Cinematic Era: 1958 Vintage

Héctor Peirano is about one of the many legends referring to death in northern Argentina. In this case the grim reaper is personified by a man they call “the walker” with a very calm voice and very clear eyes.

Using the fate of an ordinary woman as an example, the film shows how life has changed in liberated Korea.

About the work of providing the growing city of Oslo with a network of tramways to the new suburbs: the Lambertseter Line, the Østensjø Line to Bøler, and the Grorud Line. ***** 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 day in the life of the truck driver Tom.

Casting real doctors instead of actors, this film uses scripted scenarios and interviews to see the National Health Service through their eyes. The documentary also shows that there is still division among doctors as to whether the NHS was a sound idea in the first place.

Short documentary about the work of painting artist Sava Šumanović.

A string of crimes threatens to expose the true identity of the mysterious vigilante. As suspicion grows, The Black Whip must outwit both villains and pursuers to keep his secret safe while continuing his fight for justice.

Three supposed brothers ( a bolero singer, a tango singer and a mabo singer) are called for a musical magazine.

In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film that would help them sell their beers; Kubelka had other ideas. He shot his film with a camera that did not even have a viewer, simply pointing it in the general direction of the action. He then took many months to edit his footage, while the company fumed and demanded a finished product. Finally he submitted a film, 90 seconds long, that featured extremely rapid cutting (cutting at the limits of most viewers' perception) between images washed out almost to the point of abstraction — in black-and-white positive and negative and with red tint — of dimly visible people drinking beer and of the froth of beer seen in a fully abstract pattern.

The story of a popular young writer and an idealistic young architect.

A lyrical cartoon about the coming of spring inspired by Sigfred Pedersen's poem "Forårs Fredrik." (DFI)

Based on Mozart’s The Seraglio.

Dutch comedy icon Toon Hermans' second One Man Show was the first to be broadcast live on tv. The show caused a nationwide scramble of tv-sets, with millions of people tuning in. Featuring songs like 'Méditerranée', 'Ballonnetje' and the 'Kolderliedjes,' the show is seen as a landmark of Dutch television history.

Reform school teacher tries to carry his class to the right path by teaching them diving.

A poor man marries a rich mill owner's daughter much against his wish. But the mill owner seeks revenge and kills the man when he stands up for the cause of the poor mill workers.

The young unskilled worker Günter is employed in a foundry and spends his free time with friends of the same age. Together they form a motorcycle gang. But then Günter meets the daughter of an authorized signatory, Gisela, whose parents do not take kindly to the allegedly indecent young man. Gisela takes flight and introduces Günter to her parents on the spur of the moment so that they can overcome their prejudices. But it comes to a violent quarrel between Gisela's father and Günter...

Prince Jahangir loves the slave girl Anarkali, which creates a serious conflict between Prince Jahangir and his father, Mughal emperor Akbar.

How schoolboy Yoon Ho and his friend Seung Mo are looking for the grave of his brother who died during the struggle of the Korean people for their independence. The film tells about the guys' adventures during these searches.

The third film by Ed Emshwiller

A potentially lost film by Hy Hirsh.

multi-colored circular lights swivel, refract, bleed

A BAFTA award nominated documentary taking a satirically narrated look at the "Windy City".

A 1958 documentary by Bert Haanstra that systematically documents the entire glassmaking process in Dutch factories, explaining both traditional craft and mechanized production techniques for an educational commission. (Note: Distinct from Haanstra’s short poetic film Glass (Glas), this version is didactic and process-oriented.)

A rich young man is unjustly accused of the crimes of his brother and brother-in-law.

The first Hong Kong-made Huangmei opera film.

Wang Jiayou, a young worker at the Shanghai New Machinery Factory, is a man whose life is unorganized, does not pay attention to labor discipline, and often spends his youth in dance halls, skating rinks and cafes. When working during the day, he appears listless and often has accidents.

An old double bass player is looking for work. He travels around the city with his instrument and asks about vacancies in his profession.

Lenin signs a decree on the establishment of a university in Turkestan.

Short movie by Giulio Questi about "men of the Po" who have abandoned their families and decided to leave their homes to live as a sort of homeless man in a hermitage on the banks of the river, content with what the waves bring them.

Screen adaptation of a ballet to the music of Frideric Chopin by the Kirov Leningrad State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.

A short documentary film about the eponymous work of architecture by the postman Ferdinand Cheval. Text by Cheval, spoken by Gaston Modot. This is the first film about Cheval's creation.

An archaeologist travels to the Quebrada de Humahuaca to work and forget a personal drama.

Earthly love or the love of god? which must one choose in order to live in his shadow?

Sanmao is a poor child in the old society. He is helpless and tortured, but he is also a kind and brave boy. What happened to him is what happened to thousands of children in the old society. The skinny Sanmao walks in the brightly lit metropolis Shanghai, full of laughter and songs.

Look back at 1950's innovations in cosmetics with this colourful archive footage of an old fashioned beautician demonstrating the process of mixing face powder.

Robert Frank’s unfinished first film offers a sense of his freewheeling style, an important aspect of his turn from photography to cinema, and a glimpse of his circle of family and friends in 1958 as they cavort on the dunes of Cape Cod in a playful Maya Deren–like psychodrama. — Museum of Modern Art

One of the earliest posing-pouch films to feature sound.

Journey into Spring is a 1958 British short documentary film directed by Ralph Keene, and made by British Transport Films. The film -- partly a tribute to the work of the pioneering naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White (1720-1793), author of The Natural History of Selborne -- features a commentary by the poet Laurie Lee, and camerawork by the wildlife cinematographer Patrick Carey. The journey suggested by the title is through time rather than space. In fact, two such journeys are made: the first back to the eighteenth century to pay tribute to the work of White, and the second studies the changing natural landscape near White's home town of Selborne in Hampshire between a typical March and May. It was nominated for two Academy Awards -- one for Best Documentary Short, and the other for Best Live Action Short.

Shows the visual impressions aroused when entering the workshop of a wicker craftsman known as 'Manzanito' in the late 50's Santiago, Chile.

New York City’s bridges are reimagined through montage, superimposition, and vivid color, transforming industrial architecture into rhythmic visual abstraction. Accompanied by a jazz score by Teo Macero, the film renders the urban landscape musical, kinetic, and alive (an alternate version of the film features an electronic score by Louis and Bebe Barron).

In the morning, the chirping of the sparrows woke up the old woman. After getting up, the old woman packed a basket full of dates and left home. After a while, the weather turned cloudy and it started to rain. When the rain stopped, the ground was covered with dates. The hedgehog who had just experienced the wind and rain saw the jujube, rolled over excitedly and stabbed himself with thorns, ready to carry it home.

A study of loneliness set in a dance hall of suburban Paris.