Cinematic Era: 1952 Vintage

Light in the Window is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Jean Oser. It is an innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer. The film won an Oscar in 1953 for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

London to Brighton in Four Minutes is a short film produced by the BBC Film Unit. The camera was manually undercranked to produce a 'fast-motion' film-- the journey lasted only four minutes instead of the actual time the trip took, around an hour.

A girl escapes from the constraints and limitations of her family to live as she pleases. Through a series of adventures, the girl realizes that she made a mistake in her judgment and therefore returns to her family and starts a new life.

Two young people who are broke resort to all sorts of tricks to get money from their rich aunt. But they don't succeed and finally decide to stand on their own two feet and be self-reliant.

An instructional film on first aid for scald burns. Folk remedies such as applying oil or egg-white to scalds are replaced by medical methods and the importance of getting such burns checked in hospital is emphasised.

Film by Latif Faiziyev

hong kong film

Filming of the exhibition celebrating the history of the Italian Communist Party held in Bologna, thirty years after its foundation: an epic that seems to belong to another history, but it is ours.

Hans, a proud fisherman with a passion for his calling, has high hopes that his son, Johan, will follow in his footsteps and become the owner of his own fishing boat. Johan, however, dreams of a life beyond the ocean. Yet, out of respect for his father, he finds it almost impossible to reveal his ambition.

Part of the Look at Life Rank series reels about ballon riding.

Highlights from the Farnborough Airshow of 1952.

Mish Mish, the egyptian cartoon star, is now Mimiche, a french beret wearing young boy.

Short documentary about the life and work of Diego Rivera.

Short documentary. Plot unknown.

On the day the young foals are branded in the corral, a tourist approaches the herdsmen and tells them he would like to visit the Camargue and attend the civil and religious festivals organized for the Pilgrimage of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

An impression of the Federseemor near Bad Buchau and its wildlife.

More urban kaleidoscopic experiments in color and B&W.

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools.

Fifties advertisement from Fischinger.

White jeopardy. Avalanche buried the village of Borjane and caused its inhabitants inestimable damage.

Documentary film about Africa.

Presentation of the economic upswing in the GDR, emphasizing the discovery of the process for the production of high-temperature lignite coke and the commissioning of the Lauchhammer large-scale coking plant.

Oslo has its own municipal dental care. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

An Australian soldier of the Royal Australian Regiment presents his story of the Korean War. On his way to Korea, he visits Tokyo, where he notes the progress since the end or world War II. Then he travels to Seoul in Korea, were he notes the damage to the city. Finally soldiers are see relaxing in camp and training for the conflict to come.

Kasim, a rich man lives by lending money by collecting taxes from the residents in his place, most of whom are farmers. In addition, Kasim also opened an illegal gambling place disguised as a coffee shop. As an attraction, the shop provided dancers and singers. In this way, many farmers, especially young people, were forced to borrow money from Kasim and most of the money they used to gamble which eventually returned to Kasim.

Stereoscopic sports demonstration film, featuring snooker star Joe Davis and cricket legend Denis Compton.

Everyone in her village love Golnesa and all the bachelors want to marry her, but she is deceived by the temptations of a young man from big city and has a child. Then the young man leaves her and five years later he comes back...

The factory's chief shop steward, Esko Mäenpää, firmly believes in cooperation and negotiation between employees and factory management. With the help of Vuorineuvos' daughter Laura, cooperation begins to run smoothly, until the workers accuse Mäenpää of both class betrayal and fraternizing with the bosses.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.

One of a set of audio-visual aids designed by General Motors for driver education classes.

Animated short film by Victor Iturralde

A film by Guy Busnel

The film is based on Henrik Ibsen’s play The Warriors at Helgeland. Runumi is the ninth Assamese language film.

Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei (Rosalba, the girl of Pompei) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film.

A live action pageant of mechanical toys, animals, puppets, cars, lead soldiers, and dolls—all set in motion. Toy buildings and photographic or painted images of city streets serve as backdrops. Festive elements from circuses, carnivals, and holiday parades are combined into an exuberant procession set to the music of John Philip Sousa. As the film ends, and the last puppet looks up at the sky, a red balloon drifts upward and the music fades out. 
Edinburgh International Film Festival award winner, 1954.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

A couple brings home a painting of a flamenco dancer . At night the young woman gets out of the painting. And this is the beginning of a great orgy .

Tones of experimental music lead us into the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. An extensive collection of exotic masks is hanging on the walls while the night watchman makes his rounds. But not for long: the masks are waiting for the moment when they can reveal their imposing selves to the viewer. A collection of masks from different parts of the world shows its true face: shocking, charming or sinister. Max de Haas brings the faces to life through his camera-eye. Impressive light-and-dark effects and a chaotic music track enable the masques to tell their own stories, even when nobody is wearing them.

Two drifters land a part in a movie, and are later mistaken for millionaires.

In this retelling of the Brothers Grimm folk tale, Hansel and Gretel- here portrayed as two mice kids- get themselves lost in the woods ("Beware Witch Country," a sign warns). There, they see a house made of gingerbread, candies and cakes. They break off pieces of the house and begin to eat it. Then they meet the house's owner, an evil old witch who is riding a vacuum cleaner. She captures the two kids and prepares to cook them. The witch sends her bad cats after Mighty Mouse when he flies to the rescue. He takes care of them and then takes on the witch as she transforms into a giant buzzard! Mighty Mouse knocks the witch into her own evil cauldron, kicking her in the behind! The evil sorceress comes out shrunken to one-fourth her size, and our hero returns Hansel and Gretel to their parents. Mighty Mouse gives Hansel and Gretel's father a magic axe which cuts down all of his trees. The magic device helps to end the family's financial woes

This film is based on a film produced by Atwater Kent Foundation for the National Park Service, Department of the Interior with photography by Ted Phillips, A.S.C, and covers the historical formation of Yosemite National Park from swampy lowland to high mountain peaks and deep river canyons.

Oslo has its own sanitation. This film shows what tasks workers in the sanitation have. **** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

The film offers an insight into Oslo’s art scene, from teaching at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Kunstnernes Hus to major galleries and museums. We visit the National Gallery and encounter key artists such as I.C. Dahl, Christian Krohg, and Edvard Munch. **** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around Oslo, produced between 1940 and 1980. Funded by the state, the films offer valuable insight into postwar Norwegian society. A wide range of Norwegian filmmakers contributed to the productions, resulting in a rich variety of styles and expressions. Several of the films also possess notable cinematic qualities, standing out as more than just informational material. The Oslofilms represent a unique and important chapter in Norwegian film history.

Directed by Ram Narayan Gabale.

The Kippari Quartet sings, with the text at the end: Knights' Costumes, Tampereen pukutehdas Oy. The Kippari Quartet advertises Knights' Costumes, singing about a tailor's family.

A German Film Award Silver Bowl winning short documentary.

“The first motion picture which has not a trace of any attempt to lend literary meaning to its material.” --Kinesis, Inc.

The murder of a child is solved.

Documentary on the American railways.

Naser and Parvin live a simple and happy life and their happiness is made more complete by a baby, but the ill-wishers drag Naser into decline and he falls so much that with all his interests and ties to his family, he has no way of coming back.