Cinematic Era: 1968 Vintage

A kinetic montage filled with the spirit of ’68 and references to American avant-garde film of the time.

This film follows a rural family to a county fair, showing scenes of horse races, concessions, corn judging contests and tractor demonstrations; Gerald "Red" Markham farm near town of Whitewater, near LaGrange, Walworth Co. Wisconsin.

A black-and-white documentary film about the large housing estate "Lütten Klein" in the northwest of Rostock in June 1968. On the basis of the construction worker and shop steward Hans Schmidt, the efforts to fulfil the plan are clearly shown, even if the supplies and weather conditions are not optimal. The group meeting of the construction brigade shown here describes, among other things, the hardships and disappointments of some of the workers on the construction site. On the other hand, the construction management and shop steward Schmidt try to motivate the workers to achieve even higher performance by demanding competition and obligations.

Multiscreen 8mm avantgarde film.

Adventure about industrial espionage.

Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.

Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.

The story of the rescue of a young boy who is washed out to sea in a rubber dinghy.

A static close-up of a clock. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

June 10, 1968. After the end of a long strike in the Wonder factory in Saint-Ouen (France), a female worker is dissatisfied with the negotiated compromise and refuses to return to work. Originally, it was a scene of Willemont's Sauve qui peut Trotsky, but the film was never completed.

Put upon greasy spoon waitress Julie gets raped by her drunken short order cook boss. After managing to escape, Julie hooks up with regular patron Brad Collins and heads off to Las Vegas for an impromptu wedding. However, Brad leaves Julie high and dry in a cheap motel the very next morning after coercing her into posing for a few nude photos. But that's just the start of poor Julie's woes.

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

Soul in a White Room was filmed by Simon Hartog around autumn 1968. Music on the soundtrack is Cousin Jane by the Troggs. The man is Omar Diop-Blondin, the woman I don't recall her name. Omar was a student active in 1968 diromg 'les evenement de Mai et de Juin' at the Faculte de Nanterre, Universite de Paris. Around this time, Godard was in London shooting Sympathy For The Devil / One Plus One with the Stones and Omar was here for that too, appearing with Frankie Y (Frankie Dymon) and the other black panthers in London.... Maybe Michael X too. After returning to Senegal, Omar was imprisoned and killed in custody in '71 or '72. I believe his fate is well known to the Senegalese people.

"In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the aftermath is inevitable, and a normal human condition, for which like the ancients one can only have pity and understanding. In this lies the mystery. All else is irrelevant. That there are other sub-currents of equal power in The Mysteries goes without saying; and, those who are capable of the numerous visual visitations and annunciations which the film offers them will realize what is the Ultimate Mystery of my work."

Tunisia's transition to independence, an epic era of social and political change, a new face of reality that brings confusion to the youth.

Sad Cat has a neighbor move in who thinks that he's a judo expert. Impresario propels Sad Cat to triumph as a black-belt champion.

This series followed the exploits of Sad Cat, a scraggly looking cat, and his friends.

Bollywood 1968

A slow zoom out and defocus of 'An enclosed and progressive disembowelment of durational progression.'

Pinku from 1968.

In this Florida lensed sexploitation oddity, a group of Vice cops trade stories of their sleazy, sex-filled busts.

Woody Woodpecker annoys a fisherman in this short.

Looking at Kew Gardens and Syon Park either side of the River Thames.

Directed by Madhav Bhoite.

As leaders of the Movement met in the relative calm of a Chicago suburb in March to plan the strategy for the summer, the empty streets of the city are waiting, and ominous. An inside look at some of the planning that led to the 1968 Convention challenge.

A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the transfer of soldiers from several bases in Prague to eastern Slovakia

A documentary about the painter Mario Prassinos. Taking his inspiration from nature, particularly in the Alpilles region, this artist’s approach is to capture the hostility of that world and convey it on his canvases.

Nymphs in the woods... exotic... sensual. Featuring two lovely pregnant young ladies doing centuries old dances in green woods with see through veils.

A private detective attempts to find a con on the lam by questioning a series of frequently-nude women.

1968, 26 min

The film depicts the plight of a female office worker whose boss introduces to the world of pornographic films.

This film depicts a day in the life of a factory worker who ends his shift with a visit to to a brothel. Best 8mm Film, II. Hisar Short Film Competition.

Plot in unknown.

Short by Bruno Munari and Marcello Piccardo.

A man followed by mistake by a mysterious gang revisits, while on the run, important moments and people from his life up to that moment.

Navin (Sombat), a development officer, is sent to develop Ban Tae subdistrict in northern Thailand. He meets Kamphu (Suthisa) and they fall in love. One day, Navin receives an official letter ordering him to return to Bangkok and is forced to marry Orapin (Yaowaret), a woman his mother has chosen for him. Time passes, and Kamphu and his friends from Ban Tae decide to travel to Bangkok to find Navin.

What could be more beautiful and wondrous than nature’s great creation — the forest? Mysterious and mighty, alluring and intimidating, filled with the rustling of trees, the whisper of leaves, and the cheerful chatter of its inhabitants, as it reveals its secrets, it invites you to delight in its grandeur and beauty.

A spare mountain-climbing portrait that follows a solo ascent with meditative attention to breath, rock, and exposure.

This traditional Christmas carol is performed by choreographer Agnes de Mille's Appalachian dance troupe.

The ancient seaport city, now the capital of Estonia. The second part of the fil m is concerned with the modern aspects of the city.

Following the life of the eel and the business involved to satisfy their consumers.

The camera is fixed. In front of the lens the man rhythmically shakes two lamps, at first angrily, to end motionless. A film about dissociation. Micro-emotional.

Made in 1968, within the framework of the activities of the Cinemazero collective, Il balla balla could be regarded as Benvenuti’s own The Big Shave (1967, Martin Scorsese). Influenced by the manners of underground cinema, it provides a timeless indictment of the political and economical exploitation of youths.

A 1968 film by Emanuele Centazzo.

a Terrytoons Cartoon

National Educational Television" Wednesday, November 13, 1968 on NET's Brand New NET Journal Week on 1960 RCA TV. The land is rich with coal, yet its residents are denied adequate food, housing, or medical care. This, the Appalachian region, was the nation's first designated poverty area. This film focuses upon Eastern Kentucky where mechanization of the mines is replacing people and jobs. A lack of education and other working skills makes these residents prisoners of the land, as seen by a discerning interview with a local family.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at music in Britain including soul, folk, pop, rock opera and brass bands.

PLANES is an exploration of the corollaries between psychic space and the physical escape of consciousness beyond the earth's biosphere.

An account of the reactions of photographer and filmmaker James M. Mannas, Jr.'s New York community to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.