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The Ukrainian population of Winnipeg celebrates Christmas not only on the twenty-fifth of December, but also on January seventh, with religious ceremonies, banquets, songs and concerts.

Highlights from the All-Ireland Football Championship Finals of 1952.

This stunning lady is quite well known, Delilah Jones aka Doris Gohlke – Burlesque hall of famer

The Evolution of the Oil Industry is a short government-produced educational film that was designed to educate the general public about the petroleum and oil industries within America. It features footage of oil exploration activities, drilling for oil, the refining processes and uses of the the final products.

Civil Defense film that outlines steps to be taken to protect your home and family in case of a nuclear attack by the Russians (or Chinese, or whoever the enemy at the moment will be). Included are such steps as building a bomb shelter in your basement or outside in your back yard, storing a supply of food, medicine, clothing and emergency supplies and covering your windows with blinds or draperies so when the bomb drops you won't be sliced to pieces by broken glass.

A documentary about industrial design.

An animated Christmas short from 1956 based on the traditional carol ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’.

A Walt Disney cartoon anthology

A biographical look at the Powers family - reminiscent of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.

A lonely lady makes a call to her female friend and when she arrives, they make love.

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the Holy Cross, Roscrea, County Tipperary, as they quietly go about their business as farmers, scholars, artists, and writers—evoking 10 centuries of a shifting social, political, and religious landscape in the heart of Ireland.

Canadian Headlines from 1952

A police officer explains the basics of being a school crossing guard.

The four steps in acquiring, maintaining and improving mental health: express emotions naturally, respect yourself, respect others, and solve problems as they arise.

An insecure young teen boy who has just reached dating age learns how to plan and enjoy a date (with a girl at least one foot taller than him). With Studs Terkel (Swimming Coach).

Little Jimmy has a lemonade stand, and wants to run it all by himself. Soon he finds out, however, that his other activities are beginning to cut into the time he can spend at the lemonade stand, and that he will need help in running it.

Jane is a happy teenage girl who is totally (and somewhat disturbingly) devoted to her family. She takes care of their needs before her own, and is overjoyed to do so. Her thoughtfulness is rewarded when she is presented with a new dress.

This video was produced by Fr. Patrick Peyton, the famous “Family Rosary Crusade” priest. It is a full-scale drama of the Glorious 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.

Experimental film by Jim Davis

Experimental film by Curtis Opliger. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Short film by Robert Bruce Rogers.

Director: Syd Sharples Writers: Paul Le Saux, Cecilia O'Cocks Stars: Max Brimmell, Victor Platt

A short which presents water-based activities popular in various locations around the United States.

A 1955 promotional short in which an even-tempered gas jockey goes out of his way to explain a car's cooling system to a dizzy dame and her hotheaded husband.

Experimental short by Jordan Belson.

It's Peter's birthday and Mum wakes him with cards and presents. After breakfast he goes off to school, with his toy locomotive, but fails to return at 4 o'clock. While she searches around the neighbourhood, Dad arrives home to an empty house. We see Peter in the grip of a sinister man and struggling to get away. His parents keep searching and finally call the police but it doesn't look good. Suddenly, we see Mum wake up and dash into Peter's room. He's quite safe. It was all a dream!

Discusses how the emotional and physical development of children from ten to twelve years manifests itself in their behavior, their attitudes toward their parents, their teachers, and each other. Shows the children of one family in various situations in the home, at school, and in group play, and explains that much of their conflicting behavior is actually a normal part of their growing process

In Hollywood, fledgling director, harassed by the landlord for rent, explains that he has finally found a backer for his new movie, "Death Takes a Spree", and so should soon be flush.

After Perséphone, his first film which he describes as “an experimental, mythological poem” and shoots under the pseudonym Luc Zangrie, he makes a portrait of playwright Michel de Ghelderode together with his friend Jean Raine. It introduces us to the world of a creator obsessed with and fascinated by death. If biographic references are present, they are only there in order to place the writer in the right setting: nostalgia for Bruges and Flanders, solitary wanders through a backward-looking, legendary Brussels. Ghelderode’s gravelly voice is the leitmotiv of the film, which focuses on rehearsals of his plays at the Théâtre de Poche and with the puppets of the Théâtre Royal de Toone. We accompany him into his study, a place of dreams and fantasy, full of baroque objects that define his world.

The Slave in the Magic Mirror hosts this tribute to Disney villains, claiming that without whom, no one would need heroes.

This film poem evokes childhood happiness on the island of Orkney. Footage includes wildflower meadows, toddlers playing in garden, friends fishing together and images of the sea.

1950 Jim Davis short

1950 Jim Davis short film

short experimental animation from Spain

Starting from its source, this film tells the story of the Orquil Burn, Orkney.

A short film that captures the arrival of spring in the Kashmir valley.

A rare film on the history of the 24th Division, including intense battle footage.

Flash back to the 1950s with this collection of classic "Howdy Doody" episodes: "The Bird Club" (Feb. 1, 1958), "10th Anniversary" (Dec. 28, 1957), "Shrinking Machine" (Feb. 8, 1958) and "Tammy Returns" (March 8, 1958). Join Howdy and the gang -- including Buffalo Bob, Clarabell, Mr. Bluster and Professor Whipporill -- on a roundup of action-packed adventures that always yield valuable life lessons.

Bollywood 1956

Film starring Silke Becu, Ashly Berden and Stephanie Vanden Blink

The warm, human story of famous Bronx radio & TV family the Goldbergs, and their everyday problems.

The challenges of democracy drive this pair of episodes from Westinghouse's "Studio One" anthology series. John Forsythe stars in "None But My Foe" (1951), a tale of World War II-era paranoia run amok in a small town. Set in 1753, "The Trial of Peter Zenger" (1953) stars Eddie Albert as the real-life title character, whose trial for libel against a corrupt colonial ruler led to the creation of the First Amendment.

Audrey and her dog Pal try to spend a peaceful day fishing, while avoiding the mean old truant officer.

Camille is a drag parody of the 1936 Garbo classic, filmed on Fire Island with an all-male cast of local residents and friends.

“The Old Order Amish” is a color documentary film that offers an intimate portrait of the daily lives of the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It dates to 1959 and was produced by Vincent R. Tortora – a filmmaker and author known for his work highlighting closed off communities in America from the Amish to Hasidic Jews. The film features music by composer Jack Behrens and art by Valerie Seward and Amish painter Kiehl Newswanger.

With a cast consisting exclusively of toys, a Japanese windup boy carrying a suitcase has a series of encounters with other windup toys. Large numbers of toys that were used on circus posters and drawings by Saul Steinberg, share the limelight with Polish-made puppets bought in Chicago, toys from FAO Schwarz and from Chinatowns across the country.

A social studies teacher finds herself in hot water for her lessons on Communism, but she reminds parents that we have the Freedom to Learn.

An industrial film sponsored by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company promoting the "Cleveland Corridor," an 85-mile corner of northeast Ohio between the port cities of Conneaut and Cleveland, as "the best location in the nation" for industrial business. This 16mm film is from the Cinecraft Productions collection at the Hagley Museum and Library.

This silent, color film documents the 21st Biennial Convention of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), held in September 1951 in Oakland, California. Much of the focus of the film is on the men and women attending, the speakers, and the social interaction of a cross section of elite members of the Chinese American community.

A sermon recorded Thursday, June 24, 1954, at the Constitution Hall in Washington DC, U.S.A., where Brother William Marrion Branham delivered a message entitled "The Deep Calleth To The Deep". Branham (1909 - 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come to prelude Christ's second coming; some of his followers have been labeled a "doomsday cult".

Documentary on the Pan Am Flight 6 ocean landing and the rescue by the Coast Guard.

Were you ever pinched…by a four-legged cop? See these very special sleuths famous in the annals of Royal Canadian Mounted Police crime-busting, on their annual refresher course. An action-packed glimpse of the spectacular Police Service Dogs…their background, their training and an example of how they get their man.

Monkey Tale is a 1954 educational film produced by the New Zealand National Film Unit and distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation. The 11-minute black-and-white film follows Charlie, a mischievous chimpanzee, as he learns an important lesson about bicycle safety. On his way to school, Charlie repeatedly ignores traffic rules—riding on the sidewalk, failing to signal, disobeying pedestrian crossings, and even giving his chimpanzee girlfriend a ride. After a conversation with a policeman, Charlie understands the importance of following safety regulations. On his next trip, he becomes a model cyclist, demonstrating responsible riding behavior. The film uses humor and engaging storytelling to teach young viewers about road safety.

Holidaying in Eastbourne, the Sanderstead Youth Fellowship take in an organised walk over the South Downs from Beachy Head to Cuckmere Haven.

A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out. Ray Ericson writes of a lovely woman who leaves her steady boyfriend for a man out to kill her. Suddenly he realizes life is imitating art: he is in the killer role! How can the novelist prevent destroying the woman he's come to love?

The New England Variety Club and the Boston Red Sox present this in-theater appeal for contributions to Boston's Jimmy Fund, for child cancer treatment and research. Debbie Reynolds addresses the audience as a mother whose daily prayer is for the health and happiness of her two children. Yet cancer claims the lives of thousands of children annually. Health professionals treat children in 532 beds in Boston while researchers look for a cure -- all funded by contributions to the Jimmy Fund. We see the children and the researchers. "Help speed THE END of cancer in children," reads a closing title card.

Uses everyday activities of children in order to explain traffic rules and their individual application. Shows how traffic rules arc put into practice.