Cinematic Era: 1960 Vintage

A look at fifteen new towns being built in Britain to house seven million people.

Replacing a railway bridge over a main road in 15 1/2 hours between the last train on Saturday night and the first on Sunday morning, at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, so as not to disturb the scheduled train services.

Condemns racial discrimination in Cuba from the colonial era until the Triumph of the Revolution.

Filipino horror anthology from 1960.

A movie about travelling to Great Britain from Sweden by car and exploring that country

Cameraless film, direct paint on film by galician surrealist painter Eugenio Granell.

First broadcast by ABC on February, 1960, To The Ladies surrounded Frank Sinatra with a host of wonderful female performers for his third Timex sponsored television special. It s a mix of comedy, opera, dancing and great songs. Guests include Lena Horne, Mary Costa, Barbara Heller, Juliet Prowse and former First Lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt, who performs a moving version of High Hopes. First broadcast by ABC on May 12, 1960, Welcome Home Elvis was Frank Sinatra s fourth and final Timex special. It marked Elvis Presley s first TV appearance after coming home from military service. Elvis performs Fame And Fortune and Stuck On You whilst Presley and Sinatra join forces on great renditions of Witchcraft and Love Me Tender. Joining in the fun is the one and only Sammy Davis Jr. who delivers songs from Porgy And Bess, celebrity impersonations and a dancing contest with Peter Lawford.

A spy named John learns the importance of sports and health from Nowa Huta citizens

A 1960 Pakistani film directed by Nazir Ajmeri, who also produced it, and wrote its story and screenplay. It stars Shamim Ara and Ejaz.

The action takes place at the construction site of a large power plant in Siberia. A professional conflict arises between the construction manager, Krotov, and the chief engineer, Yuryev, which is complicated by personal relationships—Elena, Krotov's wife, has genuinely fallen in love with Yuryev, a man of principles, honesty, and kindness.

Fifteen years after the end of World War II, the short film Hate was made, which manifests the collective emotion of Czechs towards representatives of Nazi totalitarianism.

Ed Fury poses and plays in the waves at the beach.

Released just months before the 1960 presidential election, this Ford Motor Company-sponsored short explains the electoral process and implores viewers to become involved in politics.

About the struggle of the National Liberation Army of Korea against South Korean mercenaries, about the military operations of the People's Army scouts behind enemy lines.

This is a documentary of truth from the Brazilian waterfront – the true story of the men and women of the port of Rio de Janeiro as it actually happened.

Agrifilms Productions and the Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association team up to bring you this informational short about a talking paper bag which visits a young boy in his dreams and teaches him about the manufacturing of paper products.

Schoolboys decide to play football during their lunchbreak, but the ball escapes and the boys follow it on a series of adventures before returning to class. Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 1962 Academy Awards.

Through animation, maps of the same scale and projection are combined to show relationships between natural features of the earth, human use, and social and political features. Projects different kinds of animated maps of the same scale and explains how the maps are used in gaining an understanding of the relationships between the social, political, and natural features of the earth.

An animated short film about oil.

An abstract story of a butterfly who dares to distract mechanized workers as they worship their machines. The supervisor is a robot who does not allow any distractions or feelings of individuality. He captures the butterfly and makes it No. 00173 in his collection.

The play is set in West Germany and is about a man searching for his brother, who mysteriously disappeared before the end of World War II in 1945. After 15 years, his brother is still missing. The more the man asks questions, the more the mystery deepens. TV drama based on a translation of the German script "Einer von sieben."

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at the basic features of detergency using animated diagrams and live action photography.

The awakening of a young girl platonically enamored of Ramón Novarro and who aspires to be like Clara Bow.

Al-Ihtiyat Wajib

A devoted mother in 1960s Assam, after rescuing her own child, opens her heart to the orphans of a nearby Christian institution, revealing that all children deserve equal love and care.

A propaganda short made on behalf of the French colonial administration of Algeria.

Yasha Toporkov is in love with a cheerful girl Marishka. He is young, happy and satisfied with life — Marishka recently became his fiancee. Yasha is also happy with his work. Everyone knows Toporkov at the construction site: his team came out on top. And Yasha had long forgotten about the "left outfit" for which the foreman had given him extra money. Nevertheless, it is precisely because of this that an accident occurs at the construction site, a welder is killed, and the site foreman Mirzoyan is removed from leadership.

A young man experiences fitful visions on his deathbed. He visits abandoned cityscapes, follows a Grim Reaper and eventually ends up in a coffin with the Reaper looming overhead.

A look at American cities and landscapes, as well as footage of a French nudist island.

A frenzied anarchist slapstick in the best traditions, with the complete destruction of the scenery, and with a sarcastic mockery of the creative intelligentsia.

A tiger behaves violently against the other animals he meets, but a bad experience makes him pay high respect for a donkey.

Holidays on the Firth of Clyde.

A boy is awarded a wooden bow, but told he should not shoot it. Disappointed, he shoots an arrow in the air and hits a hat in a shop window. As it turns out, hats with arrows can be fashionable.

A satirical showdown with the optimism surrounding the atomic war that were expressed in the Swedish national brochure "Om kriget kommer/ If the war comes."

1960 pakistani film

Banjarin is a 1960 hindi film drected by Jashawant Jhaweri and produced by Ratan. The film stars Manhar Desai, Lalita Kumari and Kanchan Kamini in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Pardeshi.

The title was taken from a popular Minang folk-song by Gumarang Orchestra, conducted by Asbon. This film was not released.

Documentary from 1960 by Harold Baim extolling Blackpool's merits as a holiday destination over those of rival seaside towns. With contributions by boxer Brian London and organist Reginald Dixon.

A Mel-O-Toons production

Unedited Material from the Star 1960 is John Latham’s second film and one of two films that he made that year derived from his book, or ‘Skoob’, reliefs. The film employs stop frame animation to portray the changing states of the book relief Film Star (1960).

I Was a Teenage Rumpot was made in 1960, when George and Mike, the twin brothers Kuchar, were all of eighteen years old. Though their films would grow in thematic complexity, Rumpot already shows the visual energy, dynamic music, and anarchic, twisted plot development that so endear the Kuchars to audiences. The outlandish makeup and onscreen behavior would make Jack Smith (of Flaming Creatures) proud. In this context, a sudden moment of feigned modesty (when one woman is discovered undressing) is ironic indeed. --Andy Ditzler

A short film, produced in the USSR, showing the evolution of life on Earth, starting with the cooling of Earth's surface and ending with the rise of man. Most creatures are depicted with 2D animation.