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This film probes the perennial miracle of the growth of a seedling, the seasonal upsurge of life in a forest giant, and the mysterious alchemy of a single leaf. Presented in magnified dimension through time-lapse photography and animated diagrams, a maple leaf and segments of a tree serve to illustrate the physiological processes that go on in all plants.
Two brothers go from job to job, determined to make their fortune.
The adventures of three brothers who live lazily on their aunt's farm, waiting to inherit it.
A look at the dangers and possible causes of gangs and teenage delinquency including over-crowded and under-funded schools with few after-school activities and over-worked parents who have little time to spend with their children.
Charged by their infatuation of the regiment's maid Elvira, friends and rivals Mandel and Axelsson arrive for military duty, whereupon silly things happen in and around a mansion that is rumored to be haunted.
A 1950's burlesque show.
The confrontation between Inuits and the industrialismen.
A propaganda film aimed at American audiences during the early years of the Cold War.
Old Village in the New Age is a unique documentary about Näsby and Frövi. The film was shot in 1954 - 1955 on behalf of the Näsby Local History Association, at the same time that Frövi municipal community received "status" as a town. We meet the Frövi residents at work, at school, in the community, at home and at some of the year's holidays. The renovation of the church in 1953. We also get an insight into the business world of the time and several interesting meetings with the people of the village. As a local history film, it is very comprehensive and the production was very far-sighted and can be considered a valuable document of the time, not least from a film technical point of view
Short educational film about water.
Based on a story by A. Lungu. Returning from a business trip, Andrei hurries to meet his beloved wife. But everyone he asks about his wife's whereabouts replies, "She left with the new agronomist." Andrei is tormented by jealousy, but it soon becomes clear that the new agronomist is a woman.
The story revolves around the sickness of Dona Julia’s daughter Maria. After a bad experience at the local hospital, she seeks cures through non-traditional medical care. When the potions that she administers fail to cure her daughter, she is persuaded to return the girl to the hospital where she is properly diagnosed and cured.
The latest developments in British Transport - whether it be in London buses or in railway sidings at Margam steelworks, in the construction of a canal lock between Nottingham and the Humber ports or in the use of modern equipment at BTC laundries or continuous foundries - all such new things bring an echo from the past. The work-songs and popular ballads of yesterday serve to bridge time and remind us that the history of transport is continuous - that history is being made today just as certainly as it was made a century ago.
Skopje's old bazaar depicting the old, already ancient crafts carried out by tailors, coppersmiths, goldsmiths, silversmiths, leather craftsmen, etc.
Unethical industrialist gets taken down by a combination of forces including labor activists and a kill-crazy tribal Indian.
This short film depicts Canada as it was a hundred years ago, as seen through the paintings of artist and adventurer Cornelius Krieghoff. The changing seasons, the Quebec countryside, village life — all were an unending inspiration to Krieghoff.
In a city the size of Montreal with thousands and thousands of motorized vehicles, traffic problems are difficult to solve. Here is a panorama of such problems. This film includes an interview with Mayor Jean Drapeau, when Montreal was still the metropolis of Canada.
The film shows the reconstruction of the city of Bremen after 1945 until 1955.
About Gustav Vigeland. **** 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.
A part of Strange Experiences
A short historical documentary by Roger Leenhardt and Jean Pierre Vivet that chronicles the eleventh-century invasion of England by William the Conqueror, using images of the Bayeux Tapestry to illustrate the story. As described by Erik Barnouw ("Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film"), the film creatively animates the embroidered scenes to bring the Norman Conquest to life.
A German Film Award winning black & white documentary.
A TV commercial for the 1955 Chevrolet.
An amateur biochemist, successful with a chemical 'get-along pill' for his mother-in-law, pours a barrel full of the concoction into the city water supply.
Report on a trout and pike fishing excursion on Lake Waconichi.
An Indonesian drama movie directed by The Teng Chun and Roostijati
It tells the story of a broken marriage of a tycoon husband and his four wives.
Examines the organization of labor unions. While the narrator in all seriousness outlines the structure of a union and the larger bodies to which it is affiliated.
Amateur film from 1955 showing the people, landscapes and architecture of numerous islands in the Caribbean by Everild Helweg-Larsen, F.R.G.S.
Huff and Puff is a comic animated look at the serious problem of hyperventilation. Produced for the Royal Canadian Air Force to inform air crews about the dangers, and serious side effects, of hyperventilation in high altitudes. The film shows how to recover with appropriate respiration and emphasizes that this problem can occur in other situations, such as when a person is under stress.
Edison documentary on the application of electricity in agriculture.
This account of the cattle industry in northern Australia includes such aspects as mustering, dipping and droving, together with some description of a typical outback station.
Fear and panic descend upon the city when a couple fell to their deaths from a tall building. The perpetrator was discovered to be Kalsom, a ghost spirit, who is seeking vengeance for a series of cold-blooded murders the couple committed. This is probably the first supernatural horror film made in Singapore-Malaya.
An animated fairy tale movie about the funny adventures of a bear cub who went to congratulate his uncle and present him with a cake.
A tale about toys that take an unexpected trip on an inflatable balloon.
An animation by Dion Vigne
From the extraordinary world of Pete Collins a pilot that looks at A 3-part pilot television series that featured people doing strange things or with unusual talents.
A wealthy man marries twice. His jealous second wife murders the first and gets away with it and then plots, along with her daughter, to do away with the stepdaughter.
A film by Charles and Ray Eames
Perhaps the first experimental color film made in Uruguay, Color was the work of a pioneering woman filmmaker, still a teenager at the time of the film's completion. Millán had a number of vérité shorts under her belt by this point, but none in such gorgeous color.
Fantasy/psycho-drama of the cat, the candle and the Christmas tree.
A young boy runs away from boarding school and an old professor takes care of him.
Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."
A Saturday matinee cine-magazine for the boys and girls' cinema clubs. Sections include, Children of the Black Forest, What's Wrong?, Toy Museum, and The Ringers.
This Oscar-nominated New Zealand short looks at a number of mountains in New Zealand with a fair amount of emphasis on skiing. While a number of mountains are shown, most of the movie covers Mt. Cook (known as Aorangi to the Maori)