Cinematic Era: 1956 Vintage

In February 1956, after several months of construction, the largest rolling mill in Poland, the rolling mill of the Lenin Smelter, started to operate. The viewers could see the final preparations and the launch of the machine.

The four periods of growing up, from birth to age 20, are highlighted in this training film about learning how to accept help from others.

“Why so?” as the original title says, alluding to the almost cartoonish, anti-social behaviour depicted here. But we could also now ask “what if?”: Stratobërdha was deemed a persona non grata soon after shooting these scenes for a purported portmanteau about what not to do in a new Albania. These final pieces were embedded into various newsreels, and his singular voice subsumed.

Italian short movie now lost.

Ahmad is an air-force fighter who lives with his rich father who wants him to marry partner's daughter; but he falls in love with Zainab.

Biography film about the life of Paul Kruger

Famous bullfight with condor, Yawar Fiesta of our Peruvian Andes.

On the eve of the 1905 revolution in a Ukrainian village, a liberal landowner refuses to distribute land to peasants, leading to an uprising. To protect his reputation, he calls in gendarmes, claiming he supports democracy but must care for his animals during the riot. Based on the novella of the same name by M. M. Kotsiubinsky.

Tips on understanding hospital admissions, even when they might make it difficult.

On a blue background, a series of numbers (1 to 5) begin to appear, forming simple arithmetic equations that create a pattern. Numbers and symbols move as the pattern grows, to a soundtrack of simple beats.

Peter a storyteller talks about a story of a burglar who lost money due to him gambling on it and now he's trying to get that money back.

August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female emancipation and obsolete marriages.

At the time when Człowiek na torze [Man on the Track] was being made, the erosion of orthodox aesthetic canons began with the social and observational layers. This is exemplified by two works characteristic of this period: Braun's Lewanty [The Levant] and Ścibora-Rylski's Sprawa Szymka Bielasa [The Case of Szymek Bielas] (unproduced screenplay). This new trend is dominated by images of the everyday living conditions of workers, often bitter and gray, emphasizing the hardship of their daily existence. Adopting a documentary point of view, the authors introduce substantial fragments of unvarnished reality into literature.

Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikivi hands over the duties of President to Urho Kekkonen, who states that he will follow Paasikivi's policy and humbly accept the duties of President. On the same day, a general strike declared by the The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) also began.

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Wäckerli, policeman in the small Swiss village of Allenwil, is in trouble. His son Ruedi is unhappy in his apprenticeship and spends way too much money. And now 10'000 francs have been stolen from the bourough's community fund...

Sohrab and Maryam have a happy life until....

Contrasts the traffic court of the horse and buggy era with that of today. Points out that traffic court cases must be kept separate from others and that the court must demand and earn respect. Presents examples of good traffic courtroom procedure emphasizing such aspects as the formal opening, initial remarks by the judge outlining rights and obligations of defendants, trial procedure, and formal closing. Emphasizes that it is the traffic court judge's responsibility to increase respect for judicial authority.

Paco, a Sevillian living in Paris who works as a music hall singer, receives news of the death of his uncle named him heir to his fortune. The only condition imposed is to pass a test that is to fight in one of the main squares in Spain. If the attempt fails, the estate would pass to her sister full. From here, Paco will have to wake up if he want to show their courage and take part in a bullfight.

In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it reaches your dining room table.

HK horror film.

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 years ago.

This documentary, intended to inspire new home filmmakers, tells the stories of ordinary people who learned how to make their own films by renting inexpensive AK 8 cameras. A young couple documents their vacation on the Baltic Sea, a garden plot community celebrates a party, and comrades from a sports club even film themselves playing cards underwater. The film's sarcastically humerous commentary on everyday life plays with clichés and taboos.

The Whole Town's Out To Meet Him - The Dashing "Toreador" From "Spain" - Who Turns Out To Be A - CHABACNO.

Finn Ek has a lover, Monica. When his wife Cecilia finds out, she is devastated and leaves town.

A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.

Joseph Cornell shot footage on Mulberry Street with Rudolph Burckhardt and made this silent film. Burckhardt would make his own sound version, "What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street," and Cornell would also make Children out of the same material.

Short film about the Austrian diocese of Sankt Florian near Linz.

Mario Lanfranchi directed this film adaptation, starring Anna Moffo.

Short hand drawn representation of a cat

Short film about young boys acting out.

A magnificient poem of the tragic love between two wild ducks. The suicidal sacrifice of the male for his female, we do not witness a hunting scene, but a real tragedy of the birds Romeo and Juliet.

The Ghostly Trio give Casper the Friendly Ghost a pill to make him as mean as they are.

Documentary about the Hittites, produced by Mazhar Şevket İpşiroğlu and Sabahattin Eyüboğlu with the help of Istanbul University Art History and Archeology Institutes and Ankara Hittite Museum (Anatolian Civilizations Museum).

Jiminy Cricket narrates the history and practice of pedestrian traffic safety.

About government loans in the USSR.