Cinematic Era: 1958 Vintage

The film takes us to through the silent stone relics of Nagarjunakonda, ancient secluded centre of art, learning and research founded 2000 years ago on the banks of the river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh.

A short film about skiing and skiing competitions in Oslo, from 1958. ***** 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.

The Chinese long ago used porcelain tokens and Indigenous Peoples used wampum as legal tender, but today's currency is generally made of three metals - silver, copper, nickel. Modern processes were filmed at Sudbury and the Royal Mint, Ottawa.

At night, a little mouse wanders around the nursery. The mouse nibbles at the fringe on the carpet and the trash can. And then there's the hazelnut. It gets up on the table and sees a pencil-very suitable for nibbling. The pencil asks him to wait - it wants to draw something for the last time. First the cheese is drawn, then the apple is added, and then the sausage. But when the pencil adds a mustache to the drawing, it turns out that it is a cat. The mouse is afraid and runs away.

Holidaying in Eastbourne, the Sanderstead Youth Fellowship take in an organised walk over the South Downs from Beachy Head to Cuckmere Haven.

Images/videos were produced with an analog computer, that was built by Franz Reimund and Herbert W. Franke – output device was an oscillograph provided for the film by Siemens AG. The film TANZ DER ELEKTRONEN was made in 1958 – directed by documentary filmmaker Rolf Engler, who also narrated the film. The script and the text of the voiceover were written by Herbert W. Franke. He also provided the electronic equipment and directed the visual effect. Franke was a young artist at the time and lived as a subtenant in Engler's small castle in Kreuzpullach (a little village south of Munich). Franke is seen from behind working on the analog computer and the control panel for the oscilloscope at the beginning of the film.

Silhouette animated short about a boy who learns the value of hard work over wishing.

CBS News correspondent Howard K. Smith hosts this year end look at 1958, specifically in the area of the sciences, arts, and humanities.

Sugarcane is cut and milled in an animal-drawn mill. The sugarcane juice is taken to a tank to strain the liquid. The bagasse is used to feed the furnace that heats the pan where the juice is boiled. The mill grinds the coffee, whose husk is also used as fuel to feed the furnace. Care is taken with the boiling juice to reach the required consistency. The molasses is then obtained, which is beaten, deposited in molds and, after drying, removed and its burrs trimmed.

An elite team of hand-picked saboteurs arrives in German-occupied Greece to complete a dangerous mission.

The only film except for helping John Marshall with The Hunters that I did when I went to the Kalahari in 1957. I became entranced by an old lady about whom I photographed and made this little film.

hong kong film

Documentary short about coal mining in Germany.

Daily life and activity at London Airport, including the organisation behind the scenes.

Short film that registers Corrientes' avenue life.

A documentary about the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition.

A girl from the interior of Venezuela is dishonored by her boyfriend. This is how she ends up as a cabaret performer, a department store employee and the lover of a wealthy bachelor.

A film by Jean Rouch.

This travel film was made by amateur filmmakers Mel and Ethel Ross about their expedition to the Nahanni National Park Reserve in Northwest Territories, Canada in 1958. They were drawn to the region by myths and folktales that painted the area, and particularly the Headless Valley or Nahanni Valley, as being a dangerous and mysterious place where prospectors and adventurers went missing or were killed in unexplained circumstances and later found decapitated.

It is only the child who is able to view the world with a pure heart and to laugh at it lovingly and to justify it through laughter. Anna mocks stupidity, injustice, ugliness in human behavior. At times, she also exposes herself to ridicule in her impulse to gain knowledge of the world. She makes us laugh but she also evokes love.

Part of the Chinese Historical Ethnographic Film Series (1957-1966)

Showing the boom in agriculture in Macedonia reflected in good yields of cotton, poppy, fruit, etc. New factories and self-management, housing estates, schools and cultural centers.

Short film.

An Iraqi youth attempt to portray the problems and deviations of Iraqi youth in the late fifties. The major cinemas rejected the film's screening because it did not meet the usual length, as its duration did not exceed forty minutes. However, the Regent Cinema agreed to screen it with another foreign film.

Directed by Prabhakar Manajirao Nayak.

Savitribai lives a lavish lifestyle living on the wealth of her dead husband she married her husband as she wanted his wealth while her husband wanted mother for his son Anandrao.

A Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize winning short documentary.

Silver Bear winning documentary about the Panamericana from Alaska to Mexico.

A short by Iván Zulueta.

Short film about Stephan, a child with disabilities.

The first of nine short films made by Agnieszka Osiecka during her studies at the Film School. The cinematographer for the exercise was Jerzy Woźniak, then a third-year student of cinematography. The names of the authors of the short film and its title are revealed in the opening credits. However, these are not traditional credits on a blackboard. Someone's hand moves chalk across the board, decorating the title with a flower. The nature of the opening credits, which together with the closing credits form an integral part of the film, a kind of narrative bracket, introduces the viewer to the mood of the short film - a light, funny and unpretentious story.

A record of the volcanic activity that lasted for more than a year in Faial Island.

An old woodcarver lives alone in the forest while a deer wanders around nearby.

One of Toei Animation's first animated short films in color.

Illustrates the basic principles of space exploration with earth satellites and discusses the present and future uses of such exploration. Live photography and animated drawings show the launching and orbiting of the explorer and vanguard satellites, the structure of the atmosphere, the physical laws governing orbiting satellites and the nature of outer space.

How to handle promotions in the workplace. One of a series on "Office Supervisor's Problems".

A little bear cub grew up very lazy. Spring came, but the little bear did not want to wake up and went to chase after the cold Winter's sleigh. Soon Bear got to the palace of Santa Claus, where he had many funny adventures. Here the little boy understood a lot, learned a lot. Now Mishka will no longer be a layabout.

The nocturnal and secret rehearsal of some shepherds who dance barefoot on straw in a cow barn, the dances and songs of a pastoral, in Zuberoa.

Derives from the pattern that appears when two celluloid sheets painted with different patterns are moved over one and other. (Filmform)

Mexican feature film

On the ebb and flow of the tide on a seashore.

A short Bosnian film.