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Long before Woody Allen, the author sends his character onto the screen, where he ends up in the hands of mystical surgeons, revealing himself to be a movieman undergoing an intricate spiritualist montage. It is not the intestines that emerge from his abdominal cavity, but skeins of film. For cinephiles of new generations, this is a truly encyclopedic sketch about the technology of cinematic nature. Double exposure reprises; silhouettes in the negative (meaning not a bad mood, but a film original); editing with barbaric scissors – the character on the screen loses half of the body; there are gastric wastes in the form of a silent movie film with a silent hero.

Apartment on a snowy boulevard. Relatives embrace each other barely holding back tears; children try on New Year's dresses and dance around the Christmas tree; an experienced shy woman covers her face hiding from a sticky camera. And the tall – up to the ceiling – elegant spruce is spinning and spinning, hypnotizing a person with a camera.

A snow-covered village, a doll on the hood of a Zhiguli, sandals tinkle on the snow, flared skirts, a veil – hurray! Rare footage of a winter wedding captured by Protodeacon Peter Seksyaev.

Short documentary about the train line operating along Virpazar-Bar route.

For a long time, the forest was more powerful than a human being. The forest was independent and autonomous. Things have changed. The filmmakers observe a forest warden doing his job in the forest with love and care. He answers the questions asked by Fred Jüssi, contemplates on the connections between man and environment and explains human responsibility for taking care of the forest. The forest warden considers himself as a part of the big chain called nature protection.

The changing of the seasons is shown on an island in the Stockholm archipelago. We get to follow the farming family as well as the wild animals in their vicinity.

Short film created for the Department of Defense documents a test, code-named Project DORK, which was intended to determine if an aerosol of the delirium-inducing BZ could incapacitate soldiers at distances of 500–1000 yards.

The cities, mountains, ice pack and tundra of Alaska are explored with camera and rifle.

Documentary about Finnish immigrants in the New York City.

This film of the Washington & Steyning Horse Show features a gymkhana, carriage racing and show-jumping - set against the backdrop of the Downs

The film is a record of the land and the people of Nagaland and shows in detail the development and culture of the region.

The communal rituals of most villages of the Eastern Niger Delta focus on two great classes of spirits - the heroes and the water people. The heroes once lived with the men, founded their institutions and brought them their characteristic means of gaining a livelihood. Today, as spirits, they continue to maintain the established institutions and the skills with which people wrest a living from their environment. The water people, by contrast, have never lived with men: they are the creators and owners of the rivers and creeks, controlling the state of the waters and the abundance of fish. The little village of Soku, hidden in the heart of the eastern Delta, has a group of heroes headed by Fenibaso, and its creeks and rivers are controlled by the water-spirit Duminea. This film shows some highlights of the annual ritual for Duminea. As in most Kalabari festivals, spirit possession features prominently in the proceedings.

Gorgeous colour film of Burma / Myanmar from 1960 showing major cities, towns and landmarks of the country. Places shown include Rangoon (now Yangon) - the port (shipping) and Shwe Dagon Pagoda (architecture, monks and worshippers). Pagan (now Bagan) – the ancient pagodas, including the Ananda. The former royal city of Mandalay and its palace. Amarapura - local industry including silk weaving and Bhamo – daily life, views, architecture.

During the winter of 1969, the New York Transit Authority increased the public transportation fee fare from 20 cents to 30 cents--a 50% increase. Infuriated riders scrambled under turnstiles and through exit doors, refusing to pay the fare. In THE WRECK OF THE NEW YORK SUBWAYS riders and subway workers denounce the terrible conditions and constant fare increases. The film analyzes the vicious cycle of bonding the Transit Authority, which profits the banks at the expense of the taxpayers.

An experimental silent film made in the early 1960s providing an intimate look at the citizens of Chicago. The film combines tongue-in-cheek footage of street advertisements, movie theatres, and other signifiers of city life, with scenes depicting the daily goings on of Chicagoans. The City borrows from traditional documentary film aesthetics, yet the narrative is complicated towards the end by fictional flourishes in what can be best described as a post-modernist take on the stressors and violence inherent to city life. Major thoroughfares and landmarks are heavily featured, such as Maxwell Street and Lincoln Park.

De Maria completed Two Lines Three Circles in the Desert (1969) for Gerry Schum’s Land Art TV gallery, which aired in Berlin on April 15, 1969

Highschoolers Joe and Julie just got engaged and nobody is happy about it. Julie is willing to drop out of school her senior year to get a job and raise a family. Joe is quitting the football team so he can work a crappy job at the bank, much to his little brother Gordy and the coach's chagrin. While this film explicitly addresses the pitfalls of young marriage, it implicitly addresses the bigger issue of horny high school kids eager to have sex and then, have to get married - "like Vivian and Rex had to".

The last chord is a montage of archival photos showing the participation of the 1st and 2nd Polish People's Army in the Berlin operation and its part of the Lusatian operation (Battle of Bautzen) during the final phase of World War II.

The youth of the 60's will make their own decisions about the place they will occupy in the social world. A process in which their perspectives on the different aspects of the present will possibly be different from those of their parents.

Documentary about Isafjordur in Iceland.

Trevor White shows the birth of the one of the UK's largest heritage railways - now a significant feature of the region's leisure industry. We see various personalities associated with the line's formation as well as many of the volunteers, whose efforts to restore the railway's derelict infrastructure back to a fully operational line are rewarded with the inaugural train, hauled by Brighton Terrier 'Stepney', which ran on the 17th May 1960.

An entirely computer-generated urban scene, rendered in three dimensions and fully navigable, assembled with the multimillion-dollar equipment at the Guidance and Control Division of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.

This documentary film by Larry Janiak and Steve Rose records the day-long ceremonies during the dedication of the new Vivekananda Vedanta Society Temple in Chicago. Many Ramakrishna Order Swamis from other centers in the United States from India were in attendance for the special ceremonies. The "Homa" fire service and the "Arati" chanting worship service are included in the film. The soundtrack is Indian raga music and Vedic chanting.

An ethnographic documentary directed by Roger Sandall, recording the construction of a bark canoe by two Aboriginal men, Djurkuwidi and Wangamaru, on the north coast of Arnhem Land. Filmed in the coastal swamps of Buckingham Bay near the end of the wet season, the film follows the process from the selection and stripping of a stringybark gum tree through to the completed canoe in use for hunting magpie geese and collecting eggs. Sandall’s narration explains the techniques involved and notes changes from earlier practices.

Franco Angeli's experimental short film in Big Apple New York with some reminiscences also to Jonas Mekas' Diaries.

The first documentary entirely devoted to the FLQ. This film focuses on the founders of the underground organization. It alternates between archive images retracing the actions of the first FLQ members, their arrest and trial, and a collective interview with four FLQ activists - François Gagnon, Jacques Giroux, Jean-Denis Lamoureux and Raymond Villeneuve - carried out after their release from prison.

Remains of Roman settlements on the bottom of the sea near the Istrian coast are an important and precious monument of Roman architecture and civilization. Archeologists and divers searching and studying the sites.

Urban renewal in New Castle, PA displaces black families. Thankfully manufactured homes are built on an old baseball diamond and Gary is happy again.

The People’s Right to Know: Police vs. Reporters interviews photojournalist Paul Sequeira on his experience covering the 1968 Convention and the police attempts to physically restrict reporters’ access.

The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference, records a pre-convention press conference of the National Committee to End in the War in Vietnam. David Dellinger and Rennie Davis recount their difficulties in dealing with the City of Chicago to plan their protests against the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Documentary that portrays the events that occurred in 1967, during the military takeover of Ciudad Universitaria, which marked a before and after in the relationship between students of the National University of Colombia and the military forces.

A campaign film against GLC attempts to raise council rents. Includes: footage of tenants’ demonstrations; tenants’ meetings at which report-backs are given on the proportion of tenants in various areas withholding rents in protest; burning effigy of Horace Cutler, Tory leader of GLC; T&GWU support for tenants’ demonstration, under pressure from membership (porters).

Film-collage using nonlinear editing called “Cinepoesia”

Documentary about bridges, with illustrations by Zuko Džumhur.

Documentary about Greenland.

1960's short educational film on ten pin bowling.

A documentary on the miracle which took place in the Usturt Mountains which is now a holy shrine where people go to worship.

Transferred S8 mm film, 4:3, color, silent, 4:08 min, Edition of 7 + 2AP

This film is one of the first Greek commercial documentaries on industry infrastructure. Shot by Roussos Koundouros, the film stands out for its original take on the subject, mainly due to its avant-garde editing and the use of music and soundtrack to underline the visual narration. The film presents the procedures and stages of constructing the aluminum factory infrastructure as well as the steps of production, from extracting bauxite to producing aluminum.

1969 Educational short.

This short comedy follows a visitor to the prairies as he slowly discovers the cult of curling. At first, our protagonist doesn’t seem to understand why everyone is so crazy about curling, but once he studies up, buys the right gear, and gets a few lessons, he can’t be stopped. This hilarious short film records the history of a rookie's first game. Even non-curlers will feel the pull of the stones and the flick of the brooms in this choice rink-side view.

Experimental documentary with surreal images. A film poem about the cane, in winter, the fishermen of the Danube Delta incur into the frozen water.

According to the Baden Württemberg Higher Education Act of 1968, the University of Freiburg forms a Basic Regulations Assembly: 22 full professors, 10 lecturers, assistants and academic councillors, 10 students. Three commissions draft paragraphs. The students are defeated in votes. Under threat of withdrawal, they force further negotiations to be made public. Professor Jeschek, Criminal Law, Councillor of the Higher Regional Court, criticizes the public nature of the negotiations. This is a people's assembly, not a consultation, which could serve as a model for self-government matters. A student named Berger replies.

Different leading methods are tested on three groups of kindergarten children.

In 1944, at Himmler's command, a film was shot in Terezín, meant to give the impression that the rumors of extermination camps were enemy propaganda. In the film titled "The Führer Gives a City to the Jews", Terezín was depicted as a town handed over into free Jewish self-administration.

An agricultural produce facility and the difficulties faced by producers attempting to sell their stock there.

A medium-length film by Vlado Kristl.

The life and work of Félix Tournachon, aka Nadar, the famed French illustrator and photographer.

"The modern American dream shown by interviews with an aspiring actress, whose comments are interspersed with complementary excerpts from politicians' speeches." - BFI