Cinematic Era: 1970 Vintage

In this film from the late 1960's Ron Scott collaborated with avant-garde musician Byrne Newhart in Fort Worth, Texas to produce a melange of light and sound channeling the psychedelic zeitgeist of the era.

Dheu Er Pore Dheu is a 1970 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Mohsin, written by Ayesha Khan, Syed Shamsul Haque, starring Abdur Razzak, Kabori Sarwar and Nasima Khan.

A parody of operetta costumes, personas, old familiar situations with old familiar sandboxes and a happy ending.

A mutant prank improvised by Arnaldo Baptista, Sérgio Dias, and Rita Lee. Os Mutantes on a unique day in the streets of São Paulo.

Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom is a Brazilian film, with an urban theme, produced and filmed in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1970. The film is divided into two parts (Com um Pouquinho de Sorte and Vida Nova Por Acaso) that have different character cores and independent narrative structures.

Abandoned by his mother and raised by an assassin, Bhanu (Manoj Kumar) blossoms into an adult and becomes the beloved leader of the Pol Khol Mandi. But a chance meeting with a beautiful girl (Nutan Behl) puts his promising young life in danger. It seems the Maharaja (Tiwari) wants Bhanu dead and will do anything to keep him from spoiling his election campaign. Even murder isn't out of the question.

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the black duck.

A new assistant priest arrives at a parish in western Jutland. Here, he falls in love with the daughter of a powerful merchant's wife and local politician. She hastily marries her daughter off to the commission agent in the business, and to the strains of the wedding march, the priest swears revenge on the mother. He becomes the parish priest himself and outmanoeuvres her in the following years, both commercially and politically. The political disputes concern the construction of a dike against the North Sea.

The Mole finds a lollipop & gets mocked by the other animals for his ridiculous notions on its use.

Filmed in Mistra, Greece. Preserved in Anthology Film Archives, New York.

Summary:The Flemish painter Heironymus Bosch (1450-1515) remains one of the most puzzling and enigmatic artists of all time. In this film we see two of his major triptychs, The Haywain and The Garden of Earthly Delights, in detail which only adds to Bosch's mystery. The Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1515) remains one of the most puzzling and enigmatic artists of all time. In this film we see two of his triptychs, THE HAYWAIN and THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS in detail which only adds to Bosch’s mystery. (TREASURES FROM THE EL PRADO series).

Nikos Firfiris will respond to the radio appeal and donate blood to Julia Papamarkou. Despite her wealthy father's insistence, Nikos will refuse to take money, but his partner in the grocery store will ask for it on his behalf. Nikos will accept the invitation to the party organized by Julia. Her fiancé, Jim, seeing Julia's obvious affection for Nikos, sets a trap for him with the help of his accountant, Zisis, and Nikos ends up in prison. Jim is now certain that he will marry Julia so that he can save his father's business from bankruptcy...

It tells the story of Latifah, or her original name Noraini who is taken care of by her adoptive family. After the deaths of her two adoptive parents, she was cared for by her adoptive sister and her husband. Latifah’s life was often disrupted by her adopted brother -in -law, causing her to be evicted.

The second film in Vlatko Gilic’s Sisyphean trilogy.

Joop is sleeping in the apartment of his friend Bernard. He is waken up by a woman who is looking for Bernard. Later they babysit the neighbor's granddaughter. A little short film from the Scorpio period. Jan de Bont behind the camera.

A group of free-spirited young men and women, living in a hippie-like manner, lead a life of indulgence and carelessness. When the father of one of the girls leaves on a trip, he entrusts her to the local motorcycle mechanic. The young biker makes every effort to warn her about the dangerous consequences of her reckless lifestyle.

Lost Taiwanese Watari film, The Magic World of Watari and Watari and the 7 Monsters preceded it.

Free adaptation of Camus' "Les muets".

Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck interviews his neighbor, Sean Farrell, a 4-year-old living on San Francisco's Haight Street in 1969. Sean gives his thoughts on life in his home, a hippie crash pad, and casually mentions that he smokes pot, which caused this short film to become a national sensation.

It is hoped that films such as this one, may one day be made available to ALL those who are about to embark upon marriage, or those already married and struggling under the unfair burdens of inadequate sexual understanding.

A story about amusing tourists and a boy who tried to outrun everyone, but...

A profile of a man who is employed in four institutions as: a central heating stoker, a maintenance man and a worker "for everything". The etude is a picture of his work, a story about his children, his studies and his family life.

Short hungary animated film by Gyula Macskássy

A story about the adventures of a helicopter girl named Hela.

Avant-garde analog animation techniques in stark black and white dramatize the effect of white men’s violence on an African jungle.

short Spanish experimental film

This piece of reportage for Israeli television examines the background of supposed Palestinian terrorism against Israelis in the Gaza Strip. Images of Palestinian workers packed into trucks in a long queue at the Erez Checkpoint, waiting for hours to enter Israel, are followed by images of Palestinian agricultural labourers, locked in an oppressive feudal system and willing to exchange their miniscule salaries for the bonus given for planting bombs.

Documentary about the earthquake that devastated the Yungai area on May 31, 1970, which killed more than 40,000 Peruvians.

About two girls and their erotic adventures.

Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his intentions and anecdotes from his friends Mesens and Scutenaire.

Pink film 1970.

The 1970 film version of Richard Wagner’s opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is based on a staging by the director Leopold Lindtberg, for which Herbert Kirchhoff designed the set and Rudolf Heinrich the costumes. Leopold Ludwig conducts the Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonic Hamburg State Orchestra. A quick glance at the cast list of this film production of Die Meistersinger reveals the surprising fact that the vocal protagonists – all stars of international reputation – were almost all associated with the Hamburg State Opera ensemble.

About the sights, splendor, and beauty of Baku, and the lives of its residents.

A film by Lutz Mommartz

A look at the traditional industries of the areas surrounding the Scotland/England border.

Ignorant of democracy but hungry for the West they cannot visit, the 17 million East Germans are a force that could decide the fate of Russia's European Empire. For most of the past decade they have been isolated by the Berlin Wall and a fortified border over 600 miles (965 km) long. Cold War attitudes have been slowest to melt in East Germany but this summer for the first time the German Democratic Republic opened its borders for three weeks to let in a BBC film crew. This is the first full-length report by a British television team on the life of the Germans who live 'Beyond the Wall.'

The documentary depicts Antarctica as an aesthetic phenomenon - it is a land of eternal silence and stillness; during its short summer the continent reveals its most beautiful treasures. Filmed during the 13th Soviet Antarctic expedition from November 1968 until May 1969.

Based on the "dove hunters" fairy tale

A “Cinéastes de notre temps” series episode directed by french film critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc, originally aired sometime around 1970.

"Acconci caresses his torso, then crushes cockroaches into his stomach and rubs them into his skin." - Electronic Arts Intermix

A boy makes friends with a cloud in the mountains. He is very proud of it, but sorry that no one can see his friend.

Introduces the official religions and denominations in Iran and It depicts the performance of various religious ceremonies in mosques, prayer rooms, churches and fire temples.

Film starring Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri from India

A film, first broadcast in 1970, that celebrates the life and work of author Virginia Woolf through the memories of her friends and relations.

This film subtly contrasts banal reality with parody, using technical film techniques like time lapse and color filtering to parallel a home theater screening with a seduction scene. The director skillfully stimulates the viewer’s erotic imagination in a delicate and ironic manner, while also incorporating amateur film flaws dramaturgically and adding a socially critical, satirical element.

Being stranded on a desert island is anything but tedious for this strange shipwrecked soul.

The capital city of Romania is documented from the turn of 20th century to the more modern times under post WWII Communism.

Glenn Gould tells the tale of a student's winter journey from Toronto to distant Winnipeg with images and music reflecting the majesty of the North. Based on Gould's radio documentary of the same name.

City schoolboy Andreika finds himself for the first time in a village with a mysterious name "Riddlkino". Everything here is new and unusual for him. Having seen and learned a lot, Andreika fell in love with his native nature.

Super obscure experimental short film. Very raw and primitive, it features a great soundtrack made of amazing psychedelic abstract electronic music (the song is “I Of IV” by electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros), which is probably what makes this short some kind of mesmerizing experience