Cinematic Era: 1952 Vintage

A cartoon about the history of canned meat.

Views of the landscape of the Highlands of Scotland, including Glencoe, Rannoch Moor, Mallaig and the island of Arran.

Paul Zils's third feature film, Shabash (1952), is a comedy and was one of six features on his production schedule at the time. Specific details about the film's plot and cast are scarce, and it appears that the film may be lost.

The story of Willie Hoppe, world-champion billiard player for more than fifty years, even into his seventies. Commentator Bill Stern describes Hoppe's abilities as the camera catches the match played at the New York Athletic Club, which Hoppe easily wins while playing against a much-younger opponent. The reel concludes with Hoppe demonstrating some of the tricks he can perform with a pool cue and a ball.

Robin Hood 8mm film

As a demonstration of the effects of radioactivity, a rat is fed radioactive table sugar.

Larry, a popular young boy, is looked up to and admired by his friends. It turns out that the reason he is so popular is because of his personal hygiene habits. He constantly washes his hair, cleans between his toes, lines public toilet seats with paper and has even more disturbing obsessions. As the narrator says, Larry's extra-squeaky-clean hygiene habits--something psychiatrists nowadays call obsessive-compulsive disorder--"are what give him such self-confidence!"

A classroom film for children aged 6 to 8 years, about the work of a policeman.

Fire and how to make and prevent, is the topic.

Highlights from the All-Ireland Football Championship Finals of 1952.

About a 12 year-old girl who raises her three younger brothers when their father runs away after committing a crime and their mother dies of shock.

A film by Raja Paranjpe.

The Arne Domnérus orchestra playing the melodies Any Time, Party for Pres and Car-Rider in front of a dancing couple.

Short film from Elwood Decker preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

A film about the footwear industry in Belgium.

A film about the sculpture "Belt Buckles" by J.P. Molin.

Later Soundie featuring June Valli.

Discusses the question--should a man receive reward according to his endeavor or was Karl Marx right in his theory of "From each according to his ability and to each according to his need".

A police officer explains the basics of being a school crossing guard.

Illustrates the interdependence of people in a community by showing shared community functions and services.

The Flies, a Saudi film produced in 1950, stands as a historical milestone in the Saudi Arabian film industry. The film sheds light on the issue of flies and their risks to public health, forming part of Aramco's efforts to combat diseases in the Kingdom.

A film describing the political history of Dubrovnik and the history of its architecture, painting, literature and science until the end of Republic of Ragusa.

Documentary depicting the funeral of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón in 1952.

The film consists of a series of sung aphorisms and Lettrist poems, a compendium of almost all the phonetic works François Dufrêne had produced up to that point.

Two brothers are educated about water purity and municipal waterworks.

Short documentary about a hostel in 1950s Bayswater that houses African and Asian students.

The torch to Oslo : the Winter Olympic city

This short animated film explains the primary and secondary characteristics of sexual development during puberty of boys and girls. The problems associated with physical and glandular growth in both sexes are covered, as are the general problems of adolescence.

Three community projects in Naguabo, Fajardo, and Río Grande.

A film giving instruction in the normal maintenance tasks which have to be performed by a permanent-way gang of four men. It shows how all types of fastening on both bullhead and flatbottomed track are maintained; details the maintenance of rail joints; shows how 'hanging' sleepers should be repacked, and deals with the preservation of correct cant and alignment on curves.

A teacher gives her third-grade class a "posture test". Four students--two boys and two girls--fail it. The teacher then suggests that the four become each other's "posture pals" and point out to each other when they're slouching, slumping or engaged in other such deviant non-good-posture activities.

Pearl Pureheart is the laundry maid beholden to Oil Can Harry, and only Mighty Mouse can rescue her.

'This Wall is not a Party Wall' was directed by the Peruvian modernist painter Fernando de Szyszlo in 1952—its somewhat formulaic Freudianism locates it squarely in the historical avant-garde.

A Saturday matinee cine-magazine for the boys and girls' cinema clubs. Sections include, Look Out!, Making Iron in Africa, Great Danes, and Wild West in Britain.

Susan, a little white girl, moves into a racially mixed neighborhood. Soon some of the local kids come over and ask her to play with them. She does, but her dog, Skipper, will have nothing to do with such funny-looking children (he says, via the narrator). Soon, however, Skipper accidentally gets some paint spilled on him, and the neighborhood dogs attack him, as they don't want somebody who's "funny looking" in their neighborhood, either. Skipper realizes that his intolerant attitude toward the children was just as bad as his fellow dogs' attitude toward him, and vows to change his ways.

Shots of an open air curling tournament on a frozen loch in Dumfriesshire.

The film was shown for the first time on 11 February 1952 at the 'Avant-Garde 52' cinema club. It consisted of blank illumination projected onto a weather balloon, accompanied by a staccato spoken soundtrack. The film was banned by the French censors on 2 April 1952—when the Letterists visited the Cannes Film Festival the following month, they were forced to restrict the audience to journalists only. The text of the soundtrack was published in the sole issue of the Letterist journal Ion (1952; reprinted Jean-Paul Rocher, 1999), and later reissued in a separate edition augmented with associated texts (Editions Allia, 1994). Ion also included the text of Guy Debord's film Howls for Sade, which was dedicated to Wolman and featured his voice in its own soundtrack.

Documentary about the horse race held at the San Felipe racetrack in Lima. Produced by Nacional Films.

Demonstrates an effective method of closing a sale. To do this a salesman must demonstrate the product, overcome any objections, restate the points which have the customer’s agreement and finally persuade the prospect to sign a contract, emphasising the advantages of immediate action.

When Thomas Borneman, a cheerful bachelor, reconnects with his childhood love Tinneke, he realizes that he still loves her. But Tinneke hasn’t changed and has no interest in marriage. Will he succeed in convincing the stubborn lady?

School children from the 1950s learn basic rules of courtesy.

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.”

Coaching athletes and training physical education instructors at the Pajulahti and Vierumäki sports institutes.

Car exhibition at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center in 1952.

Highlights in the life of Idlouk, Inuk hunter, and his family during the long day of the midnight sun on Baffin Island.

Lost Persian film.

Glasgow’s Countryside Club visits the North Norfolk Coast, taking in sights along the still-to-be-established National Trail Path. In this clip the group journeys from Morston Quay to explore Blakeney National Nature Reserve.

Instructs gangers and lengthmen how the Hallade Track recorder makes a continous record of the movements of a train during a journey and so shows up the good and bad places in the track.

A documentary looking at life and industry in Portugal.

A Germany Film Award Golden Casket winning short documentary.