Cinematic Era: 1969 Vintage

A young boy Jampoll is spending the summer in his grandfather village where he fights criminals using his friends help.

The 70th anniversary of the Moscow Art Theatre is celebrated with new premieres that creatively intertwine tradition and innovation. Stories about the founders of the theatre, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, and the galaxy of famous actors, including Ivan Moskvin, Vasily Kachalov, and others, are interspersed with film clips of the play Tartuffe. The history of the theater is also the history of its repertoire, which includes such plays as "At the Bottom," "The Cherry Orchard," "Anna Karenina," "The Kremlin Chimes," and many others.

Swedish filmmaker Vilgot Sjöman takes his old father Wiktor on a drive to his childhood environment.

The first dance motion capture film.

Old movie from Afghanistan

A look at Greenwich Village, produced by the Cotton Producers Institute.

Film composed of eight animated shorts starring agents Mortadelo (Mort) and Filemón (Phil): The Oregon Ranch; The Blackout Case; The Invitation; An Unexpected Martian; Carioco and His Invention; The Mines of King Salmerón; Second-hand Gangsters; Spies in the Legion.

Few people know that Komitas wrote letters to the singer, pedagogue Margarit Babayan for ten years from 1905 to 1915. Some of those letters were the basis for creating this film.

A compilation film on the recent technical achievements of British Rail; made for screening in Washington on the signing of the 'Budd' contract. Material obtained from various BTF films directed and shot by others.

An Argument About a Marriage raises questions about the impact of European farms on the economic and the social life of the Ju/'hoansi; about the complexities of marriage rules and bride-service in their traditional kinship system; and about the nature of conflict and its mediation among the Ju/'hoansi. Despite the interpersonal anger, we see how oma's skillful intervention prevents this particular conflict from escalating to violence.

"...about how 'friends' abuse and use people, eventually destroying them." - Jimmy Murakami the film as 'a man literally giving himself to another man -- eyes, mouth and so on -- until the latter leaves with the donor's woman.

No synopsis and plot is known

Three women, wear makeup or masks, having a meal.

The 257th issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the article 'She', examining the part women play in mining and the role they could expect to play in British industry in the future.

Lydia, a model, and Helga, a flight attendant, live together and share the rent. Lydia gets a job in a cabaret, but the owner soon asks her to become a trainer, which she refuses. To punish her, he locks her up in his house. Thanks to her friend Helga, the police take a closer look at the manager's reprehensible actions.

A young woman with romantic problems puts her trust in the wrong person.

Pink film by Kan Mukai.

On April 9, 1968, the Republican Nuno Simões (1894-1976) was honored by the Municipality of Famalicão, being assigned the insignia of the Great Officer of the Order of Benemerence. Two teams from Cultura Filmes, a Commercial Society of Cinematographic Productions in Lisbon, under the direction of Ricardo Malheiro, a cinematographic coverage of this event for the "Jornais Associados" of Brazil. They completed their work, various environments of the village and the municipality of Famalicão, and also some details of the "folates fair" - Tells us the newspaper "Estrela da Manhã" a few days after the event.

A ‘divertimento’ performed in an abandoned premises of an Algerian tourist center, uninhabited in winter.

Film shot one frame at a time, of three faces, including a brother and sister, which merge to become one, followed by a short sequence of minimalist gesture.

A example of Jean Renoir's talents as a director as he works Gisèle Braunberger into the right frame of mind.

“The soundtrack was Baroque harpsichord music composed by Georg Böhm.It was shown privately, and at the Film-Makers’ Cinematheque on Wooster Street.The film was made, but never put into distribution.” (Owen Land, letter to Mark Webber, 2004)

Filmed between 1967-68 in 16mm, the documentary is a propaganda film funded by the Tokyo Headquarters of the Japanese Socialist Party to support governor Minobe Ryōkichi, elected in 1967.

Darna vs. Planetman

A musician has to compose a commissioned work for a film. But his mind is guided by external solicitations that constantly divert him from his work.

Documentary about high rises.

A pop-art video of The Beatles’ “Get Back” made especially for Spain’s TV shot Último Grito in 1969. Iván Zulueta’s first attempts to get his colourful ideas on film and a clear nod to what would become his first feature film, “Un, dos, tres… al escondite inglés.”

In the depths of the Ice mountain Kungur ice cave has hidden. Beauty, greatness and history of the cave's exploration are reflected in names of the grottos: Brilliant, Cosmic, Dante, Ruins, Geologists, Brave, Giant, Polar. But how did such magic as ice diamonds, pearls and silver appear?

Short film about the exhibition of the works of Mexican painter José Alfaro Siqueiros at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte de Ciudad Universitaria in 1967.

A minimalist cinematic style is used in this film to tell the story of a young man who reacquaints himself with an old girlfriend after a chance meeting. He talks to a film director who wishes to make a feature about political change but is uninspired about the lack of real change in everyday life. The woman goes on a boat with an old friend before making love to her former boyfriend. The two rekindle their passions as the passage of time has them viewing each other in a more favorable light.

A short documentary about people of Abadan and their folklore and culture.

The documentary chronicles the methods of work in relation to pre-Columbian man and the current farmer.

16mm, color, 4 min. Dir. Donna Deitch.

In an effort to impress a pretty neighbor across the street, a resident of a panel building started growing flowers on his balcony.

UCLA Student Film. "Like a carefully crafted short story, this psychological tale of the terrifying, unsettled personality of a superficially calm man evokes an atmosphere of loneliness and suspense by means of fine acting, definitive editing, and outstanding lighting effects. There is a fascination about the soundless man who gazes at his glasswork while various hues of light play over his impassive face and by the violence of his destruction, made all the more terrifying by the squealing and scurrying of rats"--The booklist.

Ricardo Güiraldes narrates the origin of the ideas that gave rise to Don Segundo Sombra, within the framework of the film adaptation made by Manuel Antín.

This is Aihara’s earliest surviving work. Motifs of psychedelic culture and the anti-war movement are directly scratched and painted on translucent film.

A Czechoslovak army documentary depicting the first military marriage performed in a remote eastern Slovakian village.

Mini-doc on the set of Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement" (1969).

The film tells the story of a street singer and the girl he loves. Osman wanders the streets with his young bandmates, singing songs. He dreams of becoming rich one day and marrying Müjgan. One day, while singing in a wealthy neighborhood, he is discovered. He offers to make Osman a famous singer. At first, Osman does not take the offer seriously, but he eventually gives in to the woman's persistence. However, this decision will mark the beginning of a difficult period for Müjgan.

The adventures of a cat who endures the indignation of a busy family and the dangers of being lost in a big city.

Images of love and freedom personified by a man who like to travel, a man who has made a profession of doing nothing and who constantly comes up against the structures of a society he rejects.

A Serbian TV adaptation of the famous play by D. H. Lawrence.

Dolphy stars as a sacristan who forms a close relationship with a young blind girl.

hong kong film

Animation short.

UCLA Animation Workshop Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Pixilated Black & White Animation. A war between dark and light-colored potatoes ends in the mashing of the potatoes, demonstrating they are the same inside as outside.

A Mighty Heroes short.

In 16mm, black and white, silent, a fiction about a solitary character who walks the streets of Paris respecting certain discreet rituals. Arriving at the public garden, he can finally sit in front of the regulation sign. The satisfaction of the completed ritual becomes bliss.