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The fire spirit uses the rainman's sleep to steal his magic rod and his magic water. He dries up all the water and causes great hardship for people and animals. When the fire spirit tampers with the count's well, he is overpowered and imprisoned. For his release, he promises the Count the bottle of magic water. Two children who are looking for water overhear the conversation. They learn that the rainman can only be awakened with the magic rod and the magic water. Andreas uses a trick to get hold of the water. Lies receives the rod in exchange from the vain wife of the fire spirit. The children search for the rainman. The fire spirit puts them in danger several times and tries to stop them from getting any further. Nevertheless, they find the rainman's cave and awaken him. Now the trouble is over, the fire spirit is defeated. It rains again.

A summer weekend for Berlin residents at Wannsee, Havel, and Grunewald.

This documentary shows the fishing grounds of the far north. It provides an insight into the hard and dangerous work on a fishing trawler ; laying out and hauling in the fishing nets, processing the fish on board and storing it in the cold store.

Animated short.

A German Film Award commended documentary.

Educational short film

A refugee starts a business in Germany.

Examples from the fields of work of the Foreign Mission – the activities of missionaries, nuns, evangelists, and teachers.

Documentary film about the first meeting of the German youth organization of the German Trade Union Federation with almost 30,000 participants in July 1952. The motto of the congress was “Let Europe finally become a reality.”

The manufacturing process of an armchair is illustrated.

Overview of grave crosses and wayside crosses from various art historical periods.

A German Film Award winning documentary about the production of seamless steel tubes.

A German Film Award winning short animation.

The people, among them an astonishing number of workers, react with visible anger to the sudden lack of matches – and threaten to go to the barricades. The problem is solved, of course. But does it mean the population’s anger is placated? Puppet animation director Johannes Hempel created this satire based on a draft by Wolfgang Kohlhaase – at the same time as the uprising of 17 June 1953.

In the film, ramshackle automobile-puppets - strange kinetic sculptures built from found objects - wander and stumble through abandoned courtyards, shattered walls, and sun-scorched ruins, their blind mechanical motions echoing humanity’s lost laws and deserted dreams.

Short film directed by G. H. von Koerber

The only German 3D film with a double-strip format from the 1950s, with the appearance of the “Hummelfiguren” created by Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel.

A report on the sculptures of Swiss sculptor Arnold D'Altri.

A documentary about the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition.

A German Film Award commended short documentary about bird life.

A short documentary on the German impressionist sculptor.

Short educational film about washing laundry.

Short educational film about TV studios.

A look at the work of the master architect of the Franconian Baroque.

Short educational film about bicycle safety.

Drifting on a freighter in the port of Hamburg, shortly before the run.

A small runaway travels from Berlin to Hamburg and is brought back by the youth authorities.

Documentary short about coal mining in Germany.

Documentary short about coal mining in Germany.

A German Film Award Silver medal winning short documentary.

A documentary looking at life and industry in Portugal.

A German Film Award Gold Cup winning short documentary on the German impressionist sculptor.

Analysis of visitors and sellers at the Sunday Altona fish market in Hamburg.

An insight into the work and life of Robert Koch.

A tour behind-the-scenes of a puppet theatre in Munich, set up by students.

Short film by Gisbert Hinke

Short film about the diocese of Sankt Florian near Linz, Austria.

Short documentary film about the construction of an expressway.

Documentary about growing tobacco and manufacturing cigarettes.

Der 10. Mai (The Tenth of May) was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries: Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Neutral Switzerland, which hadn’t experienced a war since the 14th century, hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexperienced soldiers. The panic, confusion and isolated acts of courage which occurred on that fateful day are re-created in this Swiss docudrama. The story is “personalized” by concentrating on a fugitive German soldier (Heinz Reincke) who falls in love with the Swiss girl (Linda Geiser) who shelters him. Produced on a bare-minimum budget, Der 10. Mai is impressive more for its sincerity and raw energy than for its actual cinematic merits.

Educational short about lead-acid batteries.