestern alps.

In three episodes, the Freiburg University professors Schramm, Hassenstein and Dr. Bresch and their lectures are portrayed. What is the basis for becoming a university teacher? Is it possible to redesign the classic lecture? Can the illegal, the conflict, be legalized? What do reforms consist of? What about study committees with equal representation?

Vlado Kristl's great mini show.

A picture of East Sutherland in 1966.

On June 5, 1967, fourteen hostile armies from three huge Arab nations suddenly descended upon the state of Israel from every side and direction. Yet in just six days, this tiny country not only defended herself, but won a decisive victory that changed the map of the Middle East.

Um Dia na Rampa (1960), by Luiz Paulino dos Santos, focuses on a geographic space in the city of Salvador and tries to explain it from the social relations existing in it.

How the north east of England is adjusting to industrial change.

Florida Development Commission promotional film from 1965. Launch activities on Cape Canaveral and Eglin base along with work, business, educational and entertainment opportunities are shown.

Made just prior to the Apollo 4 launch, this historic NASA film gives a good overview of the challenges facing the engineering team and the accomplishments made through 1966. Hosted by none other than Wehrner Von Braun, the film gives some fascinating insights into the "new" Apollo program in the wake of the disastrous Apollo 1 fire.

Documentary of Siri Derkert making and describing her art down in the Östermalmstorg subway station.

A film poem about the Danish flag, the Dannebrog, and where to look for it. (DFI)

Short student film. Plot unknown.

The Newsweek critic, Jack Kroll, interviews Albert and David Maysles about their new film, Salesman (1968).

The City of Sheffield is renewing itself, but until recently Sheffield's railway network exemplified the confusion and inefficiency created by competitive railway expansion in Victorian times. Now British Railways has swept away the small depots and the conflicting lines, and has centralised its goods operations in a new Freight Terminal, a Diesel Maintenance Depot, and one of the most modern Marshalling Yards in Europe, thus providing freight services fit for Sheffield's needs.

Cameraman Yonesaku Kobayashi (1905-2005) is a pioneer of scientific films of Japan. He and producer Sozo Okada made many scientific educational films, and in 60's - 70's, many avant-garde composers composed music for these films.

A document of the Bulgarian Orthodox Monastery of St. John/Ivan of Rila

Short documentary by Ebrahim Golestan

When spring melts ice on the rivers and air is full of whistle from bird's wings, here in the north it gets so clear that in bird's world a sense of home, great instinct of procreation and irresistible urge for dear nest are all-powerfull.

Introduces a boy who visits a farm and begins to notice similarities and differences between animals. Shows that animals can be grouped according to categories such as insects or fish and as to whether or not they have backbones.

The history and modern day industry of Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Major communal ceremonies for purification, exaltation of the forces of life and deliverance from hostile powers marking the very intense religious life of the Kabre, a mountain people in northern Togo.

A fixed camera turned on its side records Nauman repeating for nearly an hour a laborious sequence of body movements inspired by passages in works by Samuel Beckett that describe similarly repetitive and meaningless activities. Hands clasped behind his back, he kicks one leg up at a right angle to his body, pivots forty-five degrees, falls forward hard with a thumping noise, extends the rear leg again at a right angle behind, and begins the sequence again. As in many of his fixed-camera film and video works, parts of Nauman's body disappear from the frame as he moves close to the camera; occasionally, he walks off-screen completely while the sound of his footsteps continues on the sound tracks.

A BAFTA award nominated travelogue of Egypt, Iran, Lebanon and Greece.

An instructional short film about how to (and how not to) skid your car.

Looking at the life of a student nurse in London.

A program by Eric Forsgren and Per Åke Blidegård about the future of the Sami.

A mondo documentary directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero.

Soviet documentary from 1967 about the Venera-4 (Venus 4) mission. Extensive footage of hardware being assembled on Earth is shown. Models are then used to illustrate the mission in detail.

A report from the work of two Polish icebreakers called ‘Perkuna’ and ‘Światowid’ during a harsh winter near the Danish Drogen Strait. The film shows the value of collective work and the ability to harness the forces of nature by a man.

Documentary that uses metaphors to deal with industrial development in Brazil. From the attempt to build a national industry to the almost immediate invasion of foreign capital.

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.

Are German women as unhappy as a lot of popular media in the early 1960s suggest? This television documentary wants to find out.

François de Menil has been lit at a three-quarter angle from the left; he glances briefly at the camera and then stares straight in front of him as if avoiding catching the camera’s eye; the right side of his face fades off into deep shadow.

In 1957 US Army veteran Robert Carl Cohen was studying Social Psychology in Paris. While visiting the USSR he was assigned by NBC-TV's Moscow Chief Irving R. Levine to film a group of young Americans touring China in defiance of the US State Dept.'s travel ban. ...the first American to film China since the 1949 Communist victory; documenting forbidden things such as bridges, aircraft, tanks, & the "brain washing" of political prisoners. INSIDE RED CHINA provides a rare insight into that vast nation's tumultuous past.

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

Indigenous youth, led by Duke Redbird, argue their ideas against the blunt pragmatism of American activist and writer Saul Alinksy. Author of the book “Rules for Radicals”, Alinsky is widely considered the father of community organizing who spent his life advocating for improved living conditions in poor communities across the United States. In this impassioned debate, the young activists question the corrupting influence of power, and ask why Indigenous people cannot live traditionally and peacefully on the land. Alinsky responds, “You have got to be part of the world in order to change it. You are not going to make any changes by staying in your corner.” In Alinsky’s view, equality only happens when the disenfranchised have the strength to show the ruling powers that it will be more costly for them to withhold it. Encounter with Saul Alinksy offers fascinating insights into a conversation about power and activism that has lasting resonance today.

This color documentary chronicles the musical concert on Mount Scopus in Israel a mere three weeks after the Six Day War. Leonard Bernstein and Isaac Stern join the Yoi Yisrael Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Tel Aviv Philharmonic Choir for stirring classical renditions by Mahler and Mendelssohn. The concert was recorded by Columbia records for release at a later date and accurately captured the live music in all its classic splendor. Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion sits proudly in the front row as the symphonies play to a capacity crowd. Scenes of the war, the Wailing Wall, schools and hospitals are also included as Bernstein and Stern tour the country and meet the people of Israel.

1968 campaign film created by the Democrat Mike Gravel in his campaign for senator from Alaska

The color film accompanies the Circus Barum from the billposting and the arrival at the station to the erection of the tent, the feeding and care of the animals, the rehearsal work of the artists and the first performance.

A BAFTA award nominated looking at methods of increasing food production, including improved strains of crops, the use of pesticides, weedkillers and insecticides and land reclamation.

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Film portrait of young Willie Davis as he successfully attempts to break into the Major Leagues.

The low-grade variety show in Rome, in the old Altieri cinema-theater.

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.

Through the veils of multiple exposure at an "Acid Test" party in San Francisco (toward the end of "He's Here Now" ) one might catch a brief glimpse of Ken Kelsey and Neal Cassidy. During those years, when picking up processed film at Multi-Chrome labs in San Francisco, I would sometimes run into and chat with another hero, the great filmmaker Bruce Baillie, one of the original founders of Canyon Cinema.