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Using the puppet of a night watchman as an example, the creation of a hand puppet for the puppet show is described.

Short film about modernism in painting.

Under the Carribean is the name of a film that was filmed between August 1953 and April 1954 during Hans Hass's exhibition to the Galapagos on his research ship Xarifa. The expedition members' work on board and under the water, as well as their new discoveries, make up the material for this documentary, which is embedded in a fictional plot. Lotte Hass, an underwater model, is one of the main actors.

On display are the movement structures of Heliozoa, the expulsion of food remains, plasmogamy, separation and temporary bridging, "phobia".

An insight into the watchmaking craft.

Short film about the Montgolfier brothers' first flight in a hot air balloon

German short film from 1955 that participated in the Berlin film festival

Excavations in the Po Delta provide insights into Greek-Etruscan times.

Silver Bear winning documentary about the Panamericana from Alaska to Mexico.

Travel film about South Tyrol, the Dolomites and Lake Garda.

On the ebb and flow of the tide on a seashore.

A silent short film by Kurt Kren.

In order to determine the ability to drive after drinking alcohol, three men take various tests when sober and when drunk.

Willy Guggenbrühl is a meticulous bank clerk and an extremely shy person. Over time, this leads to his wife Margit becoming bored with him and eventually filing for divorce. Now the otherwise reserved Willy finally awakens from his lethargy and decides to win Margit back. On the advice of his old childhood friend Roger, he decides to make his wife jealous, which sets off a whole series of turbulent developments...

Art history student Ursula discovers Frankfurt am Main after she starts living there.

The short documentary was shot at Ostkreuz station in Berlin-Friedrichshain and captures a snapshot of proletarian Berlin in 1957: it is early evening on a weekday. Workers drink a beer on their way home, look after the women or chat with colleagues. Two boys hang around the kiosk and steal deposit bottles unnoticed.

The life of the inhabitants in the snow-covered Black Forest region.

At the technical college for applied arts in Sonneberg, young toymakers learn to make toys that stimulate children's imaginations based on pedagogical experience.

Swimming movements of a common seal under water, propulsion through hind extremities.

Documentary of life on bord the sailing ship Pamir

Experiments on the crystallization of various inorganic substances: crystallization from solution, crystallization from melt and vapour phase, mixed crystal formation, oriented growth, change from a metastable into a stable phase.

Once upon a time there was a goat mother who imprinted her seven little goats on her mind not to open the door for anyone until she was there. But as soon as she had left the house, the evil wolf came and tried to move the seven with cunning and treachery to open the door.

The film gives a survey on innate behaviour patterns of the grey-lag goose. The first part shows reproductive behaviour. In the second part some behaviour patterns of gosling being imprinted on their human foster parent are shown: following reaction, separation of two flocks according to their imprinting, response to the alarm call and landing "by order" of the flying young.

A German Film Award winning short feature.

Short educational film about TV studios.

An insight into Hamburg's nightlife.

Short film about a gymnastics event

A German Film Award winning short documentary about the collection and disposal of rubbish.

Animated short film from 1951 directed by Hans Fischerkoesen , made for the advertising of a Trumpf Schokolade product.

Short film about life under water.

Based on the physical formula for power, the film reports on the construction of the large pumped storage plant in Geesthacht near Hamburg.