Cinematic Era: 1970 Vintage

A young scientist creates a dangerous invention.

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

"Palaver" tells us the day of three Congolese students (Albert, Victor and Marcel) who visit Bruges for a tour of the city, and end up on the beaches of Ostend. During their trip, they cross a beautiful blond on the arm of an equally superb African.

Edgar, an aristocrat, commissions Camillo to write a play based on an affair he had ten years ago with the Countess del Monaco. But Edgar first has to find a suitable actress to play the Countess – his search will lead to his own death.

In the trial against Boris, Lazar is the main witness for the prosecution. The two are the comrades-in-arms. Now they are opponents, because of a conflict concerning a coal conveyor where they work. Lazar is afraid of taking risks. Boris, however, is not afraid of taking responsibility where innovation is at stake. The conflict ceases to be confined to production problems and grows into dispute over commitment to principle and ethics. After harrowing hesitations the main witness Lazar gives evidence in Boris's defense.

When the neglected and unloved brother Mavungu finally leaves home, he finds a tree blocking the river and frees the people imprisoned within the tree. Based on a folk tale from the Congo.

Student unrest in a university outside Paris sparks a huge civil revolt and general strike against Gaullist authoritarianism in France during the months of May and June, 1968.

Documentary film about the successful erotic film producer and author Alois Brummer. Documentary filmmaker Hans Jürgen Syberberg accompanies Brummer for six days in his daily business during the shooting of Brummer's film “Graf Porno und die liebesdurstigen Töchter” (Count Porno and the Love-Thirsty Daughters). In addition to Brummer, his employees and actors also have their say.

Akira, a young detective, uses his Invisibility to investigate a case where the Mona Lisa has been stolen by the villainous Team Z.

In the late 1960s, Vito Acconci abandoned poetry in order to work with the body and its relationship with space, although he did retain a commitment to language. Influenced by the concepts proposed by the Judson Dance Theater and the Structuralist experimental cinema in the Anthology Film Archives, Acconci shifted his interest towards performance, Super 8, video, sound and installation, executed within the gallery or museum space. Three Relationship Studies (Manipulations, Imitations, Shadow Play) brings together three conceptual exercises in which Acconci explores one of his main themes of interest: the body as space. In this particular case, he focused on the relationship of his body with the other, his manipulation of it, and the way the shadow cast by his body manages to dominate the space outside it.

Italian documentary about comics and their relationship with the unconscious.

Follows the rise and fall of rebel leader in a post-apocalyptic world.

This lyrical portrait of the Cathedral of Chartres was produced for the 1970 exhibition, “The Year 1200,” a centerpiece of The Met’s centennial celebration. Accompanied by a rich choral score, the film focuses on the dramatic architecture, stained glass, and characterful sculptures adorning the cathedral—all of it an ode to the humanistic spirit. Featuring still photography by Francis Thompson.

Animation short.

Bulgarian stop motion animation that follows the adventures of six penguins.

An in-depth look at a little-known sport that is technical, athletic, and physically demanding: cross-country skiing.

Koos van der Merwe disguises himself as Captain James van der Merwe to be with the daughter of a millionaire, but unbeknownst to Koos, James' twin brother is also about to arrive and confusion is bound to reach climax.

Report No. 11 in a series of 13 topical films. Because 1970 was European Conservation Year, this issue of the Rail Report Series was devoted to examples of what railways in Britain are doing to help conserve and improve the national environment.

1. Intro 2. First Movement: Moderato - Allegro 3. Second Movement: Andante 4. Third Movement: Vivace - Presto Recorded on September 24th, 1969 at London's Royal Albert Hall, Jon Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra really was a meeting of two different worlds.

7 minutes, 16mm, B&W, Sound

A rivalry ignites between rival cinema owners when one man seduces the daughter of his arch-enemy, Fettan, sparking a humorous battle in their quest for dominance.

A stop-motion animated short about the journey of Nicholas, an angel and two devils to distribute gifts. The devils are bored on the way, so they invent all kinds of tricks.

The sexual lives of Transsexual women.

"In Scene Steal, Acconci, fully clothed, tries to shield a nude woman from the camera. In Container, he wraps his nude body around a cat as if to totally enclose it." - Electronic Arts Intermix

Impressions of California as seen by Henri Cartier-Bresson.

This shocking black and white documentary shows the lives of Szabolcs county (Northeast Hungary) commuters who traveled 200-300 kilometers from their villages to Budapest (the capital of Hungary) every week by train in the communist era.

The lascivious Jungle King has illicit affairs with both blonde bombshell Jane and exotic jungle princess Meena.

A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America, and his meetings with other scientists, including Mme Curie, Einstein, Oppenheimer and Pauli. Produced by Harvard Project Physics with a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Beethoven's opera Fidelio, conducted by Karl Böhm, featuring Gwyneth Jones as Leonore and James King as Florestan

Extract of rushes from the unfinished documentary project written and produced by Henri Langlois on Marc Chagall.

Tips of feet walking at the edge of frame, all around the frame.

A young would-be writer searches the street of Glasgow for his missing girlfriend.

Based on the 1920 novel by David Lindsay, a strange tale of sexual identify and existential angst.

Experimental short by Kiyoshi Awazu.

Children playing on the roadway led to an accident.

Based on a story from Nizami Ganjavi’s poem "Seven Beauties". It tells the tale of Shah Bahram Gur and a young woman named Fitna, who, during a hunt, refused to express admiration for his masterful archery, stating that it was merely the result of many days of practice.

A careful observation of changes in the life cycles of flora and fauna that occur in the garden near his house in Vynnyky. The structure of the film is based on the change of seasons. Accordingly, filming and work lasted all year round. Originally silent, in 2020, Regina Zheleznyakova (Regina Collage) and Pavlo Olefirenko (Pilikayu) wrote music for it.

Material filmed during and after the battle of Amman, in September 1970. The images document the rubble after the bombings, showing displaced people in the hall of a building, among the ruins, inside schools, while they are being treated . Some moments of a Yasser Arafat rally are also filmed.

Agents from China try to disrupt the Hong Kong economy by flooding the market with counterfeit US dollars. South Korean underworld leaders and Norht Korean agents also want the plates to the phoney money. A South Korean double agent is working for one of these groups and plans to reveal all to the world.

An animated satire in three parts from three animators.

A study of the development of British Rail's hovercraft services in the Solent and across the Channel, using SRN6, HM2 and SRN4 air-cushion vehicles.

An end of study film for this film director who graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, it was produced from audiovisual archives found in Russia. Inspired by the film "Triumph over Violence", produced in 1965 by Mikhail Romm, a study director and film director, "Visit Greece" tells the story of the first tourists – usually armed and not invited – to visit Greek territory at various periods of its history.

Pop star Peggy March visits the cosmopolitan city within its western districts and talks about her life in the USA and Germany in equal measure, while the greatest hits of her career come to life within the city!

Round table on the teaching of secondary school.

A series of short, single-take anecdotes that introduce his idiosyncratic approach to video and humor, these technically raw-edged vignettes use understated means to create conceptual sight gags and absurdist one-liners. Wegman's deadpan spoken delivery of his monologues, and his ingenious use of everyday objects, subvert the viewer's expectations and transform the ordinary into the surreal.

Crime thriller about a private detective who becomes involved in intrigues surrounding a missing woman and highly toxic chemicals.

A film by Naomi Levine from 1970