Cinematic Era: 1960 Vintage

A film poem about the sea and its shores, about its power and beauty, about misfortunes and reality intertwined with legends.

Fadila is a short film shot in the Casbah of Algiers during the Algerian War by a young French army conscript with the young Fadila Tizraoui and Djamel Bendeddouche who would become filmmakers after independence. The film depicts the friendship of two children in the streets of the Casbah and their encounter one day in December with Santa Claus... Fadila won the Grand Prix du Cinéma at the 1959 Children's Fair, was awarded a prize by the National Center for Cinematography (CNC) and was successfully exported.

A look at the duties and life of a Hunting-Clan air hostess on a flight to Rome and Benghazi.

Two brothers from a policeman's family are living their contrasted morals: Thep, the elder one, drinks his life away while Pongthai, his younger brother, is trying hard to be a good cop. One night, their dad was gunned down by opium gangsters, the very night Thep had a fight with him and fled the house with anger. Pongthai and others now believe his delinquent brother is a killer.

Training film for Birds Eye salesgirls.

Produced by the U.S. Air Force, this vintage doc shows how advanced engineering keeps Americans safe from accidental detonations of nuclear weapons.

Meštrović (Exaltation of Matter), is a short film directed by Ivan Martinac, recorded in the production of Kino Club Split. He filmed it provoked by the teasing of Belgrade moviegoers who claimed that “mostly eating and drinking is done in the Split cinema club”, which was not far from the truth. Still, the wounded pride and anger took their toll, and in 1960 he filmed his first “Split” film — Meštrović (The Exaltation of Matter) with which he succeeded. At the international film festival in Vienna, he received a UNICA bronze plaque, the first international award received by amateur cinematography in Yugoslavia at the time.

Personal impressions in Greenwich Village, New York.

Directed by Datta Mane. With Jayshree Gadkar, Suryakant.

Government agencies in China mobilize to save sixty-one highway construction workers in Shanxi province and investigate their poisoning.

A left-behind woman, through a surprising act, comes to receive two marriage proposals in one day, both of which she accepts, leading to grief and trouble for her and others involved.

Thai horror film.

A couple in love arrives at the Caquetá Municipality, where they will find different situations. Colombian film never released, so far only 10 minutes have been found and restored.

Animated-documentary film by Dušan Vukotić depicting the process of animation in the Studio for cartoons, Zagreb film.

A celebration of the welcome, the fun and the colour awaiting visitors at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.

An animated film about a man who pulls out a drawer.

A visit to Smithfield Market, Covent Garden and Billingsgate, at their busiest time, the early morning.

Gorgeous colour film of Burma / Myanmar from 1960 showing major cities, towns and landmarks of the country. Places shown include Rangoon (now Yangon) - the port (shipping) and Shwe Dagon Pagoda (architecture, monks and worshippers). Pagan (now Bagan) – the ancient pagodas, including the Ananda. The former royal city of Mandalay and its palace. Amarapura - local industry including silk weaving and Bhamo – daily life, views, architecture.

Produced by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, this film tells the story of a school fire, the panic that developed and the loss of life that occurred. Discusses the obligation of teachers, school administrators and parents to provide fireproof buildings and all other safety devices necessary to prevent fires.

A TV adaptation of Jean Cocteau's play La voix humaine about a woman talking to her lover over the phone.

In the spirit of a 'mountaineering safari', four Italians fly to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and a compulsory base for both hunters of the great reserves and climbers of the great African mountains. Crossed the land of the Masai, rich in game, they, in fact, climb, in four days, up to the top of Kibo, the crater off that, with its 5895 meters, is the highest point of Kilimandjaro and all Africa. After two days of descent, they finally enter the Serengeti National Park, inside the vast crater of the Ngorongoro.

A mummy swallow teaches her child to cherish foods and respect labors of others.

A family of string instruments goes out to meet new friends, meeting other instruments such as the family of the woodwinds, saxophones and percussion instruments along the way.

Two farm kids trap a crow and keep it as a pet.

Directed by John Latham.

The history of British fashion from the late-1890s to 1960. Part of BFI collection "Design for Today."

Perch of the Devil is about the hard rock miners of Butte, Montana, and the strike of copper miners in l959. The film reviews the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local Union No. 1 and the many violent struggles that have happened in the mining camps of the western Rockies. There are interviews with miners, and with victims of silicosis, a fatal lung disease among miners. The film also contains footage of mining operations in tunnels a mile below the surface.

Melvin the Mouse scares Sidney. Stanley tells Sidney to act like a cat and hate mice.

After a five-month stay on a fishing trawler in the ocean, Stepan Lezhnyov decides to spend a vacation in his native village. Meetings with relatives and friends, assistance in solving large and small problems of collective farm life awaken in Stepan the desire to stay here forever...

An experimental film made for Polish television.

A 'drawn' film, with images that are constantly changing, drawings of landscapes that keep escaping, traces of faces, everything is almost what it is but never stays that way. The soundtrack punches out a wild monotone of dirty, nonsense limericks to the accompaniment of hand-drawn images related only in their complementary rhythm.

The work of an oil-drilling crew. Audiences will relish this tale of tough roustabouts who bulldoze a wilderness in a push for liquid wealth.

Animated film featuring three animal-like creatures.

Documentary short by Raimond Ruehl about the hard work of salt production.

A short film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities documenting demonstration and rioting during the San Francisco hearings.

Documentary about the controversial marriage of King Willem I and Countess Henriette d'Oultremont. Willem I became engaged to the Belgian Roman Catholic Countess Henriette after the death of his first wife, Wilhelmina of Prussia. This did not go down well with either the government or the people. Articles from the Algemeen Handelsblad illustrate this beautifully.

A glimpse at some of the people in Britain who have something to protest about, including a look at the Aldermaston marchers and Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park.

A look into trunk roads with the night lorries, following the night drivers, to see where they eat and who they meet.

Directed by K. Viswanath. With Damuanna Malvankar, Master Vithal, Ramesh Deo.

The film reconstructs, using archive footage, some events from the Nazi occupation of Rome.

Several Puerto Rican Christmas tunes are performed on screen by Juan Rivera, Juan Ortiz Vargas, José Ramón Morales, and the Morgado Brothers.

The first Cuban animated short-film produced by the ICAIC on 1960, directed by the Cuban animation pioneer Jesus de Armas. Denounces the manipulation of information of the so-called "serious" newspapers of the time.