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A group of schoolchildren are on their break.

A critical view on the history of the Dada movement and its critique of the degradation of social structures.

A look at the Ministry of Aviation's centre at Boscombe Down, where plans are tested for the services.

A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland.

KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary film which aired on October 5th 1969 at 7:00pm about poverty, racism, urban renewal and community action in San Francisco's Hunters Point neighborhood (predominantly African American). Features scenes of: SFPD Community Relations Unit's Palmer Jackson walking around the neighborhood and talking with youths; Adam Rogers of Young men For Action meeting with police and community members; an interview with Dr. Arthur Coleman, head of the Hunters Point Bayview Community Health Project; Mrs Elouise Westbrook chairing a public meeting of the Joint Housing Committee; Sylvester Brown criticizing Mrs Westbrook for not permitting more voices to be heard at the meeting; Rev. Charles Lee preaching a sermon about how a "revolution" is coming, at the Ridgepoint Methodist Church; brief views of the September 1966 Hunters Point uprising (including police shooting at residents) and urban planner William Keller presenting ideas of how to transform the neighborhood.

The artistry and architecture of Bruce Goff reflects his innate ability to transform simple shapes and materials into imaginative, embellished artworks that convey texture, color and depth. His architectural style is free from predetermined form and begins with a feeling that grows out of function, much like a painting develops from inspirations. This artistic video, presented by Joe D. Price, is the winner of the 1962 Cannes Film Festival President's Award, Non-Theatrical Division.

Intended for training railway permanent way men, capturing how men working on the track react as a train approaches.

Early in the morning, the children start their journey to kindergarten, hand-in-hand with their parents. There is no shortage of activities for the little ones here - under the supervision of the kindergarten staff, they play sports, have health checks, dance, sing and play, and lunch and bedtime are not forgotten.

Short film about the right of way turn off

In the Vientiane, Laos, a canoe race and a ritual ceremony are held, to persuade the great "nagas" (water spirits) to leave the wetlands and drain the water from the paddy fields.

Documentary film about the life and work of artistic photographer Martin Martinček (1913-2004).

An overview of Osborn manufacturing equipment, in particular their load runners in utility plants and factory environments.

Documentary on the potter Arakawa Toyozo

A BAFTA award winning documentary demonstrating what energy is, revealing the relationship between the various forms of energy and matter.

A BAFTA award nominated BBC feature following American evangelist Billy Graham on his Greater London crusade, centred on Earl's Court in June 1966

Self defense for women. 'Scream scream scream'; break HIS ribs, scratch HIS eyes out, knee to the groin. Useful tips that still hold up.

One of the most powerful, thought-provoking collage films produced during the New American Cinema Movement. Almost schizophrenic in its kaleidoscopic barrage of images, this film dynamically conveys the bewilderment, frustration, annoyance, and anger of the modern generation in a stream-of-consciousness audio-visual onslaught of superimpositions. Produced by one of the leaders of the San Francisco New American Cinema Movement and a top producer of light shows.

Observational documentary about the Merce Cunningham Dance Company rehearsing throughout the summer of 1967 in New York.

The Newsreel reports on student demonstrations in Belgrade and Ljubljana and on Tito’s response to the riots.

The preservation of the Karelian culture. About how the evacuated Finnish Karels have acclimatized themselves to the indigenous people and how the Karelian culture has been preserved during the ages of change. Reportage and interviews with ordinary people and experts made during the summer of 1968. Faces of the Finnish Karelian people. Images of faces that reproduce the culture and the history of the territory.

The documentary promotes and demonstrates the process of blood donation and even depicts a cesarean section to convince the public of the urgency to donate blood.

A panel of Brazilian political scenery in 1967, alternating images of the main events and politicians and specialists' statements about freedom of the press.

Part two in a series of five films covering the construction of the London Underground's new 'Victoria' Line. This was to be BTF's largest single project in terms of quantity of footage that was shot. These reports 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. This particular film explains modern techniques of tunnelling and shows tunnels being dug.

Short documentary about the hedgehog.

Shows representative samples of Northwest Indian art collected from six different museums, featuring the double-faced mechanical masks which were part of this culture.

Social Confrontation: The Battle of Michigan Ave. shows the events of Wednesday, August 28 at the 1968 Democratic Convention including National Guardsmen detaining protesters, mass arrests near Grant Park, and Mayor Daley cursing at opponents from the convention floor.

Some of the many facets of life in Britain today showing recent developments in industry, atomic power, sport and education, as well as her participation in the United Nations and contribution to the development of the multi-racial Commonwealth.

William Vennard's collaboration with Janwillem van den Berg resulted in his film Voice Production: the Vibrating Larynx. Winning several awards, including best medical research film from a festival in Prague in 1960, it shows the anatomy and physiology of voice production in the excised larynx. He was a pioneer in the science of singing and in voice pedagogy and was instrumental in fostering collaborative efforts between singers, physicists, psychologists and voice scientists.

Kudaka Island in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, has long been known as an island of the gods. Around thirty religious rites are woven into the life of the island each year, and they are still solemnly preserved and passed down by the islanders today. The greatest of these rituals is the “Izaihō,” held once every twelve years in the Year of the Horse. “Izaihō” is a sacred rite in which women between the ages of 30 and 41, born and raised on the island, become priestesses or divine women. Centered around a four-day main ceremony, the ritual unfolds over the course of more than a month. The women of the island, led by the noro priestesses, formed a religious order that protected the men and the daily life of the community. This is a documentary record of the 1966 “Izaihō.”

On the ancient folk traditions and rituals preserved in the villages of the Alekseyevsky District, Belgorod Region. No celebration here is complete without songs. Each village boasts its own unique songs and traditional folk costumes. Today, guests from all across the surrounding area are gathering in the village of Afanasyevka. Ancient songs and spirited *chastushki* (folk ditties), round dances, a kaleidoscope of colorful costumes, and carousel rides combine to create an unforgettable festive atmosphere! The film features the renowned amateur folk collective—the Afanasyevsky Folklore Ensemble—and its soloist, Yefim Sapelkin, as well as other folklore groups from villages throughout the Belgorod Region.

Our story begins with The Red Hen’s brother and their parents being slaughtered by the evil Queen Gedren’s army because The Red Hen rejected the Queen’s sexual advances. The Red Hen survives violent assault by Gedren’s troops, and even gives Gedren a kind of souvenir: a brutal scar on her face. Later that night, The Red Hen is visited by a spirit who grants her the strength to seek her revenge. In her quest, The Red Hen accepts the company of the mighty Lord Kalidor, but also gives him a warning: she will never lie with any man unless he can defeat her in a swordfight. Kalidor challenges her and they spar, but neither of them is able to defeat the other. They call it a draw. Kalidor at least wins her heart.

Produced for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, this short documentary promotes the industrial uses of nuclear technology, highlighting how radioisotopes and atomic research were being applied to manufacturing and scientific innovation.

An ABC television documentary re-edited from existing footage of the Fischer quintuplets’ birth, reframing the event as a civic success story through added narration and the removal of critical material. Sponsored by Beechnut Baby Foods.

Feature on the beauty of the Volga, architectural monuments and memorials at Ulyanovsk and Volgograd.

An experimental documentary short about Saint Cross's basilica of Lecce, Apulia. In 1968, Carmelo Bene made a deal with Nexus Film to shoot three documentaries. This is the only one that was actually made. He used the deal money to shoot his first feature Nostra Signora dei Turchi. It is still unsure if Bene actually shot the movie or if he just put his name on it to get the money.

We're off! Olympic training on the streets of Mansfield as local boy John Whetton prepares for the 1968 Mexico City games.

A look into the world of stock exchanges and how a deal is accomplished between a broker and a jobber.

A look into the many aspects of angling.

Documentary charting the history of newly independent Somalia and the day-to-day life of ordinary Somalians.

Documentary highlighting Vietnam’s increased agricultural, industrial and cultural prosperity following the demise of French colonial rule and the establishment of socialism.

Landscape photos Cameroon: "Sacha" rubber plantation near the coast, workers tapping the trees and emptying the rubber that has flowed into cups into buckets. Individual processing steps for rubber in a factory. Mechanical processing of cotton harvested in the north of the country. Mechanical extraction of peanut oil. "Edea" aluminum plant.

An educational film profiling the work of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. Concerned principally to show this Catalan artist as a great pioneer of modern architecture. Records the most important buildings, showing the relationship between artistic tradition and craftsmanship, and his intense religious devotion.

A documentary about the late nuclear physicist Niels Bohr.

After the Second World War and following Indian independence, the British government envisaged the gradual and ordered replacement of the Empire. The Empire would be replaced by a Commonwealth of Nations tied together by language, shared history and economic interdependence. Colonial administrators would hand over the reins to moderate local pro-British leaders. In practice, the road to independence was much quicker and rockier than had been initially planned by British officials and politicians. Indian independence created a momentum of its own. Nationalist feeling was raised in colonies. This handed the advantage to more radical nationalist leaders who favoured rapid independence and less deference to colonial the rulers. The costs of suppressing uprisings and insurgencies in Kenya and Malaya concentrated minds in the British government, as did continuous US pressure against British imperialism and the blow to imperial pride of the failure of the Suez expedition.

First film by a private citizen which criticizes a Government Committee: 1930s footage of Committee Chairman Martin Dies attacking "subversives" in labor unions; the Hollywood Witch Hunts; Cold War Blacklist; & 1960 San Francisco hearings.

American Industrial Promotional Film for Pan American Airlines.

This cruel yet poetic experimental documentary examines the poetics of cruelty, as it describes the routine operation of a poultry slaughterhouse. The movie draws a comparison between the chickens and the other, the different, as it depicts the butchers and their cruelty. Although the movie is influenced by documentary classic Blood of the Beasts (1949) by Georges Franju, it differs in being devoid of any narration or text. The film also focuses on the cinematic form – color, editing and composition – as never before seen in Israel.

A young boy from the Dakota prairies grows up heeding the "call of the wilderness." He hunts for pheasant in the Illinois cornfields; ducks and geese in the northern lakes; deer in the Dakota Bad Lands; mountain sheep, goats, caribou, moose, and mountain lions in British Columbia and the Yukon; and brown bears on the Alaskan peninsula. He fishes in British Columbia's mountain streams for grayling and along the Bering Sea coast for trout. The film includes footage of swans, eagles, cnd ptarmigans; a beaver colony repairing a dam; battling rams; and sheep at rest in the mountains.

A focus on all the things you can do, if you are really determined, to take off those extra ounces and keep them at bay. Unveiling that there is more to the slimming business than meets the eye.

ssignment Four documentary film made by KRON-TV in 1963, narrated by Craig Jordan, which examines the issue of racial housing discrimination in Berkeley, in light of the defeat of an April 1963 fair housing ordinance. Includes interviews with: Robert D. Weinmanh (Executive Director of the Citizens League For Individual Freedom); Frank Quinn (Director of the Council For Civic Unity); Charles Wilson, an African American attorney who describes the difficulty he faced trying to purchase a house in Berkeley; Orville Luster (Executive Director of Youth For Service, shown walking around the streets of Bayview Hunters Point); James Stratton (Vice President of the San Francisco Board of Education) and Daniel Kline (VP of the San Francisco Real Estate Board).