Cinematic Era: 1968 Vintage

Filmreflex on the protest of the young anarchists at the Carrara congress and of the international political-literary avant-garde at the 1968 Buchmesse in Frankfurt: in these reflections on anarchy a thread of protesting discourse led by Cohn-Bendit emerges from the discussions and declarations pronounced at the anti-congress and at the Gegenbuchmesse, where meetings were promoted for the foundation of the students and workers league and international counter-publishing, contesting the bureaucratic organization of the congress and the peace prize awarded by the Buchmesse to the imperialist president Senghor: a speech for the anarchy of culture.

The film reports on the return of Soviet units from Czechoslovakia (CSSR) to their stationing areas in the GDR. It depicts the reception by the population of the GDR.

First part of Fractions of Temporary Periods filmed from 1965-1968.

La Apuesta is a Costa Rican film for television, directed and produced by Miguel Salguero, from 1968. In this 16 mm feature film, the journalist Miguel Salguero portrays the adventures of a group of people who make a bet and undertake a risky trip by land to Puerto Limón, crossing mighty rivers and wild nature, at a time when there was no road to the Caribbean port.

the story of a lost butterfly-shaped diamond brooch that belongs to an elderly woman, and its passage through unexpected hands

Developing a new friend sometimes comes with discovering surprises. In this film, I experience when a personality changes so quickly that it appears to be two personalities.

First film of Ugo Nespolo

After a long day in the pasture, Mother Donkey tells her little son the Christmas story before bedtime. In his dream, the little donkey sets off on an adventurous journey to find the Christ Child...

The story of a miner's wife in the Ruhr area, and the story of 40 years of a worker's life in Germany. The biographical film acknowledges the proletarian tradition and is considered to be one of the most important documentary films of the late 60s that tried to combine the private sphere with the reality of society. The film's fascination lies, above all, in the personal charisma of the miner's widow from Duisburg. She knows how to tell the story in a vivacious and exciting way.

A film by Naomi Levine from 1968

This socially-driven film explores the impact of technological changes on the city of Saint-Jérôme, which faced a severe socio-economic crisis in the 1960s, mirroring issues in other Quebec cities. Citizens from all social classes come together in a monumental effort to address the crisis. The film serves as both a reflection of this situation and a catalyst for action, acting as a mediation tool between technology and those affected, and facilitating participation in the reorganization of society.

A collection of short films by Pat Rocco.

Lauri Blaine, a beautiful young girl in New York City's Greenwich Village gets mixed up with hippies, drug dealers, Eurotrash models and Mafia assassins when her boyfriend upsets a Mafia hood by giving away free marijuana, cutting into the gangster's drug sales.

Documentary about Ajax Amsterdam in 1968.

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an old area of Montréal is to be demolished to make way for a new low-income housing development, is there anything the residents can do to protect their own interests? The film documents such a situation in the Little Burgundy district of Montréal and shows how the residents organized themselves into a committee that successfully influenced the city’s housing policy." - Anthology Film Archives

The film plays, partly autobiographically, with the documentary in order to unmask "typically" female or male life paths and idealisations, and thus gets to the heart of male fantasies of greatness with wit.

The approach of the paintings by Paul Delvaux is offered in the form of a discussion between the artist and a psychiatrist who asked about the content of his work. The document gives plenty of room for his paintings that illustrate the themes: the poetic climate, the loneliness of the characters, the naked woman, skeletons ...

This is a musical retelling of the classic Clement Moore poem animated with soft sculpture animals.

The octet Laine and some gymnasts are on an outing to summery nature

A Bollywood drama film.

Documentary on the potter Arakawa Toyozo

A self-portrait and spiritual mythopoetic invocation by a Filipino artist who finds himself living in New York City far away from his homeland during the 1960s.

An amusing diagnosis of big-city growing pains, Boomsville is an ironic view of town planning, or rather, the lack of it, and what has happened to our cities as a result. Done in cartoon animation, the film traces the growth of the typical city, from a tiny settlement in the vast North American wilderness to the car-clogged metropolis that so many cities are today. Film without words.

There are three boxes in the same sphere. In one box, a human figure is having trouble fitting in. Sometimes he tries to conform, sometimes he tries to escape, and sometimes he just tries to do what he wants despite the box. In the next box, another figure is always trying to force the person in box one into whatever form that box is taking. And the last box is a television, which is cheering the other two on.

First film by Ihab Shaker, Egyptian pioneer of animation. A man attempts to open a bottle.

An adaptation of Elisabeth Von Armin's novel "Mr. Skeffington", shot for Grupo Bandeirantes' tele-theatre.

"Animated dots strobe around the alpha rhythm. This film has some hallucinatory and hypnotic effects, incliuding induced color in black and white sections. Its polyrhythmic structure makes it a good film for light-show situations- it "fits" with almost all kinds of sound. The audience effect is one of general euphoria although it could be unsafe for epileptics.

Civil aviation pilots undergo a medical examination. They are no longer young, some have gray hair, and doctors decide who will stay in aviation and who should retire. Those of the pilots who, according to the decision of the commission, can no longer fly an airplane, enter into disputes with doctors and demand that they be allowed to continue their business on any possible terms.

An animated Miss America. It strips away the false facade to show the real facade. You'll see faces cut in half, ocean liners, a car, mannequins and marbles, a cow, a guy in pajamas, loose eyes, and 24 frames a second. –J. D.

A City of Chicago sponsored film commissioned by Lewis W. Hill for the Department of Urban Renewal. The film attempts to defend the city's redevelopment plan for residential and commercial urban renewal, and explains how relocation officers can assist those who have been recently displaced. As the narrator succinctly states, "we are tearing down what stands in the way of a better city. Some buildings must go simply because the occupy space needed for something else, but for the most part, it's the warn out areas of the city that are making way for the new." Recently displaced home owners are interviewed, expressing their distaste of the urban renewal process. The film explains how the city will help these displaced home owners, by use of a good relocation officer from the Department of Urban Renewal. (Chicago Film Archives)

Adolf Winkelmann maneuvers through Kassel’s shopping district with a Bolex camera strapped to his body, filming himself and the attention he attracts.

This 70s-era education video titled “The Final Factor” sponsored by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety takes the viewer through various fictional scenarios that lead to road accidents. Throughout each scenario, there is an analysis of the factors that led up to that particular road accident and then a clip where the mistakes are rectified and the emergency averted. Not to be confused with the 1982 version.

A film by Michael Stewart.

A young woman dances at an outdoor music concert. Using in-camera effects, the filmmaker manipulates the film by using slow motion, still frames, and repeated or skipped frames. The music track is also manipulated, looping slow sections.

Survey of modern conveniences and amenities to be found on the reservation, including Navajo/Diné-owned businesses, boarding schools, soldiers and Boy Scouts, art classes, public ceremonies, and the newly opened General Dynamics Navajo Facility.

A bird unlike any other in its flock is given the task to direct traffic

A look at the changing social scene within British pubs of the late 1960s.

The film translates the lyrics of the Beatles' song into pictures using Lower East Side locations; pixillated sequences of images portray the nonmusical sounds.

About a kind scarecrow that turned into a snowman in winter.

Short film by Gerrit van Dijk 1968

KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary film from 1968, narrated by Phil Wilson, which looks at the living conditions, social outlook and aspirations of the Diggs family, who live on Fell Street in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood. Includes scenes of: widower Louis Diggs (originally from Texas) discussing his family's quality of life; Louis working as a handyman and relaxing at home; eldest son Larry Diggs reflecting on how different generations within his community cope with hardship and negative prospects; Larry working with kids as a counsellor at Youth For Service and visiting Andrew Jackson Elementary School; daughter Cherie Diggs attending Zion Lutheran Parochial School and shopping for the family; Larry's younger brother Joe Diggs attending George Washington High School and walking around Golden Gate Park, as he describes his current state of affairs and street views of the Western Addition.

A monograph about a leech, a member of the ringworm family. The film shows their living conditions, structure, reproduction, and presents some of the 300 known varieties with particular emphasis on the medicinal leech, due to its practical application in medicine.

The perverse lives of two men lead to sexual fulfillment and finally tragedy.

An instructional video of the postal services intended for postal receptionists who provide services to the public (produced by the Israeli Film Service). The film explains how to perform their duties (assistance to customers in sending letters, payments, stamp services, etc) in an orderly, accurate, and courteous manner.

BAFTA-nominated documentary exploring the British defence industry's use of chemical weapons.

A two-part BAFTA-winning documentary examining the Camphill movement’s work helping people with learning disabilities, first focusing on its school outside Aberdeen, then on Botton Village, in North Yorkshire, a community for adults with special needs.

A 1968 film by Guido Lombardi.