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Nature and Time stride through London town. Nature bemoans the loss of the countryside while Time ignores her.

"This film traces the history of mankind's aspirations to reach the moon, giving credit to the many levels of scientific genius that made the Apollo 11 flight and moonwalks possible. The program documents the Apollo 11 mission, as well as earlier flights, post-flight appearances by astronauts in various countries, and the reactions of people throughout the world as they watched or read about the historic achievement" (US National Archives). The version that the National Archives currently holds is a shortened 60-minute cut, with the original being 92 minutes.

Aliens visiting Earth wax enthusiastic about the benefits of American democracy, capitalism and the free enterprise system, believing the United States' democratic and economic systems to be the greatest achievement in the history of Earth.

"For this short film event, the film is removed from the film feed reel, and is unwound, to span the space between the projector and screen. The projector starts, and the film snakes back through the audience, as it is consumed by the projector. The screen image is a film footage counter which measures the 'throw' of the cinema. (WR)"

Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln depicts the final seventeen years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life, following her husband's assassination.

Holly Woodlawn interview, 1973.

Rod Serling narrates a look at the consequences of the 1946 atomic testing at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Dubbed "Operation Crossroads," the tests included dozens of blasts that sunk a fleet of nearby warships. Serling's narration follows a team of expert divers as they navigate the derelict warships. Serling's expert narration combines with the otherwordly imagery to create a very interesting experience.

Focusing on three residents of Cape Canaveral, Florida this film puts forward the thesis that a decline in NASA's space program after the moon landings has left the local community impoverished.

Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was meant to be One A.M., as in “one American movie”; but Godard quit the project and the U.S., where to his dismay he discovered that revolution wasn’t imminent, and Pennebaker edited Godard’s material, to which he and Richard Leacock even added a bit more, releasing the result as One P.M., as in “one parallel movie.” It’s a stunning mixture of cinéma-vérité, political theater, and interviews of key sixties figures.

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It's a painter's approach to filmmaking, to putting painting in motion. Shown at the Cannes Festival 1976

A wealthy older man picks up two teenage hitchhikers, and soon his erotic dream becomes a nightmare.

Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the images of the Maestro to realize a unity between his music and the picture.

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The life and tribulations of Big Cherry Hill Fats, a 650-pound conman who swindled his victims out of 25 million dollars and helped bring down a criminal enterprise.

A black exploitation flick of the early 70's about a college/high school teacher who tries to intervene and rescue his student who is being pursued by the law. The professor happens to have sexual intercourse with at least 2 different women on his way to save his student. I've gotta love the title music track fr this movie, very 70's... "Brother on the run...etcetcetc. If you see t in the $3.00 video bin at your local video outlet pick it up for your own little amusement. It's not a must see, it's more like a "gotta see it to believe it" (in ways). Hehe.. the editor for this film should have been canned, (a hint) lay off the qualudes.

Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of String."

Legendary rock impresario Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in early summer 1971 with five nights of all-star concerts, the last curtain going down on July 4. The storied San Francisco venue had become an institution, an integral part of the West Coast music scene of the '60s and, now, an essential element of the mythology of rock 'n' roll. Always the showman, Graham made sure the Fillmore West was sent off in a blaze of glory, spotlighting bands - including the Grateful Dead and Santana-that rose to fame at the hall. The madness leading up to the shows and the concerts themselves were filmed for FILLMORE: THE LAST DAYS, a gritty, behind-the-scenes look at a fascinating moment in rock history and a showcase for great performances by iconic artists who epitomized 'the San Francisco Sound.' Originally released in 1972 and long out-of-print, the documentary film makes its DVD debut with Rhino's landmark reissue.

With Fred Williamson as director and star of Mr. Mean, is there any question as to the identity of the title character? Williamson plays a former Cosa Nostra henchman who seeks greener pastures. Hiring himself out as a hit man, he immediately lands a job. His mission: wipe out his old boss. Filmed in Italy, Mr. Mean certainly fulfills audience expectations

Anti-apartheid film, co-produced by South Africa's African National Congress

A film made by Ed Emshwiller and Wantagh, New York high school students.

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

Four crazed killers butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!

A golden boy descends into an illuminated room to discover the great brass bed of an Edwardian beauty. As he opens her seaman's chest of jewelry and velvets he discovers old photographs that come to life. When he draws a mirror out of the chest he sees her face in it as well as his own -- which draws him into a kaleidoscopic vortex... and into her arms.

For this performance the two artists blocked their nostrils with cigarette filters and pressed their mouths together, so that one couldn’t inhale anything else but the exhalation of the other. As the carbon dioxide filled their lungs, they began to sweat, move vehemently and wear themselves out; the viewers could sense their agony through the projected sound of breathing, which was augmented via microphones attached to their chests. It took them 19 minutes in the first performance and 15 in the second to consume all the oxygen in that one breath and reach the verge of passing out.

Two boys with critical information about a corporate scandal are pursued by two hit men who are pursued by two bumbling, inventive detectives.

A documentary incorporating 13 weeks of teaching of film animation by Faith and John Hubley in the School of Art at Yale University including the conception and production of the film entitled Cockaboody. Made in collaboration with film students and faculty of the Yale Child Study Center, the film comprehends the realm of animation from the basic soundtrack of two small children to visualization and then execution in an art form

The Stranglers playing live in San Francisco 1978.

On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most identifiable of Australia’s icons - ranking with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, the koala and kangaroo - and is considered by many to be among the world's great architectural masterpieces.

Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.

A Mighty Heroes cartoon.

A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is treating him, he sets out to solve the murder of an embezzler.

A youthful trio plan a caper with the use of astrology.

About the possessed nuns of Loudun.

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.

Suburban Australia in the late 70s. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic Oz rock soundtrack (featuring Ol'55, Skyhooks and Renee Geyer) and the screen debut of future star Sigrid Thornton. THE FJ HOLDEN forged a strong connection with 70s mainstream youth audiences and today

Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.

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A deformed prince is forced into a life of sexual servitude and then becomes the rising symbol of the sexual freedom movement.

A television drama directed by Maya Angelou. In 1975, the accomplished writer became the first African American woman to join the Directors Guild of America in the director’s category. Produced by trailblazing TV executive Barbara Schultz, Visions often focused on complex themes including social justice, feminism, race and sexuality. Executive Producer: Barbara Schultz. Director: Maya Angelou. Writer: Alexis DeVeaux. With: Gloria Jones Schultz, Glynn Turman, Ebony Wright.

A swimming pool cleaner and a suicidal housewife set out on the run and are pursued by her corrupt lobbyist husband.

The Experience of Light is a 1978 short film created and narrated by filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman. The film documents the presence of light as a universal symbol for "Spirit", to people from many cultures.

A loose biography of surfer and documentarist George Greenough, one of the most famous and unique members of the surfing subculture.

Mattie, a widow living in the backwoods of Florida during Prohibition, meets Trax, a charming man much younger that herself. Trax is a womanizing, lying bootlegger who needs money and he sets his sights on Mattie who can support him. After energetically courting her, Mattie marries Trax, who before long brings home a young woman to be their housekeeper, but it is obvious that she is to be his mistress. When Trax leaves on business, the two women each contemplate how they are being exploited and Mattie comes up with a plan of her own.

A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect. All is not well in the family of the government's chief scientific adviser. But the mood at the vaccine manufacturer is more upbeat, at the prospect of a lucrative government contract.

Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.

'Associations' sets language against itself by using the ambiguities inherent in the English language. Images from magazines and color supplements accompany a voice-over reading from the book 'Word Associations and Linguistic Theory' by academic linguistic Herbert H. Clark. Combining a wry sense of humor with word/visual games and puns, Smith explores the boundaries of cinematic montage by combining elements together and against each other in order to destroy and create multiple meanings at the same time.

A self-criticism, self-analysis in which Macdonald struggles with his own status as a self-declared “armchair radical.” Wondering what real effect making films and attending demonstrations can have, he wrestles with the idea of violence and examines his own excuses (protecting his family, protecting his life) for not “being radical as opposed to talking radical.” In a section that introduces the letter board and bricolage technique that would become so prominent in his filmography, he lays out a radical 12-point program for the attainment of a more decent society; a coda proposes a halfway point between armchair radicalism and bomb-throwing.

Documentary on the filmmaker's grandmother, Mabel Tilton, reflecting on her life as an independent woman.

Jolted out of his self-pity by a friend who teaches him to ski, a wounded Vietnam vet comes to look on his double amputation not as a "handicap" but rather "just a little inconvenience."

A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.

Rana (Puri Banai) and her father (Ezzatullah Voshoq) meet Ali Surchi (Mohammad Ali Bandani). Jabbar (Gholamreza Sarkoob) is in love with Rana, but Rana marries Ali without her father's knowledge. Ali is taken out of town by Jabbar's friend (Jamshid Narsi) and Farangis (Farangis Forouhar) and is stabbed to death by Jabbar. When Rana's father finds out that his daughter is pregnant, he dies of a fit of rage. Rana pawns her father's inherited house to a broker (Mohsen Arasteh) and keeps Ali's car as a keepsake, And with the help of Sadeq (Seyed Ali Miri), she raises her son Ali (Mohammad Reza Fazeli). Years later, Jabbar spreads rumors that Ali is an illegitimate child; but Farangis reveals the matter of Ali's murder to her son. Farangis is killed by Jabbar, and after Ali kills Jabbar and his friend, he kidnaps his daughter Leila (Nazanin). Ali's mother chases them, and Ali falls under the wheels of a cart and is finally arrested by the police.

Architect's life is plagued by his ex-wife, a master manipulator, whose constant clawing is about to drive off his new love, and his clientèle. As a hobby, he enjoys training a rare harpy eagle, with a Native-American pal, who empathizes with his plight, and a plan of action coalesces.

A collection of short films by Pat Rocco.

A Kuwaiti play shown in 1970

The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.

In 1194 England, it is a time of rebellion as King Richard is away fighting in the Crusades, and his evil brother Prince John has employed the malicious Sheriff of Nottingham to take advantage of the people. It is up to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Little John, Will Scarlett, and Friar Tuck, as they take on the scheming Sheriff in their defense of the poor and powerless.

A provides a comprehensive look at NASA's ambitious Viking mission to Mars. It captures the scientific excitement and technical complexity of the first attempt to land a spacecraft on the Red Planet to search for evidence of life.

Rosalind's romantic attraction for her brother's handsome guest, Arthur, takes a weird turn when he announces that he's going to marry her sister, Perdita. Sensing a sinister presence in the house, Rosalind warns Perdita that it is the spirit of Arthur's first wife, who died under mysterious circumstances, and that the spirit will be coming for her next.