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From Well Dressing to Garland Day and even elephants in Alfreton - a celebration of the traditional customs of Derbyshire.

A short film about the various evening classes that run within the Sincil Evening Institute. Includes a look at the classes for dressmaking woodwork painting and more.

In northern Cameroon, Kodoko, a young Muktele woman, is expecting her second child. A rite of exorcism is about to be conducted so as to rid her body of Matsam, a deleterious spirit.

This educational film explains how Earth-orbiting space platforms and lunar bases ("way stations") will serve a key role in the exploration of our solar system.

A model of a proposed terminal which will serve a Channel Tunnel demonstrates the facilities it will offer and show the possibilities of a dry land crossing between England and France.

Footage of the U.S. Marine Corps in action, featuring recovery efforts and combat.

The Hammaguir site became the main launch base of the French space program, equipped with advanced tracking systems. After years of testing with Véronique, Saphir, and Émeraude rockets, including animal experiments such as Félicette the cat, the Diamant program reached maturity. Development was shared between the Laboratoire de recherches balistiques et aérodynamiques and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. The Diamant rocket was assembled in November 1965 and successfully launched on November 26, marking France’s entry into space.

Short film made by Walmo.

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.

Dorothy Hyman, sprinter and miner's daughter from Barnsley, returns from the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome with two medals: silver in the 200m and bronze in the 300m. In her day job, she works as a tracer for the National Coal Board at the Area Headquarters at Ardsley Hall. After the excitement and romance of her Olympian adventures, she loyally declares that "it'll be a nice change to get back to work".

This animated film advertises the advantages of the “Buchclub 65” (Book Club 65), a book community founded in 1965. Membership in the community, which existed until 1990, entitled you to regularly buy books at discount prices. The nationwide supply of reading matter to the population of the GDR is emphasised, the club magazine is introduced. And once a year, there is a gift: the main recommendation book.

We're treated to images of bisons. Bisons in the woods, bisons in the city. A school trip comes to visit the bisons. At first, the audio consists of a song (in Polish), then, there is some narration.

Recorded during a visit to Angola's liberation movement, the MPLA's eastern front in 1968. The film opens with some Angolans performing a symbolic play about the war. In addition, the military and political training, the guerrillas' contact with the local population, political meetings, etc. are shown. The battle songs, which run throughout the film, are from authentic recordings with guerrilla soldiers.

Short documentary.

Beautiful nature experimental film that shows the extraordinary natural experiences that can be seen on the Swedish islands Öland and Gotland respectively. Also footage of significant ancient monuments and sights.

The introduction of computers into the workplace in 1969 posed a threat to white-collar workers whose jobs they might replace. This drama documentary looks at the situation from the perspective of the employees and of management.

American Industrial Film giving a very high-level overview of our contemporary space-related knowledge, especially as it involved the Space Race.

Women's influence on the retail trade.

Explains how scholastic achievement, aptitude and interest tests can help students select a satisfying occupation. Individual counseling coupled with consideration of grades and extracurricular activities are stressed as necessary adjuncts.

Illustrates standard methods of keeping ledgers and journals. Defines terms commonly used in accounting.

Demonstrates by use of a glass prism that white light is actually a combination of several colors, which can be reproduced by pigments. Shows how three primary colors can be mixed to make secondary colors and, in turn, intermediate colors. Presents the dimensions of color -- hue, value and intensity -- and illustrates how color combinations create effects and moods.

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Animated short film of a counter and portraits of the 242 American soldiers who died in Vietnam during the week of May 28 through June 3, 1969. Made by experimental and documentary filmmaker Howard Lester during the height of national and student protests against the Vietnam War.

Film of a folk festival in Colombia, featuring indigenous music, dance, crafts, and other cultural activities.

Demonstrates how animals use sight, sound and movement to communicate fear, presence, interest and many other aspects of behavior.

Studies the life cycles of sponges and coelenterates, the simplest multicellular animals. Describes the cell specialization, sexual and asexual reproduction and other characteristics of sponges, jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and hydras.

Explains that many animals bear protective coloration that blends with their surroundings. Shows examples of such coloring on the bark moth, the tree frog, the ground squirrel, many birds and the young of many animals. Includes views of representative members of species which change their color to match their backgrounds, as well as those whose body outlines are broken by bold areas of contrasting colors.

Shows that the functional basis of our democracy is the election system. Discusses registration, primary and general elections, the impact of television on campaigns and the use of voting machines.

An impressionistic slapstick satire on bomb shelters, military recruiting and gung-ho philosophy.

The Scottish town of Ayr and its famous resident Robert Burns.

Joyous scenes in Redruth, Cornwall at the wedding of a Nigerian couple in 1964 - who incorporate both British and traditional attire into the day's festivities.

In 1963, the Ministry of Information and Tourism commissioned filmmaker José Val del Omar to make a series of ten shorts on the campaign Festivales de España for the New York World's Fair in 1964. With the excuse of documenting the shows of this cultural initiative in different Spanish cities, Val del Omar unfolds a dreamlike universe somewhere between the lyrical and the anthropological. This film corresponds to the two final episodes Luna de Sangre and Festival en las entrañas.

This short essayistic documentary by Louis van Gasteren is an argument for the industrialised building of homes, in the typically optimistic tone of the post-war reconstruction period. In this film, Van Gasteren makes use of elements of Soviet cinema and the French nouvelle vague. In the ’50s, Rotterdam-based contractor Dura built a factory in the Eemhaven district where prefab components for whole blocks of residential buildings could be produced. Together with architect Ernest Groosman, a proponent of reconstruction architecture, Dura built homes at various locations in the Rotterdam area. The building of these ‘Groosman flats’ is shown at a construction site in Rotterdam’s Lombardijen district, accompanied by cheerful jazz music.

Scenes from daily life in Mali, filmed in the streets of Bamako and on the banks of the Niger.

Documentary about Finnish immigrants in the New York City.

Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.

One of the most ingenious documentaries of a period not at all devoid of fanciful and provocative attempts in the history of the "Alexandru Sahia" studio.

Unedited footage of Chicago holiday display windows shot by Metro Movie Club member Joe Domin. Possibly an outtake of the larger amateur work, SILVER BELLS.

Uses animation and live action photography to investigate the check collection procedures of the American banking system. Examines in sequential order the stages in processing a check from the time of deposit until marked canceled "paid". Shows the operations of the depository bank and examines the means of check collection from the banks on which checks are drawn. Explains the functions of the clearing house, correspondent banks, and the Federal Reserve System and shows the operations of the payor bank. Indicates the financial motives of the banks, the importance of efficiency in freeing bank funds for investment, and exceptions to usual routine such as large checks and return items.

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

A "comedy in a Houston tattoo parlour during the Vietnam war"-- In reality, a vérité-style documentary centered around Bill Sanders's 'painless' tattoo shop. Various clients are highlighted, and Sanders spouts his unique brand of wisdom.

Abstract portrait of a lighthouse and its lenses, set to Beethoven's Grand Fugue.

Starting with a ballad all about improvements being made to retired miner’s homes in Durham, and moving on to a pub where the landlord collects mining relics, this plays more like a mini anthology rather than a coherent all in one short.

Produced by TASFILM and the Department of Film Production Tasmania and featuring clothing designs by Pru Acton. Shows in a bright and visual way the main products of secondary industry in Tasmania at the time - wool and textiles, timbers, food, fashion and metal products.

Extraordinary film of the U.S. Air Force, including air and ground warfare, and rescues.

A brief visit the animation workshop of famous Czech director Karel Zeman.

A documentary about agrarian reform in Guatemala.

Eductional film about the dangers of mountain climbing.

Exploring the life and work of American artist-illustrator Maxfield Parrish through interviews with Norman Rockwell, Donald Reichert and Maxfield Parrish Jr., as well as a wide sampling of Parrish's work, including murals, original works and reproductions of these works in greeting cards, calendars, posters, and advertisements.

This sales film for TRW is aimed at large scale corporate clients for mainframe computers. The film depicts company co-founder Simon Ramo’s concept of ‘polymorphic computing’ and is based on a "doodle essay" that he made (think -- 1960s pencil driven Power Point). The film anticipates innovations in the evolution of technology from parallel processing to peer to peer file sharing and cloud computing as well as the architecture of ARPANET and the architecture of the internet. The film was presented by TRW, an American corporation which was involved in several businesses including aerospace, automotive and credit reporting.

A delightful spoof on industry-sponsored documentary films, this is a tongue-in-cheek documentary tribute to the oil refining industry as a symbol of American pride. The parody concepts of this film are so true to the banality of their subject of derision that many audiences may be unaware that this is a spoof, and react with patriotic pride to the tribute itself. In this way, the reaction of each audience to the film is potentially as whimsical as the film itself!