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On January 27, 1952, the draft Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland was announced. The history of over a hundred years of popular struggle is illustrated by paintings, from Artur Grottger to contemporary artists of socialist realism.
Three teenage girls pull a fast one on their fathers and get them to buy new washing machines. They then take their mothers on a vacation, leaving the fathers alone at home to do all the laundry, and giving them an idea of just how much of a chore washing and drying dirty clothes can be--and how much easier it is to do with Whirlpool (which produced this short) appliances.
An experiment in film animation, visualizing a well-known military march in abstract, geometric patterns of colour. Bold hues move, march, blend and separate in a dynamic pattern of mobile forms, giving colour and shape to the sound patterns of the music. A film made without use of a camera. Rereleased in 1952.
The beauty and functionality of asbestos sidewalls. With a visit to Levittown, N.Y. and an interview with Norman Denny, vice president of materials for Levitt & Sons, builders. An excellent film on Fifties standardized building processes.
Assisted by an instructive dream, a secretary learns how to be more personable and thus render her job more enjoyable.
THe life and work of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelty are vividly recalled in this Pictorial Films production through a moving photographic study of his home. All the things and places pertinent to FDR at Hyde Park, New York are shown in the film , handsomely and reverently directed and photographed by Jullian Roffman. Accompanying the pictorial record is a commentary by Norman Rose and some excellent music composed and conducted by Irving Landau.
Vienna, 1846. At night, the good-hearted coachman Hammer finds a young woman in labour at one of the gates and takes her to doctor Semmelweis at the women's clinic, whom he knows well. The woman is crazy with fear; mothers die there. Doctor Semmelweis finds no peace because of the surprisingly high number of death-cases at the clinic.
The resurrected Jesus appears to two of the women and tells them he will meet the disciples in Galilee. He walks, talks and dines with the two on the road to Emmaus. He appears to the disciples in a room with the doors shut and again when Thomas is present. Thomas becomes a believer. Jesus meets with the disciples on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and again on the Mount of Olives, where he ascends to his Father. This is the final episode in the distinguished 26-episode THE LIVING BIBLE series from Family Films. It dramatizes the events between the Crucifixion and Christ’s Ascension and portrays the appearances of Christ from the Resurrection to the Ascension, as told in Matthew 28:9-20, Luke 24:13-53, John 20:19-19, 21:9-17, Acts 1:3-11
Short documentary about the Gentse Floralien.
A visually elegant study of water on a schoolyard playground.
Tay-Pi's Dreams is a Spanish animated film directed by Franz Winterstein and José María Blay. It premiered at the cinema "Avenida de la Luz de Barcelona" on December 22, 1952.
A stage magician learns how to perform some real magic... with Campbell's Soup.
A surprisingly-detailed instructional video on sailing a toy boat.
Using their own nativity scene, a mother and father tell their children the story of Jesus' birth.
Southern Pacific film on clearing snow from the tracks to get the trains through
This B&W film is set in the early 1950s. It is about a father who fears his son is involved with an untrustworthy women. His fears are confirmed when he brings in a private investigator. It ends with a twist.
A Terrytoons cartoon about Dinky Duck, the duck that can't swim.
A re-education film about the everyday working life in a shipyard, directed along the lines of the British documentary school of the 1930s. In a way that is trade union friendly, but sceptical of socialism, the social market economy is promoted as a guarantor of overall social security and stability. As one was happy to believe.
A high school girl learns that grooming and cleanliness, friendliness, and an interest in other people are essential in helping her to achieve populaity with the boys.
A golfer who finds a magical ring dreams that he falls in love with a lady trapped in a ruined house.
Reflections of the neon lights, pedestrians and street traffic on the sidewalks of New York’s Times Square at night in the rain….the lights resemble precious gems and the shiny sidewalks appear to be animated stained glass windows.
Recapture of Seoul and capture of Pyongyang, September 20 - October 20, 1952. Includes actual footage of the U.S. troops engaging in street fighting in Seoul.
In 1950, Edgar Monsanto Queeny returned from equatorial Sudan with 80,000 feet of exposed footage. From this mass of images, Queeny, the chairman of the Monsanto Chemical company, fashioned a fifty-minute color film about the "savage" Latuko tribe.
Palletooru is a 1952 Telugu film directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao (debut). This Silver Jubilee film has set a new trend for many more rural based films with good informative themes. Cheyetti Jai Kottu Telugoda, patriotic song by Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was very popular during those days of post-independent era.
This short ethnographic film presents comparative scenes of children of the same age in Bali and New Guinea responding to maternal attention given to another child. Produced as part of Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead’s Character Formation in Different Cultures series, the film documents culturally distinct approaches to sibling rivalry through observational sequences involving infant care, ritual ear-piercing, and experimental interaction with a doll.
Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.
Another early experiment in portraiture from Tait. In filming her mother she asks the wider question of how much the camera can reveal of the person.
Buzz Buzzard tries to scalp Woody for his feathered head, as a gift to an Indian maiden.
Documentary about the Bolivarian Games.
Directed and produced by Luis F. Masías.
Documentary. Produced by the Italian-Peruvian Film Art Company.
Short documentary film. Directed and produced by Monroe Martin.
Short documentary film. Produced by Raúl Beraún.
Short documentary film. Produced by Raúl Beraún.
Short documentary film. Produced by Raúl Beraún.
Short documentary film. Produced by Raúl Beraún.
Regional scenes captured by Wong's camera for tourism promotion.
"Central Meteorological Observatory Instruction: Weather School" is a short film that explains weather in an easy-to-understand way for children, with animation production subcontracted to Nippon Animation (now Toei Animation).
This educational film shows how to achieve the highest possible yields in raising cattle and cultivating crops using the Kačice agricultural cooperative as an example. Following the lead of the Soviet Union, the Kačice collective farmers decide to operate in working groups and to evaluate their work using work actual units of labour, thereby becoming a role model for other cooperatives.
The film introduces SOK's distribution system.
Dramatized documentary, providing guidance on traffic safety for children.
A short film about the ancient culture of Häme and Pirkanmaa from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages onwards. The interesting documentary ends with the birth and rapid development of Tampere, the promised city of craftsmen, in the 19th century, when industry and factories came to the edge of the Tammerkoski rapids. Thus, industrial Tampere was born.
A film poem based on the verses of the Macedonian poet and revolutionary Kočo Racin. His poetic journey is conveyed through a cinematic panorama of the life of the Macedonian people in the past.
Propaganda film promoting the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Poland, effective July 22, 1952, emphasizing Article 62’s guarantee of cultural access and participation. It highlights widespread newspaper and literature circulation, extensive day-care centers and libraries, and open palaces for art appreciation. Realist painting is contrasted with American press and tabloid literature, using jazzy music. Polish publications focus on peace and prosperity, while workers engage in cultural creation through theaters and community groups. The film uses strong contrasts and voiceover, ignoring cultural policy failures.
Were you ever pinched…by a four-legged cop? See these very special sleuths famous in the annals of Royal Canadian Mounted Police crime-busting, on their annual refresher course. An action-packed glimpse of the spectacular Police Service Dogs…their background, their training and an example of how they get their man.
"This film tells the story of Tomas, a young boy living in the Philippines who becomes a Hukbalahap, or "Huk" — a member of a communist guerrilla movement formed by Filipino peasant farmers, originally to resist the Japanese Army. After Tomas helps a farmer reload his overturned rice cart, he is targeted by the communist Huks for recruitment to their cause. The Huks indoctrinate Tomas, talking to him for hours until he decides to leave his home and join them. The Huks send Tomas to speak with the farmer about sharing his rice, but this turns out to be a diversion. When the farmer stands up for his rights, one of the Huks stabs him with a machete and takes his rice. As the film ends, Tomas realizes that he has become a murderer and will be trapped in a miserable existence as a Huk forever. The film is presented in the form of a puppet show" (US National Archives).