Cinematic Era: 1954 Vintage

The winter pond sleeps, life beneath the surface has ceased. The rays of the frosty sun penetrate the ice crust, and fishermen release oxygen into the depths of the water through holes in the ice. Commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, this photograph reveals the beauty and richness of Czech ponds, and depicts the life of carp, from spawning and hatching, to harvesting.

About a worker's institutionalization and eventual return back to a productive life.

Classroom training film that promotes the benefits of "healthy" eating for children.

1954 / Pertarohan / A Gamble / L. Krishnan / Keris

Filipino horror movie from 1954.

French horror short from 1954.

This short film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of an abstract art form that developed in Montreal. The movement, initiated by Paul-Émile Borduas, is explained by the artists themselves when narrator Bruce Ruddick drops in at their cooperative studio. The film also captures painter Paterson Ewen at his home and joins the crowd at L'Échouerie, the artists' rendezvous spot. Dr. Robert Hubbard, chief curator of the National Gallery of Canada, comments on non-objective art in general and automatism in particular.

Comedy and romance meet in this madcap adventure. Cousins Gerrit and Frederik land up on the farm of an eccentric farmer whose only concern is that they might harm his prize bull.

Documentary about Ecuador

A dramatised documentary featuring Adrienne Corri, made to recruit women for training as nurses in ‘mental hospitals.’ It takes a deeply humane and stylistically vivid approach. Some of the treatments shown would be considered unsuitable today.

A man believed guilty of several homicides becomes a criminal upon his release from the asylum.

A field commissioner tries to solve the problems of his village.

The head of a criminal gang hires a man to rescue some compromising documents.

An animated short film by Víctor Iturralde.

Shows where various wood and field animals live - above the ground, in the ground and in the water.

This 1954 film---50,000 Royal miles in CinemaScope and Eastman Color/Colour---covers the earlier-in-the-year six-months tour of the British Commonwealth by Queen Elizabeth and Philip, later joined by Prince Charles and Princess Anne toward the end of the trip. Those who wish can add the above four to the cast, but the thought here is they don't qualify as actors. At least, not in the normal sense. The footage includes visits to the Fiji Islands, Tongo, the Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Lots of native music and tribal dances and scenery inbetween many, many shots of the Royal pair arriving and departing. The title is the plot.

Sailor is brought by the police as a recruit to the navy.

A cowboy uses songs to tame and gather his animals.

In this one, one wolf who's become a vegetarian tells another of his species why he no longer catches lamb. It seems despite the dumb guard dog always getting one step behind this wolf, this wolf is always defeated. Why? Well, because Mighty Mouse is always around...

Pete Hothead decides to buy a new car to replace his old beat-up jalopy. Meanwhile, his wife has won a new car on a television quiz show that is the same make and model as the car Pete purchases from a car-dealer. Pete arrives home and sees the car his wife won and mistakes it for the one he ordered from the dealer, but it is a different color. He drives it back to the showroom for a replacement, and that begins the first of many problems he is to encounter.

A band of little mice have come out to play and to enjoy the pleasures offered at the seashore. But, just as sure as this is a Noveltoon, the villainous Katnip the Kat shows up with intent of making certain no mouse, mice or meece in the area enjoys anything. Where, or where, is Herman the Mouse when he is needed? Could that be him coming up the beach? It could.

A Lost Persian Film.

This film — presented by Dodge, the official pace car of the 1954 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race — gives viewers a chance a to experience the sights and sounds of the 1954 race featuring the country’s top drivers, which was won by Bill Vukovich.

A short showing the process of integrating the New York City school system.

A documentary showing the historical sights and beauties of Ohrid Lake and the promotion of tourism in this region.

Report of a journey by bus and motor scooter from the Adriatic Sea to the Danube River.

In post-partition Bengal, a clash of cultures between neighbors ignites a turbulent yet tender tale of rivalry, love, and unexpected alliances.

A film introducing the use of a tractor and its various possibilities.

Fred Davis takes a look at Korea in 1954, and gives a sobering account of the realities of war as they affect the Korean population.

This black and white and color 1954 Encyclopedia Britannica film outlines the production process of creating educational films in a celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary.

Children are taught the benefits of safe practices, such as looking both ways before crossing the street, and the different distances it takes bicycles and cars to stop.

A short film that documents horticulturalist Andrew Benson, owner of Andrew Benson, Inc., working at his greenhouse located in Des Plaines, Illinois.

1954 / Perjodohan / Matchmade / B. N. Rao / Malay Film Productions

A short film by artist Adaline Kent documenting her travels in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

One of the greatest Hamlets of the 20th century Sir John Gielgud reflects on the play and its title character with which he used to be intimately associated for ever since 1929.

The wealthy Yurtalana is the undisputed master of his family. His older son Stoyko marries a poor girl - Sevda. On the wedding day, Stoyko tells her a dark family secret...

The nostalgia of an African student in Paris for Africa. Graduation film by Paulin Soumanou VIEYRA, one of the pioneers of African cinemas.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

A female Pomo shaman conducting a ritual healing ceremony over a man with body pains.

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

Through a magic ring, the chief of an African village gains great power. He begins to bully the ten children of his tribe and enchants them into dachshunds and turtles. Only the youngest manages to escape.

Documentary about Roma life.

Directed by Aryeh Lahola.

NoghAli volunteers for military service because of a disagreement with his fiancée, and by the time the girl goes to him to dissuade him from his decision, it's already too late.