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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition, "Art of the Olmsted Landscape," the camera moves out for a tour of Central Park with Dr. Charles E. Beveridge, editor of the Frederic Law Olmsted papers at American University, who relates some of the history of this world-famous New York City park. We hear the words of Frederick Law Olmsted, the park's designer, and see historical photographs and engravings of the park in the mid-nineteenth century when it was created.

Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.

The Backyard gang puts on a birthday show for Michael and Amy's dad. Barney encourages the gang to use their imagination to make old props seem like new.

Made by Yorkshire Television, this programme presented by Richard Whiteley is a look at Christmas celebrations in the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, the home of the Bronte sisters. The special, first broadcast 18th December, 1980, includes footage of children waving from window of steam train in Haworth Railway Station, Haworth High Street with choir singing carols outside church, and Santa on a train talking to local children.

All the little ponies and their young friend Megan must save Baby Surprise and their ponies, magical rainbow locket from the evil Cartrina. If they don't, Catrina will force all the baby ponies to become her slaves. It's a battle the little ponies must win or life in Dream Valley will never be the same!

Joey Johnson reluctantly finds himself the Courier of Death. Assigned to deliver a locked briefcase, Johnson is besieged by all sorts of shady-looking types.

A story about a couple Hazira and Taufik that live in an estet. Taufik is a womanizer but clever enough to fool Hazira. Will his double life stay hidden for ever?

USC student film by Elizabeth Storer which won fourth place and the Women in Film award at the 1984 FOCUS Awards

Signals Through the Flames is at once a history and a celebration of the Living Theatre. Founded in the late 1940s by husband-and-wife performers Julian Beck and Judith Malina, the Living Theatre was for many years the predominent American outlet for the avant-garde movement. There were occasional self-imposed exiles to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, but the group returned full-force during the Aquarius Age to entertain a new generation of theatregoers.

In Friendly Witness, Sonbert returned, after 20 years, to sound. In the first section of the film, he deftly edits a swirling montage of images - suggestive of loves gained and love lost--to the tunes of four rock songs. Fred Camper said, "At times the words of the songs seem to relate directly to the images we see...; at other times words and images seem to be working almost at cross-purposes or relating only ironically. Similarly, at times the image rhythm and music rhythm appear to dance together, while at others they go their separate ways." -- Jon Gartenberg. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Estate Project for Artists with AIDS in 1998.

Love Story is a love story following the rich boy meets the poor girl formula

Belgium, 9th october 1979. A cook drills a hole in the door to the "camera obscura" (lat. dark room) of his boss, a persian-american carpet dealer, who lives together with two women and a narcistic drunkard in a dark carpet-cave. All the characters walk a fine line between professional and private life, between dependence and exercise of power trying to save his/her love. Blatant voyeurism rules. The characters mutually spike their feelings whenever possible driving wedges of love into one another's flesh. Masochistoic institution grows out of romance, which portrayal degenerates into a comedy.

A rowdy rock group are accompanied by a film crew to desolate Lake Infinity to produce a music video. One night the musicians visit the local pub while the various members of the film crew satisfy their carnal desires with one another aboard the luxurious houseboat they are all staying in. They are so busy they fail to notice that a rampaging lunatic has snuck aboard the boat, and one by one the various characters are brutally slaughtered in a variety of grisly ways.

Paramount promotional film about the making of Fat Man and Little Boy (1989).

Photographed through the windshield of a Vancouver city bus and edited according to the rhythms of the bus' windshield wiper, the film transforms the linear narrative of the bus ride into a temporal construction that can be described as cubist. The effect of the cutting strategy on the actual temporal organization of the film is as remarkable as its effect on our sense of time.

A contemplative, static walk in the woods.

This work is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the style of a Greek vase. When his wife Eurydice dies, Orpheus descends into Hell and by charming the gods of the Underworld with his singing wins Eurydice back, only to lose her again at the threshold of the Overworld'.

At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.

Frankie Beverly takes seminal soul band Maze through its paces in this compilation culled from 12 shows the group performed at New Orleans's famous Saenger Theatre. The guys have the folks from the Big Easy on their feet as they funk their way through classics like "Back in Stride," "We Are One," "Never Let You Down," "Joy and Pain," "Happy Feelin's," "Southern Girl" and more.

In a post-apocalypse world inhabited by the Amish, a roving gang is making life miserable for the peaceful townspeople. Only one lone gunfighter dares to stand in their way.

An overview on different difficult personality types and how to deal with them in personal and professional settings.

Dogs dream about taking naps.

The story of a dreary man working a boring job and living a dull life. One day he finds a music box that changes his life. A classic film parable about the joy of finding Christ and then sharing your joy with others.

In their yellow submarine, a father and son go on a surreal underwater adventure to search for the elusive "Golden Whale". 1988 short film made by Ikko Ohno, using MSX hardware.

A one-woman play written by Samuel Beckett at the request of Daniel Labeille. The piece was produced by Labeille on behalf of the State University of New York's Programs in the Arts for a festival and symposium in commemoration of Beckett's 75th birthday (Wikipedia). A self-reflective drama of a figure, W, rocking "to and fro" in her dead mother's rocking chair wearing her mother's sequined funereal garment. With the aid of her pre-recorded voice, W recounts the different phases of a single memory in a bid to connect with "another creature like herself" before rocking herself into an eternal sleep.

The separation of church and state is examined when a Christmas Nativity scene, being displayed at a high school, sparks debate and protest from the student body.

A television special hosted by Telly Savalas that features artefacts recovered from the 1987 salvage mission. Filled with expert testimonies and conspiracy theories, the centerpiece of the special was the opening of a safe recovered from the wreck. Also features interviews with a survivor, clips from the 1958 film A Night to Remember, and a wide array of glitz and spectacle.

Thai action movie that was later re-edited into Filmark's Robo Vampire.

Gino, a bank executive is not having a good day. After giving birth to their eighth child, his wife insists that he have a vasectomy, something he doesn't even want to think about. On top of that, he discovers that other family members are stealing money from his bank.

Peter enlists his sarcastic one-legged friend Wiley to help conjure a myth based around the idea of giving. Seeing the chance to make a profit off the selflessness of others, the two cavemen create a figure that develops into the first Santa Claus but are then baffled when the "myth" they've created apparently becomes real. Substituting gain for fulfillment, Peter and Wiley experience the true meaning of Christmas.

A violent confrontation in the near future.

Shows a suburban party from the point of view of a 6-year-old.

In this lyrical work, Masayesva observes Hopi cultural activities through the cycle of the seasons. Work and play, ceremonial rituals and the rituals of everyday life throughout the year are woven together in a seamless vision that conveys the oral traditions of storytelling, the natural landscape of Arizona, and the richness of Hopi culture.

George Oppenheimer has two problems: an eccentric wife and an uncontrollable child. At work his team invented a computer with personality. George thinks the computer is faster, smarter and elegant. When his life falls apart, the computer offers suicide as the only alternative.

After being bitten by what he thinks is a transvestite, Larry starts having nightmares about hillbillies, ominous visits from an old gypsy woman, and having the strangest reactions to the full moon...

Describes the intimate and external journey of a young man who struggles to confront his sadomasochistic obsessions. While on a remote Canadian island, he is violently haunted by dreamlike images from his childhood and an affair with a radiologist who he supposes is trying to peer inside. The origin of the complex psychic panorama of the protagonist is homosexual violence. X-Ray received a full grant from the American Film Institute.

A Cameroonese police officer (Alphonse Beni) and a CIA agent (Richard Harrison) try to prevent the Pope from being assassinated by Italian terrorists during his African tour.

After attending the "Every Day is a Beautiful Day" seminar, a man is inspired to conquer his fear of singing in a world of constant song and dance.

Ganga is a dancing girl. Her mother Yashoda is searching her all her life longed. Jeevan, a goon, separated Ganga from her mother. Moti falls in love with Ganga and give her a new life.

A film in blue, with a few red moments. It is an attempt to paint with the camera, to try to approach, through the associations/oppositions of objects, elements, colors, a certain tactility assumed by the visual. The Super-8 camera, often hand-held like a pencil or a brush, produces a sum of sketches that the montage has tried to articulate. (The rhythmic component of this one made me give up any use of sound). —Eric Lanz

Four women in the throes of frustrated sexual desire. Not making fun of them but rather sending up the absurdities of passion and the ways in which it undermines our dignity. One woman, given to heady, long-winded monologues and carrying on like a silent screen vamp, envisions herself as a kind of Eve in the Garden of Eden about to seduce her Adam--but instead of being overcome by the fabled scents of Araby (or such) she is assaulted by the odor of "old socks, gasoline and aftershave."

Short film by Jon Reiss, featuring machinery and effects by Survival Research Laboratories.

Filmed live at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood in February 1986, Spontaneous Inventions was Bobby McFerrin's first live concert video, and was the basis for his debut album with Blue Note Records. Spontaneity has always been the key to a Bobby McFerrin performance, and this particular appearance is an early testament to his astonishing creativity and vocal technique. With a special and surprise guest appearance by sax legend Wayne Shorter as an added inspiration, this program shows Bobby�s unlimited creative resourcefulness and illustrates how and why he received two Grammy Awards in 1986.

A bittersweet and nostalgic short drama illustrating the spirit of modern families touched by the experience of migration. Miss T., from the Caribbean, lives alone in her one-room apartment, her children and husband having left her to pursue new dreams. When she dies her family and friends gather at her wake. The tapestry of words that interweave the drama convey the fragments of a life lived, but only partly remembered.

Zedd plays D.B. Shane, a dead star who visits a fan in her dreams, kisses her then kills her.

تتناول السهرة قصة اجتماعية إنسانية بلمسة كوميدية، تركز على حياة المهمشين في المجتمع وطموحاتهم البسيطة التي تصطدم بالواقع المعقد. يُعرف العمل بأدائه التمثيلي العالي، خاصة في تجسيد شخصية الشاب ذو الاحتياجات الخاصة (الذي أداه محمد حسين عبد الرحيم) وعلاقته بمحيطه. The show presents a social and human story with a comedic touch, focusing on the lives of marginalized members of society and their simple aspirations that clash with complex realities. The production is known for its high-caliber acting, particularly in the portrayal of the young man with special needs (played by Mohamed Hussein Abdel Rahim) and his relationships with those around him.

Documentary of their extraordinary adventure on a round-the-world yacht race and the disastrous capsize that nearly claimed their lives. The most famous Maxi class racing yacht of her generation, was the vision of pop star Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, who fulfilled a dream when he took up the challenge of sailing the 1985 Whitbread Round The World Race. Following her dramatic capsize in the 1985 Fastnet race after losing her keel, DRUM went on to finish a credible third overall.

Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.

This film portrays my friend Philip Whalen, a Zen Buddhist monk and poet, reading from his book The Art of Literature. There is a play of spotlight and shadow in this work which emphasizes the elusiveness of truth in poetry.

This 1989 tour of Japan was part of a huge festival tour with Kylie MINOGUE and Sinitta. The October 6th date was recorded and broadcast on the NHK television network in Japan.

Infamous snake revenge movie. A cobra hijacks a truck and chases a bad man. Musical numbers also happen.

Evangelistic in content and emphasis, Life Flight is an action-packed, family program about finding meaning in life.

A series of horrible murders prompts a massive police investigation. Inspector James Cameron, a two-fisted roughneck with his own philosophy on handling crime, heads the investigation. A group of lepers living in the Long Island wastelands have created a terror network, killing and feeding off the flesh of innocent victims. Their leader has mutated into an invulnerable monster; he intends to propagate and strengthen his stronghold. Aided by his son Jack and a couple of motorcycle freaks, food is supplied to the clan via murder. As the authorities close in on the cannibal killers, an all-out bloodbath ensues.

Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.

Infamous underground film made by pioneering Australian industrial band S.P.K. that is part music video, part mondo/death film and part live performance. Not for the squeamish.

A documentary about Pat the Cat and other roller disco skaters who want to make it big doing what they do.

Live at Sartory-Saal Cologne, Germany on Rockpalast 1981