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A look at painting, sculpture and the dance in the United States today, as represented by works of many of its best-known artists - Andrew Wyeth, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Ben Shahn, Jack Levine, Robert Indiana, Larry Poons, Alexander Calder, Marisol, Edward Keinholz, Larry Rivers, Claes Oldenburg, the Martha Graham Dancers, Merce Cunningham and Dance Company, the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company, the Once Group (a happening), etc.

Short illustrating the parts of speech.

Animated short. "Two apples devouring each other, accompanied by sound of male and female laughter." - BFI

Directed by Dmitri Kesayants (Dmitri Keussaian).

A short film presenting an overview of plans for the future California Institute of the Arts.

A round-the-world, round-the-clock picture of the activities of the RAF in the mid-1960s.

A documentary that covers issues such as petroleum discovery, distribution of wealth, and new venture planning in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Black atmosphere, with depth-enhancing points of light, broken into shades of dim silhouettes by the ephemeral cloud-glow of lightning.

The theory and practice of this reform.

Andy Warhol’s mother (Julia Warhola) is supposed to be pretending that she is a former Mack Sennett bathing beauty with 25 former husbands; Richard Rheem plays her current husband. Mostly, however, she appears as herself, ironing Andy’s underwear and Richard’s shirt, cooking eggs, and talking.

There may not be a plot. There is certainly lots of softcore rumpy-pumpy.

An abstract film, featuring various colors and shapes.

A film by the Drew-Leacock team.

Four minutes of color footage featuring Carl Lee and a poodle named Max. A very cute home movie from the Connection blu-ray.

Two reels projected simultaneously, with slight variations in speed.

Film starring Balkrishna, Rajkumar and Chandrakala

A series of short educational segments.

1969, transferred S8 mm film, 4:3, color, silent, 7:34 min, Edition of 7 + 2AP

Glamour goddess Pamela Green reveals all in a key '60s striptease collaboration with George Harrison Marks. Possibly a film test for her role in Peeping Tom (1960).

An enactment of the war between the father and son, Arjuna and Babruvahana

Casper meets a giant with no friends, and introduces him to the forest animals, but the animals aren't so sure they want to be friends with a giant.

Brightly coloured stones wander along the banks and through a river.

"Along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, I poured a mixture of gasoline and oil on various stone configurations and along some beaches, lit them and filmed the results. I composed a soundtrack with a small synthesizer, tuning forks and voice, processed through a homemade distortion chamber." - David Askevold

Starring Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, and Marty Robbins along with appearances by Ray Price, June Carter, and Ernest Tubb (and many more!), this film takes you back to the country music of 1960's Nashville. Don't miss these country legends perform classic country and western tunes.

A documentary produced by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that covers the history, land reform, industry, religion, educational system, and urban activities of Taiwan.

Describes the music of the Virginia Colony and its capital, Williamsburg, in 1768, with examples to show the scope and variety of the music. Filmed against the restoration of 18th century Williamsburg, showing a day in the life of its inhabitants.

This film shows briefly how the Nagarjunasagar Dam built on the river Krishna will help augment irrigation and also provide electricity to Guntur and Nellore Districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Steve Miller Blues Band sequence by prominent San Francisco filmmaker Ben Van Meter.

The effect on the lungs of living in a polluted atmosphere is briefly shown on pathological specimens. Two patients are seen, one of whom had to change his job on account of reduced respiratory capacity due to bronchitis. This film uses very evocative footage of polluted city centres and inner city housing, showing widespread burning of fossil fuels in industry and the home, as well as a hospital. The result is smutty deposits over everything. Comparisons are made between Social Class 1, who can afford to live in the clean suburbs and Social Class 5, who fall victim to respiratory disease through constant exposure to pollution.

Explains the value of physical education and stresses the importance of good eating habits in physical and mental well being. For 6th through 8th grades.

"This film is an intimate case study of pork barrel politics, framed within the on-going controversy over construction of the Florida Cross State Barge Canal by the US Army Corps of Engineers–a civil works project originally cooked up by President Henry Jackson, picked up and dropped by President Kennedy, and periodically re-visited by local groups with assorted vested interests. The Barge Canal was designed to shorten the oil-shipping route from Texas to New Jersey by cutting across the top of Florida, linking the Atlantic with the Pacific. The Oklawaha River, one of Florida’s last remaining wild rivers, was slated as primary water feed-source for the Canal. As a cinema verité depiction of a grass roots attempt to save the river from destruction, Progress, Pork-Barrel, and Pheasant Feathers is a story of profit pitted against beauty, made several years before the word “environment” was even in the political activist lexicon." - Holly Fisher

This short film presents a lively discussion between black and white youths at the interracial club in Halifax, touching on racial discrimination in employment, housing, education and interpersonal relations.

Made for the famous New York "Film-Makers' Showcase" screenings at the Gramercy Arts Theatre (now defunct). Features clips from Cooperative releases, production shots of film-makers, plus animation.

A love story, as it happened, filmed entirely by the lovers themselves. A joyful affirmation of peace, harmony, and beauty.

This experimental documentary about two young Paddington dress-makers was banned for nudity, but was screened widely in Australia without complaint.

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background of changing colors, in response to music specially composed for the films.

The film depicts the memories of a room. As the camera holds on this unchanging environment, the occupants, spanning several generations, appear and disappear in vignettes of their lives. The people come and go–'the room' remains the same.

Dorsky’s three earliest works (made when he “entered the realm of poetic filmmaking as an active maker”), all sound films, with dailies for two later works shot on precious Kodachrome stock.

A lyrical little documentary of those, mostly children, who succumb to the lure of water on a hot day in New York's Central Park.

Based on a "Happening" by Claes Oldenburg, with a cast of twenty.

Nine months after the riot. Malcolm X Memorial Services held at I.S. 201 in New York, March 1968, and scenes from Newark, March 1968.

Two teachers set up a classroom in shocking detail.

Document of 1960's rock-and-roll cult band The Godz. Contains footage of a few mid-60's performances as well as candid footage of the band.

Westinghouse promotional film for a refrigerator line with decorative labels.

a Terrytoons Cartoon

A bobcat returns to it's area of origin after a seven year absence. He is befriended by a elderly man who used to be the top bobcat hunter around. His new pal tries to protect him but a case of mistaken identity puts Wahoo's life in jeopardy.

A game of two lovers. One of the eternal themes, it is told with a sense of humor and for a comic portrait of the heroes of this game.

A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera in a studio.

A devil appears on the shoulder of a man who has been down on his luck since his Friday-the-13th birthday. The green-suited tempter convinces him to gamble away his last dime.

This fine documentary was produced by the Department of the Navy to celebrate the first 50 years of carrier based aviation, with an emphasis on World War 2 operations. The Navy Archives were opened to provide footage ranging from precarious landings on the old Langley, to the Battle of the Coral Sea, to CVEs facing the Japanese at Leyte Gulf, Midway and much more.

A little mouse is in trouble from mean Skat the cat, who's terrorizing the neighborhood. None of the mice dare go outside.

Documentary from British Transport Films

Benjamin Britten, Nocturne for Tenor, Chamber Opera Orchestra

The dangers of speeding and reckless driving are illustrated courtesy of bloody accident footage supplied by the Ohio Highway Patrol.

A documentary about Rochester, NY sponsored by Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation.

A man orders some "animal ambrosia" so he can turn into animals and be able to watch naked women.

Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the rise of towns in Europe

Says Karen Treanor of the film: “The Minibike Ride” is Jim Jennings’ oldest extant film, shot when he was a student at Oakwood Friends’ School. For years, it was shown at Danbury High School (CT), until the print of it disappeared". Also screened shortly after completion for members of the avant-garde clique-- the film was called 'intriguing' by Nathaniel Dorsky.