Cinematic Era: 1967 Vintage

Hudson River Diary: Book 1 "Chronicles the journey of a train named Cayuga as it travels from New York to Poughkeepsie. There is something profoundly sentimental as you make the trip. You may never have been to this part of the world but you are concerned and you care about it after you see the film." – Bob Lermann, Today's Filmmaker

Records the backwaters and docklands of Sydney Harbour accompanying a young woman with a red umbrella.

The formal deconstruction of an Austrian tourist advertisement sign. The national colors red white and red have been removed, filmed separately. In the "white" area is the word "information." The sound is a montage made of parts of Filmreste (Film Remains) and is only audible when the "red" areas appear on the screen. This film echoes preceding films as well as the semantic meaning of the colors red-white-red and their "information"-value. (E.S.jr.)

On a black background, simple luminous figures change shape and follow trajectories. The film was made with the round tube of a 1950s television without scanning; the sinusoidal signals directly controlled the deflection coil, producing Lissajous figures. All the material was tube-powered. The colors were obtained by a disc with six colored sectors which rotated in front of the lens of the Bolex 16mm camera. This material is now in the museum reserves of the Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris.

‘New York Scenes’ (1967) is sketches of certain scenes and portraits in New York including, ‘Linda with a lens’, ‘Fire hydrants on Broadway’, ‘Jack Smith with his ‘Flaming Creatures’, ‘Akiko on the roof’, and ‘A hippie at the Central Park’.

The creation of news is illustrated by the example of the "Schwäbischen Donauzeitung". The selection of editors, the work on the typewriter and the printing process are shown.

A short film directed by Gérard Pirès.

The King Sisters are back with their family to celebrate their favorite holiday in this 1967 Christmas special. The family shares some of their favorite Christmas songs. This show includes many touching moments, including King Sister Alyce dedicating "I'll Be Home for Christmas" to her son away in the army, who then surprises her on the show and they finish the song together.

The beautiful Elaine was once sexually attacked as a child by her creepy and perverted gardener.

A short from Procter & Gamble which reminds you that women exist and that they may be considered consumers.

A short film about girls playing sports and staying fit, presented by the President's Council On Physical Fitness.

Philippe Garrel interviews young people who have become rich on their thoughts about money and capitalism.

Manuela is above all an entertainment, a way to spend a sunday strike in a good mood with a camera and a tape recorder. It is a state of mind, that of speaking in the occupied Rhodiaceta factory, it is the story of a popular cultural association that makes fun of a photo novel or a soap opera of the late sixties ...

Two teachers set up a classroom in shocking detail.

A joyful portrait of Taylor Mead’s visit to Stockholm

In this pioneering work of early computer art, geometric groupings of monochrome patterns and words are created with the program BEFLIX, which was developed in the 1960s by Bell Telephone Laboratories programmer Kenneth Knowlton.

A girl writes letters to stars.

A man lives holed up in an old house, inherited from his ancestors, seeking refuge from the threats of the outside world. Between waking and dreaming, he is the helpless witness to his own disintegration.

Every Seventh Child examines Catholic parochial schools during the reign of Pope John, when the encyclical caused great change in the church.

A professional surfer and his rescued French friend venture to Hawaii after winning a plane ticket at a California surf contest. Spaghetti fights and half baked hijinx ensue.

A short by Stan Vanderbeek.

Two reels projected simultaneously, with slight variations in speed.

LEADER and SCRATCH are extensions of Huot's early interest in minimalism. They are successful in reducing the number of filmic variables so completely that essential qualities and potentials of the materials of film can be felt. While SCRATCH is nothing more than eleven minutes of dark leader with a continuous handmade scratch, the resulting imagery varies a good deal, depending on how deeply Huot dug into the emulsion: when the scratch is shallow, for example, it seems to bead and move up through the image; when the scratch is deep, it seems to remain within the frame, vibrating horizontally.

Documentary on an elderly nursing home in Rio de Janeiro.

A Sicilian family leaves for the north.

The life and work of Félix Tournachon, aka Nadar, the famed French illustrator and photographer.

1967 short film from Spain

"The film systematically shows man destroying man. It is about war and inhumanity. Largely assembled from newsclips and elaborate montage of still photographs. While working on the film, I came to realize that the strongest thing about violence and the most abstract thing about violence is its sequential nature, that war has never stopped, and that it is just the leading of one conflict into another conflict. I could keep this film going forever...." —Charles Gagnon

"No, not the United etc. but the conditions, forms in which things exist. Somewhat abstracted, a solid, a liquid and a gas: salt, milk and smoke: falling, pouring and rising are the stars of this classical film. Sheets, streaks and wisps, the protagonists are all white (light). The background, zero place, is black (no light). Silence. The ongoing film reveals the ephemera compartmented in a pattern of temporal proportions in which lengths of salt sheet activity are gradually overtaken by liquid streaks which are in turn overtaken by smoke drifts. But another solid is the sliceable, arrangeable film material itself: the intercutting and the logic of the arrangement introduces something diamond-like, sculptural to the natures presented. There is a profoundly satisfying unity of ends and means that is both 'natural' (the way the protagonists behave) and 'artificial' (the artist's structure). The sum is cultured, beautiful." - Michael Snow

Travel by train is for holidays, travel by train is for work, and travel by train can be a pleasure in itself. Howard Marion Crawford advises us in verse to take advantage of all three possibilities and shows us impressions of a wide variety of journeys, destinations and amenities. A selection of railborne experiences include the luxury of Pullman travel, the thrill of arriving at the seaside, and a journey through the Highlands.

Those born on Independence Day in 1947 were selected from different parts of India and interviewed to know their hopes and desires, ambitions, hobbies, fears and frustrations and the result is this unique film.

“The music is by Marilyn Monroe singing ‘Running Wild’ from Some Like It Hot, because it’s a film portrait of Nettie Thomas. She did floors in white women’s homes, like black women did to support their families in the olden days. My mother is sitting in a wicker chair with an ostrich feather boa, a grey worsted wool skirt, a silk belt. For her portrait, I used ‘All Cried Out’ by Dusty Springfield...I was advised by Gregory Markopoulos not to play the music. Because Gregory didn’t think it was proper.” - Edward Owens

Extraordinary film of the U.S. Air Force, including air and ground warfare, and rescues.

Two Aboriginal families live like their ancestors have for centuries in this anthropological documentary. The gathering of food is the main focus as women harvest grass seeds to make a primitive flour for bread. Grubs, lizards, and fruit are also on the menu, with the only contact with the modern world being their trek to a government compound for much-needed drinking water.

People who live on farms in seclusion far away from any civilization go to see a performance of Shakespeares Twelfth Night by the Universitas Ensemble.

Three short scenes: A drummer, a busy street and two lovers.

1967 film from India

1967 film from India

1967 Indian film

Experimental film depicting military service in a grotesque way.

Mark Rappaport's first film—a study of a young man named Gerald Mur.

Tom Palazzolo's rapid-fire, seemingly spontaneous documentary style captures Chicago with pizazz. For more than ten years, Palazzolo has been delivering to us his captured visions – body builders, senior citizens, erotic parlours, weddings, deli owners, and the like – as if he had harnessed them in a cinematic butterfly net. AMERICA'S IN REAL TROUBLE is a patriotic film with music and sound by some of the great unknowns of the past. Lots of overtones, undercurrents, innuendoes, visual similes, counterpoints, puns and contrapuntal movement. Filmed in Chicago, it covers several years of parades and civic events. If you're not moved by this film there's no hope for you.

To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate – and a bomb...

A short "report" about the sauna-culture in Finland and Germany.

An educational overview of the processes of a milk factory in Socialist Romania.

Eighty-seven educational institutions belonging to the Union of Universities of Latin America (UDUAI), founded in 1949, met in Lima, Peru, in 1967 to celebrate their Fifth General Assembly. Luis Alberto Sánchez, Rector of the National University of San Marcos, was present. Presentations included: "The Role of Universities in the Spiritual and Cultural Integration of Latin America," by Dr. Luis Alberto Sánchez; "Planning Higher Education in Latin America," by Eng. Javier Barros Sierra; and "The Urgency of Promoting Basic Scientific Education to Complement Latin American Training," by Dr. Carlos Chagas. President Fernando Belaúnde Terry received greetings from the members of the Union of Universities of Latin America at the Government Palace.

Produced by B. F. Goodrich.

Photograph by Edward Movius. Produced by Esso for the documentary series Tempus, Peru of yesterday and today.

A truck driver who makes interprovincial trips decided to pose as a wealthy man in order to seduce a rich heiress. But the woman soon discovers the truth. Heartbroken at becoming pregnant by the imposter, she begins a relationship with a gambler. Repentant of his actions, the driver sets out to succeed as a singer. He succeeds, becoming a television star. Years pass, and the woman cannot forget the father of her child. She decides to find him, forgive him, and reconcile.

Kudaka Island in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, has long been known as an island of the gods. Around thirty religious rites are woven into the life of the island each year, and they are still solemnly preserved and passed down by the islanders today. The greatest of these rituals is the “Izaihō,” held once every twelve years in the Year of the Horse. “Izaihō” is a sacred rite in which women between the ages of 30 and 41, born and raised on the island, become priestesses or divine women. Centered around a four-day main ceremony, the ritual unfolds over the course of more than a month. The women of the island, led by the noro priestesses, formed a religious order that protected the men and the daily life of the community. This is a documentary record of the 1966 “Izaihō.”

Began in June of 1966 and was completed one year later. The first footage (in B&W) was shot at Foothill Junior College in Los Altos Hills as a course project. After graduation (and during!), I continued shooting until leaving for my three-month trek through the High Sierras. My mountain footage is a complete other trip, a microcosm of which is incorporated into PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. I came to Philadelphia in Fall of 1966, continued school at Drexel Institute and Temple University, completed my film, and dropped out of school by Spring of 1968. The campuses which appear in the film are: Foothill, Stanford, Drexel Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and Purdue University in Indiana. Also appearing in the film are: The Sierras, my California apartment, Pine Hill state park in Indiana, several unnamed public disasters, and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

Rahim the boy was catching pest beetles in the field, and he caught the King of Beetles. In retaliation, the King of Beetles reduced Rahim to the size of a beetle and threw him in prison. There, the girl Cotton was already imprisoned. The boy promised to free her...

The clothing industry seen from a monkey's perspective.

A film about the life and achievements of Hero of the Soviet Union — pilot Valery Chkalov.