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A film that uses multiple and distorted images and color of soap bubbles.

The US Army looks at educational programs from the American Friends Service Committee.

Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students.

Classroom training film that promotes the benefits of "healthy" eating for children.

Jimmy is a young man who likes to go his own way, not bothering or caring what anyone else thinks. Flashbacks show how his "permissive" parents didn't discipline him sufficiently--or, as the film says, neglected the "educational aspect of punishment"--that turned him into the cocky, anti-social, dangerous non-conformist that he is today.

Hop farming in Tasmania.

Promotional film showing the role of atomic energy in medicine, agriculture, industry, and research and the potential for nuclear-generated electrical power.

This promotional film for Hope and Anchor Breweries resembles a light news itemfrom a 1950s cinemagazine, with added historical recreations, which, to be fair, are pretty well done. The company basically created a replica inn and sent it to Canada to help promote their beer.

"Jingle Jangle Jungle" is an animated short about life in Africa (non-PC.) Includes a sing-a-long of "Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)."

A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an old recluse.

A boy realizes that he could help his parents by doing things around the house.

"500,000 to One" is a 1954 short documentary film about bugs.

With Preludio alpino al K2 we see the preparation for the Italian expedition to the second highest peak in the world. The men who would make history meet on Plateau Rosa, to work together among those spectacular peaks. It was also a dress rehearsal for Fantin, who had never ventured so high up with a movie camera. (Andrea Meneghelli)

Spring comes and melts winter's icy blanket and the forest is a merry place. The birds and beavers, and the flowers and the trees awaken after their winter's slumber. But the invasion of a woodsmen brings sadness as he begins to chop down a fir tree. All the animals come to the trees rescue and prevent him from chopping it down. When he tries to blast it down with dynamite, a caterpillar calls down a rainstorm and the frustrated woodsmen departs, leaving the idyllic forest to its inhabitants.

The operational procedures necessary for the working of traffic of a double line over a single line of rails during repairs.

Audrey is reading a science fiction comic book called 'Ace' when her mother asks her to wash the dishes. Audrey carries the dishes to a workshop where she has invented a dish washing machine. Audrey continues reading her book while the dishes wash themselves. She is interrupted by a radio broadcast announcing that a flying saucer has been spotted in the sky. Audrey imagines a little green man flying over the city in a cup and saucer, disintegrating everything in its path, She then pictures herself as the hero and visualizes ways to stop the alien attack.

A reporter is given a tour of the Nevada Test Site before witnessing an atom bomb detonation, part of the Operation Teapot series of nuclear tests in 1955.

A Burmah-Shell–sponsored “Life in India” documentary, directed by Fali Billimoria, portraying a Travancore fishing family’s work and home life, with attention to everyday labor, household economy, and generational change.

This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

A little boy doesn't know what to do when his favorite animal, a cow, no longer provides milk.

A Walt Disney cartoon anthology

Interiors of Margaret Tait's room when she stayed at 21 Via Ancona, Rome, Italy. Brief shots of her belongings (shoes, films, teacup) and then views of the street as seen from a balcony window.

Post-World War II film for young couples advising them of means to strengthen their marriages. Shows how two young couples have built lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them. One couple, university graduates, have many interests in common. The other couple, a business man and a teacher, center their mutual affection in their son. Designed to be used with a marriage text.

An “image fantasy” inspired by Picasso’s painting.

Little Audrey isn't interested in reciting Mother Goose rhymes with the other kids in class. She'd rather read her modern comic book. When she's caught not paying attention by the teacher, she is ordered to sit in the corner. Audrey falls asleep and soon realizes that Mother Goose can be modern too.

Scotland Yard detectives investigate an insurance scam, where a "drowned" man proves to have been dead before he was thrown in the water.

This film is one of a series on Plant Supervisors' Problems. Based on material furnished by the Education and Training Department of the Aluminum Company of America.

Film starring K.R. Ramaswamy and Savitri

Robert Donnell is a man with an unusual occupation. He is the Carilloneur in the Dominion of Canada Peace Tower in Ottawa. Unseen to the visitors , he serenades them from his room high in the tower with 53 carillon bells ranging in weight from ten pounds to eleven tons.

(Italy, 1954), 9 'R: Renzo Renzi 35mm. L .: 300m. D .: 11 'at 24 f / s. Col.

The Story of Koula, one of the Marshall Plan films, was made in Greece in 1951. It neatly exemplifies the capacity of Europe to ‘talk back’ to the USA within the framework of cultural aid programmes. And as such it can introduce a little‐explored topic: the politics of the avant‐garde in Greece in the post‐Civil War years and in particular the role of US cultural aid. This post‐war perspective throws light on the better‐known National School associated above all with Manolis Kalomiris, who dominated Greek music and musical life in the interwar period. The second part of this paper scrutinises the agenda and achievements of the Kalomiris circle, and that in turn enables useful generalisations about romantic nationalism in music. The third part of the paper reflects on the pre‐World War I achievements of Heptanesian traditions, again caught between singularities and dependencies. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

This short 1954 film from the Faces of Canada series follows Montreal taxi driver Gerry Lane as he takes various customers to their chosen destinations. - NFB

A misfit teenager with a passion for hot rods - and trouble - moves to a California town where he learns the errors of his ways and becomes a model hot rodder.

A montage of scenes from East End life set to a soundtrack of music hall songs with appropriate lyrics.

Ho Hua-tʹing, a Na-khi dto-mba (shaman) from west of the Lijiang snow range in Kunming, demonstrates dances of the various Na-khi deities during which the particular enemy of each god is vanquished. Produced in 1954 using footage filmed by Rock in 1932.

A travelogue of Finland, narrated by a Finnish native who returns to his homeland on vacation. Statues, architecture, natural beauty, castles, a restaurant in a fort and saunas are merely some of the stops along the way.

This downward-gazing documentary presents the soil in a new light. Man's inevitable and invaluable associate, the soil is a veritable thriving community in miniature, populated by living things of the animal, plant and insect worlds.

This color film titled “Steel Horizons” tells the story of how steel, specifically stainless steel, is manufactured.

On the plight of Palestinian refugees from the Arab-Israeli war. Dorothy Thompson speaks on the refugee problem. Refugees live in tents in the Gaza Strip, are given blankets and food by Egyptian soldiers, and receive flour from UNICEF. A Lebanese priest conducts services. Refugees work as plumbers, carpenters, tailors, and shoemakers in the city of Jerusalem. Doctors vaccinate refugees against disease. Shows the squalid living conditions in refugee camps, starving children, and emphasizes the hopeless condition of the refugees.

hese two churches, Viersehnheiligen and Ottobeuren are rich examples of mid-18th-Century German Baroque, a time when music, literature, architecture and philosophy were unified. The film, rather than explaining the structure, attempts to express the feeling of what German Baroque was, and what gave it such great style. The music is 18th-Century, played on 18th-Century organs.

A short film from Mary Ellen Bute, showcasing her trademark animations set to music.

1954 civil defense short film describing the threat of an impending nuclear attack.

Back in the Old West, Casper the Friendly Ghost meets a little boy who calls himself Billy the Kid.

A domestic and unknown video footage belonging to the Beiras family that visits the spaces of work and life of the galician poet Rosalia de Castro

Tracing the story of primitive man's discovery of energy.

Widower Barrister Ashok lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, India along with his sister-in-law, and a young son, Ramesh. One day while driving, he accidentally runs over a woman, brings her home, cares for her until she recuperates and tells him that her name is Kamla and is homeless. He finds that Ramesh likes her, so he marries her. After a few months, he is delighted when she becomes pregnant. This delight sours considerably when he finds out through his friend, Pran, that Kamla had been frequenting the OK Club. Then he witnesses her abusing Ramesh. Finally, he drives her out when Ramesh is killed by poisoned milk. Kamla gives birth to a baby boy but Ashok takes over sole custody and names him Mohan.

Mixes the grim facts about inflation, rising costs, the national debt and the shrinking dollar.

Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster drama and heartbreak, so she goes back to her own social class at the end, even though other options were available to her.

Documentary

A poetic journey through the history of menkind.

In this adventurous yarn, a group of former Army buddies have a reunion in New Orleans and decide to go looking for buried treasure.

A fairy tale short film by Sam Peckinpah.

An educational documentary film detailing the role of the Christian church in communities across the globe, including West Germany, Russia, Syria, India, the Philippines, and South Korea.

Presented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.

A bicycle-safety film showing kids the proper way to ride a bike on the streets to prevent injury, or worse.

Ffilm starring P. Jairaj and Jabeen Jalil

Educational film showing scenes in Tasmania, in the towns along the Bass Highway. It shows recreation activities and some of the industries.

Dante is always dreaming, and so when his mother asks him to burn some trash, he dreams that he's a knight fighting a fire-breathing dragon.

The 148th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine, featuring the articles: 'The Art of Mining', 'Speaking Through Coal', 'Mounted Minors' and 'Record Pit'.