Cinematic Era: 1955 Vintage

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.

A composer seeks inspiration to write a samba the encapsulates all beautiful elements of Brazil.

Based on a chess set made of ivory, which came to the Habsburg court in Vienna from China, thoughts of Confucius, taken from the Book of Lun-Yü, are recorded.

The resistance and struggle of the Macedonian people against Turkish slavery, conveyed through the folk dances "Teškoto" and "Komitskoto". The film also contains many drama elements.

A portrait of Bremen, the city between yesterday and tomorrow.

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 sad story enlivened by song. It is worth praising Sukarno M. Noor's performance in his first important role. The use of the title ("Gambang Semarang", which was originally "Eliminate KMB") was only for commercial considerations, because the song title for "tanda" was very popular.

The erasure of Native storytelling and beliefs is told through the archetype of the crying or dispossessed Indian.

Sabrina spends some time pottering around the house.

The film shows Josip Vaništa's eerie paintings.

This short-film is the first production of Cine Club Cusco, directed by Manuel Chambi and filmed in 16 mm on reversible film. It is a visual tour of the religious festival in Cusco of Corpus Christi.

Betty Page dances teasingly in lingerie.

Documentary that shows the economic and industrial development of Puerto Rico under the Manos a la Obra program implemented by Governor Luis Muñoz Marín under the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Short educational film about desserts.

The documentary with commentary by Tadeusz Różewicz shows the everyday life of children a few years after the war and juxtaposes it with the children's experience of the "black seasons" - the loneliness, terror, hunger and misery of the Warsaw Ghetto.

A performer goes to a travel agency with hopes of visiting foreign countries. After seeing the performer's juggling act, the travel agent agrees to letting him work his way over to Pamonia, a mythical oriental country where the agent's brother is a Pasha. The performer exchanges words with the Pasha in a comedy routine; watches the Pasha's dancing girls perform and do a series of suggestive dances; performs his juggling act while riding a miniature bike; watches the harem dance and strip; does a comedy-eating routine; watches some more dancing and stripping...and becomes the new ruler of Pamonia.

Wedding gift from Maya Deren to Geoffrey Holder; Stan Brakhage and Larry Jordan made film of wedding at Maya Deren’s invitation, told to be “as free as possible”

Short film set in Brussels.

A short animated film about the adventures of an offended hedgehog.

Black and white documentary about Mexico City, its most emblematic buildings, its main streets and its people, from its pre-Hispanic origins to the mid-20th century.

Documentary on Ferdi Tajiri and her iron welded jewelry. This atmospheric documentary shows Ferdi welding and fashioning her jewelry. The images of the insect-like jewels fade into footage of real insects.

The Terry Bears, to Papa Bear's distress, try to train their hound Pago to be a rabbit dog. When Papa takes Pago hunting, the rabbits prove to be smarter than both him and the dog.

The Case of Mr. Lynn, a fascinating document of the carnal at odds with the inner life. The reel is an actual filmed therapy session with a troubled young homophile, made in 1955 under the auspices of Penn State’s Psychological Cinema Register. “When you say that you’re queer,” Lynn explains, “it automatically sets you apart.”

A thief steals a Jewel in France and travels to Barcelona to try to sell it. Both the Police and a former associate try to catch him.

This short goes inside government research laboratories to showcase some of the products that will be used in the near future. Some are for general use, such as computerized assembly lines, nuclear energy and solar powered batteries, and industrial uses for television. Others are consumer products, including video telephones, videotape to make instant home movies, irradiated food, and fully automated kitchens.

The adventures of a salt-loving porcupine.

Taking Franz Kafka's "The Process" as a source of inspiration, a poetic approach is made to his plot, to his characters and sets turned into icons, a meta-theatrical reflection where the gestural language and the surrealist elements imply a very personal reading of the Czech author.

This vintage stage production of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca was originally mounted and filmed in Milan on September 24, 1955; it stars Renata Heredia Capnist as the title character, Franco Corelli as Mario Cavaradossi, Carlo Tagliabue as Baron Scarpia and Antonio Sacchetti as Cesare Angelotti. Silverio Blasi directed; the Orchestra and Chorus of Radiotelevision Italiana - Milan provide musical accompaniment. ...Puccini: Tosca ( Tosca )

Anti-film by Mihovil Pansini.

When a wicked male spider tries to capture a Japanese butterfly for his harem, a Yankee bug sailor comes to her rescue.

A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Royal Mile in the 1950s.

David Gladwell (Requiem for a Village) was just 20 years old when he made A summer Discord, an imaginative amateur, silent short film set in the countryside which tells the story of a little girl who is reprimanded by her mother. Of particular note is the film’s dark nightmare sequence which is shot in colour (unlike the rest of the film) and which anticipates Gladwell’s later, highly poetical films.

Film starring Showkar Janaki and Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri

Jupiter decides to spend his 3,000th birthday on earth amongst the humans. Mercury suggests he take the place of a newly married politician so he can have some fun with the man's new wife - but nothing goes to plan!

Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.

An experimental short film derived from photographs taken in the early 1930s.

This CinemaScope Terrytoon presents a symphony orchestra, composed entirely of birds, giving a performance in a woodland grove. The musical instruments are natural props, such as flower-horns, twig violins and harps composed of heron's legs. The conductor is a woodpecker. A couple of cats are on the prowl and try to capture the birds through the use of various disguises.

Hassouna Hassan is a young rural man who leaves his town and goes to the capital in search of his artistic future. When he can't find his chance, he works in several jobs to pay rent for his room, and fall for his neighbor's daughter. But he is wary of his bad luck getting in the way of his love.

The film begins with the forerunners of cinema and takes us through a review of film history in Norway and the history of Oslo’s cinemas. ***** 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 man who has been married four times falls in love again.