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Part of BFI collection "London on the Move."

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Explains the importance of a high school education and the advantages of taking part in extracurricular activities. Designed to combat drop-out problems.

Educational film for children, about dairy farming.

An old woodcarver lives alone in the forest while a deer wanders around nearby.

Basic makeup and health advice for high schoolers.

About life and work in the salt pans

A short film from Guy L. Coté

A performer goes to a travel agency with hopes of visiting foreign countries. After seeing the performer's juggling act, the travel agent agrees to letting him work his way over to Pamonia, a mythical oriental country where the agent's brother is a Pasha. The performer exchanges words with the Pasha in a comedy routine; watches the Pasha's dancing girls perform and do a series of suggestive dances; performs his juggling act while riding a miniature bike; watches the harem dance and strip; does a comedy-eating routine; watches some more dancing and stripping...and becomes the new ruler of Pamonia.

Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.

The young man, played by Stan Brakhage, gets himself into a seriously comic mix-up by indulging in semi-sexual fantasies, and allowing the fantasies to take over. This is the best of my very early films and includes my first footage.

Admiral Mario was assigned to catch the captain of the Hungry Tiger. The whole country wakes up when it hears that name called. The Hungry Tiger skipper was a mighty woman robber. Everything he says becomes a law that must be obeyed by all robbers in the seven seas.

Short film by Allen Downs.

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

An Eastern European escapes to America, where Communist agents try to track him down.

Based on 1947 Broadway musical of the same name.

(Italy, 1955)

A film giving instruction in the normal maintenance tasks which have to be performed by a permanent-way gang of four men. It shows how all types of fastening on both bullhead and flatbottomed track are maintained; details the maintenance of rail joints; shows how 'hanging' sleepers should be repacked, and deals with the preservation of correct cant and alignment on curves.

Two naive village-bred brothers, Brijpal (Birju) and Rajpal (Raju) decide to re-locate to Bombay city in order to better their lives. On their first day in Bombay, they are robbed of all their money, and forced to seek employment in order to survive. Their efforts at being employed - whether it is working as waiters, polishing shoes, or masseurs - all meet with failure. The brothers decide that honest labor is not for them, and they decide to improve their respective images, and take to crime. They accordingly change their appearance, book a room in an expensive hotel, and start living like rich men. What follows is complete and utter chaos, as the helpless brothers use all their wits to maintain their new status.

A family's horse-drawn ice delivery business is threatened by a more modern automobile-using company.

Directed by Paul Zils and sponsored by the U.S. Technical Cooperation Mission (TCM), this short documentary explores educational development initiatives in post-independence India. The film highlights efforts to promote literacy and modernize schooling systems as part of collaborative development programs between India and the United States.

An insightful look at France in the 1950s.

Bourbon Neaples is presented through its monuments, palaces and works of art (Capodimonte Palace, Villa Floridiana, Castello di S. Martino, etc…).

Dufaycolor film of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The same year that Bruce Conner completed his famed A Movie, Montañez Ortiz destroyed a 16mm print of a banal Western, Winchester '73, with a tomahawk. He then placed the scraps of film in a medicine bag "to release the evil," intoned a ritual chant he had learned from his Yaqui grandfather, and spliced together the exorcised fragments in a random order.

Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The animated film featured an electronic score by Henry Jacobs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.

A documentary account of the hardships and adventures encountered by an American couple seeking the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the jungles north of the Guatemala-Mexico border.

This documentary, chronicles the first 50 years of flight, from the Wright Brothers first flight in 1903 to 1953. It includes interviews with an original mechanic who worked in their bicycle shop and a wide range of other pioneers such as Frank Long, Igor Sikorsky, Glen Martin, Alan Lockheed, Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, LeRoy Grumman, Robert Gross Connie and Wellwood Beel.

This is the 1952 launch film for the new E100A Ford Anglia and Prefect range. Shot in 35mm, this film has some lovely shots of Ford's design studios, the factory at Dagenham, the prototypes undergoing testing, and finishes with the new cars being used by delighted families.

This 1953 film directed by Matt Farrell for the National Tool and Die Manufacturers Association looks at the importance of tool and die manufacturing for the functioning of American Industry at large. It begins with the contributions that American Industry has made to everyday life and how tools and die were used to manufacture these goods. This is followed by an overview of the apprentice system and some of the skills that toolmakers need to learn such as operation of machinery, meticulous measurement, and reading blueprints. This is followed by footage of the creation and operation of some tools and the development of cutting edge die for the accurate manufacturing of plastics. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k.

Story of an experiment in mural painting at Norton Park Junior School, Edinburgh, made by teachers at the school.

This film presents a picture of Egypt and the Nile Valley of today as seen against its historical background. It Includes scenes of an ancient temple to the sun god at Abu Simbel, the dam at Aswan, the delta of the Nile, the Suez Canal, and the cities of Asyut, Cairo, and Alexandria.

Doris Ake provides the title dance.

Shows how a self-planned program of activities helps in making constructive use of leisure time. For high school and adult groups.

A study of child behavior at two and three years, showing what to expect and how parents can deal constructively with the problems they present. The film shows a group of active children in playground, nursery school and home, first at age two, and then at three. Destructiveness, tantrums, rivalry with younger children, and unreasonable fears are discussed.

A study of games played by London schoolchildren in the streets and playgrounds. The games range from the traditional to the contemporary.

Another race between the hare and tortoise but this time the hare bets on the tortoise to win. But no matter how much the hare slows down, the tortoise remains far in the rear. He finally attaches some jets to the tortoise but they backfire and the hare wins for the first time, but loses again because of the bet.

An inside look at U.S. Army basic training by following recruits from the moment they arrive at their assigned Army installation. After learning their training maneuvers, the recruits are sent all over the world to execute their skills.

This is a simple cinematic dance experience performed by Al Maldenado at the beach in La Jolla, California, using the bold rock formations as settings.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on a Commonwealth tour.

A report on social and economic conditions in the five nations of southern Asia. The film portrays the surge of independence and determination to work out their own future which has permeated every phase of national life for this one-fourth of the world’s population, and which is bringing advances in health and living standards. The assistance of the United Nations in providing the knowledge and the plans with which to develop education, social welfare, agriculture and industry is shown.

This edition of the March of Time series takes a brief look backwards at where the world has come in the first 50 years of the century, and then presents a number of prominent people who state their views of the next fifty years of the 20th century. Among those shown are labor leader Walter Reuther, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Omar Bradley, and A-Bomb scientist Robert Oppenheimer. Harry Pollitt, leader of the Communist Party in Britain, predicts that all roads will lead to world-wide Communism.

Shows interdependence of members of a pioneer family. A typical pioneer school is portrayed.

A compilation reel of 16mm home movies filmed by Cab and Zulme "Nuffie" Calloway during a tour of the Caribbean, with both Kodachrome and black-and-white film edge codes indicating the year 1951.

A review made with the purpose of showing the importance of good water, the effort needed to make it available, the works required to produce it and its meaning for the progress, health and comfort of our people.

Reviews the history of the Philippine Islands under Spanish and American rule. Shows country today with its emphasis on agriculture, and contrasts the rural life with the urban existence in the port of Manila.

Short film from Elwood Decker preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Short documentary providing a detailed look at different types of film and their uses, with a focus on film used in projectors and how projectionists take care of film to increase longevity. Produced as an upgrade to its namesake short from 1948.

The miller’s wife is about to give birth. Lying in her bed, she writhes in pain. The midwife cannot help her and the doctor is not here. It is then that the priest is called.

Changez Khan is a Hindi Feature Film starring Jeevan , Leela Mishra , Tiwari , Helen , Johnny Walker , Premnath , Shaikh Mukhtar , Bina Rai and more.

"Golf" was the result of my attempt to make space in the frame, space that was non-film space, that would take over the film space. With each random hole punch, I chanted, 'Emptiness is fullness. (Raphael Montañez Ortiz)

Points out that military service should be understood as part of citizenship and that training in the everyday duties of citizenship is a part of the preparation for military service.

Take a look back in time with this Christmas celebration at Grandma and Grandpa's big farmhouse. Shows life, and the holiday celebration in the 1890's.

The U.S. Office of Civil Defense illustrates facts about fallout from nuclear explosions.

This video was produced by Fr. Patrick Peyton, the famous “Family Rosary Crusade” priest. It is a full-scale drama of the Joyful mysteries of the Rosary. It is a beautiful and reverent drama that brings to life the story and meaning of each of the mysteries of the Rosary. The lavish production was filmed in Spain in 1957 with a cast of thousands.

Adaptation of Kenneth Patchen's novel, 'The Journal of Albion Moonlight'.

A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.