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Hunters track a wild boar in the Sologne forests

1955 / Selamat Hari Raya / Festive Greetings / L. Krishnan / Keris

A group of half-naked boys are traveling through space. Soon, wrestling for control of the space craft ensues.

Connie is confused about what she what to do when she gets home but meets a older women who mentions Westmont College and the two make arrangements to meet again so she can learn more about the college. At that meeting she is introduced to Dave who is played by Noel Reyburn. He is in Germany doing Missionary work as part of a singing group and will hopefully one day become a Pastor.

Promotional film introducing self-service long-distance dialing using a prototype service in Englewood, New Jersey. Demonstrates how direct dial and the new area code system enable callers to make contact instantly without operator assistance.

Singalong about wacky inventions.

"A Tub Named Desire," the first movie with Donna Kerness, does not exist anymore, except for one 8mm print that was in George Kuchar's possession. The footage was taken apart, and some of it is included in "The Naked and the Nude." - Carnegie Museum of Art archive.

Sonic boom is the sound of security.

Mickey thinks politeness is all that grownups think about. Lack of courtesy might not keep him from being elected President of the U.S., but a near riot in the Oval Office may convince him to reconsider his policy on good manners.

This film shows the use of dynamite and dramatizes the dangers hidden in the blasting cap.

In this Shell-sponsored short, the celebrated British poet narrates this travelogue about the Avebury stone circle and nearby burial grounds.

Trying is hard, and you are just going to fail anyway.

Post-war South Korea with the history of the communist advance across the 38th parallel.

Zero the Dog, already a failure as a bloodhound or a retriever, is just as bad as a watchdog, and is frightened when a burglar appears. Casper the Friendly Ghost, unknown to Zero, comes to his aid and frightens the burglar away. Zero thinks he did it on his own, and gains back all of his lost self-respect.

Coca-Cola's presence in Philippine culture.

The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.

Mahender has been responsible for the upbringing of Tomato, a young child at a very early age. Now Mahender's health is getting worse, and he is afraid his ill-health may be contagious and may endanger Tomato. So Mahender decides to leave Tomato in the park near Kamal Roy, and instructs Tomato to call Kamal his dad. Tomato does so, and this results in utter chaos in the life of Kamal. He is unable to convince his lady love Usha Sen that the child is not his; and additionally Kamal is under pressure from his dad and mom to get married. Kamal begs Tomato to leave him, but Tomato refuses to do so. How will this impact on Kamal's life and relationships?

The Na-khi people of Yunnan demonstrate the ritual dance for the propitiation of suicide, expressly for Rock to film. The ceremony features dancers moving around an altar containing paper dolls representing suicides and doing ritual battle with demons. Title cards explain the steps of the ceremony. Produced in 1954 using footage filmed by Rock in 1928.

This Traveltalks entry roams through the northern end of Michigan's Lower Peninsula and makes a short visit to the Upper Peninsula. We start with a ride in a dune buggy on the Sleeping Bear sand dunes. Then it's on to Traverse City, the cherry capital of the world. In Harrison, we visit with Spikehorn Meyer, who lives with the bears that roam freely on his large natural preserve. Our visit ends with a look at Mackinac Island and Sault Ste. Marie, with emphasis on water sports and the water transportation industry.

Animated film about Germany's drift into nazism.

Katnip is making life miserable for Herman's little mice cousin, so he takes them to a tropical paradise island where there are no cats, and the little 'meece' are very happy...until Katnip makes an entrance. Thanks to Herman, Katnip's exit is about as rapid as his entrance. Peace returns to Paradise Isle.

A short film on early 1950s Iran.

With the bells of the campanile clanging in the background, people are congregating in St. Mark's Square in Venice. Some Venetians reminisce about their history with the piazza and the city as a whole: watching the little iron man strike the bell of the clock in the campanile, which was built in 1912, after the original crashed to the ground in 1902 from an earthquake; having a funeral procession through an adjacent canal for a grandmother on the day of the original campanile falling; seeing trees for the first time, which are scarce in the built-up area of the city; crossing some of the four hundred bridges in the city, the largest being the Rialto; working hard as a gondolier, a job made more lighthearted with a serenade; and living without automobile traffic. And today, some are making their own memories, one being a small child whose pants just won't stay up.

Using newsreel footage, this Sportscope entry chronicles the race toward running's four-minute mile, highlighting several important contests. It starts in the 1920's, when Finland's Paavo Nurmi set the record for the distance at 4 minutes 10.4 seconds. It continues through Roger Bannister's first run under 4 minutes in 1954, and ends in spring 1956, when Australia's Joe Bailey became the first to break 4 minutes on US soil.

Percy the Cat tries to rid his house of Little Roquefort the mouse. When Roquefort finally leaves, Percy realizes that life wasn't so bad with him after all. The escapades that follow to get Roquefort to come back home are hilarious!

Original 1954 synopsis: A portrait of the sub-tropical city of Brisbane, Queensland. Queensland's capital city lies near the sub-tropical parts of Australia and its way-of-life has a more leisurely tempo. Outdoor life provides a colourful pattern and night life has its gay spots. Made by the National Film Board 1954. Directed by Hugh McInnes.

A graphic map of Wales. Narrator speaks of the way Wales "treasures the tale of its past like the story of a family."

The initial stages of the construction of an oil refinery on the Isle of Grain, Kent, and its impact on the local farming community.

A man with a cancerous growth seeks treatment in a medical facility.

Short film featuring the Brubeck Quartet.

Presents a case history of a grievance case from the initial causes to the final settlement. Shows how grievance hearings enable labor unions and management to arrive at compromises in settling disputes.

Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive falls for him.

Vignettes covering various aspects of Canadian life include: "Ball Stars Start Young", "An Auto in Minutes" and "A Railroad Goes to Sea".

The degree of intelligence with which a variety of animals solve deliberately-posed problems is shown as proof that animals do not act on instinct only.

A film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

Popeye and Olive are on vacation at Lake Narrowhead. Olive wants to take part in athletic activities, while Popeye just wants to rest (particularly since he had to substitute for one wheel of their sad excuse of a car). Olive goes off for athletic instruction while Popeye sleeps until he sees that the instructor is Bluto, and he's taking a personal interest in Olive.

The St. Joseph's University boys choir performs several songs.

A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.

Perugia and its Italian University for foreign students.

Adaptation of Molière's play of the same name. The story revolves around a wife who plays a trick on her husband to get revenge on him, by agreeing with some men to beat him as he beat her, put him in an awkward situation, and pretend to be a doctor.

This short documentary studies the geological evolution that has gone on for millions of years in the High Arctic. Following the evidence of glaciers that have advanced and receded, the film also traces life forms that have changed with the climate.

In this travelogue of Ceylon, the first stop is Colombo, the capital and chief seaport of this island nation. A short train ride from Colombo is Mount Lavinia, one of the country's most popular pleasure resorts. The next stop is the Peradeniya Gardens, the highlight of which is a magnificent avenue of majestic royal palms. Another botanical item of interest in Ceylon is the manufacture of rubber and the abundance of rubber trees in cultivation. The final stop is the city of Kandy, the primary attraction of which is the Temple of the Tooth.

Rockabilly singer Slick Slavin illustrates how popular screen stars will appear in new 3D technology.

A young male protagonist dreams of a muscleman hero, a black dancer, and a princess who gives him a magic urn. When he wakes he rejects his mother (Menken) and wanders the cold streets, where he finds his dream characters corrupted or dying.

American Industrial Film showing off the new Boeing 707 design.

A 16mm black-and-white, silent home movie film by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with film edge code indicating a year of 1951.

A dramatization of the life story of Christopher Columbus, a young boy dreaming of proving the earth is round by finding a westward trade route to the far east.

We climb again to high altitudes with breathtaking landscapes in Yucay, montagna degli Incas (11 summits over 5,000 metres high in southern Peru, an expedition organized by the CAI of Como) (Andrea Meneghelli)

A minister reflects on the devastating traumas and injuries of railroad workers in his congregation.

Short independent sc-fi animation by Toonder Studio’s, sponsored by Phillips.

Experimental film by Jim Davis

A semi-abstract animation film originally produced as a theatrical advertising film for release in India. It utilizes the textile designs of the Calico Mills of Bombay as its overall graphic structure.

This short shows highlights from several basketball games at two postseason tournaments in 1956. They include the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final games of the National Invitation Tournament; the semifinal and final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament; and the NCAA All-Star game.

This short explores the early planning innovations and the subsequent mistakes that resulted in developing urban sprawl, suburbia, and gentrification in modern day US cities as well as the effects it had on its populace and industry.

"I try to leave the imagination of the spectator as free as possible by using purely invented, abstract forms rather than representational forms. In watching these films it is not necessary to search for hidden meanings of try to associate these invented forms with familiar objects. The spectator may simply relax and look at these films as one would listen to music in order to fully respond to them." -Davis

A television play written by Robert Hall, based on a play by Cyril Campion.

The International Committee of the Red Cross aid to the Palestinians in the weeks following the 1948 conflict.