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Destins: Général De Bollardière

Destins: Général De Bollardière

1975 • 52 min • Switzerland
The exceptional portrait of a pacifist general, the only senior officer to have spoken out against torture. This precious testimony still remains censored in France, since no national channel has to date decided to program this documentary. Son and brother of a soldier, General Pâris de Bollardière was destined for a career in arms. He was, for many years, one of the most brilliant representatives of this adventurer career in France, from Narvik to the Algerian War. After fighting in the French maquis, he reached Indochina, where he suddenly found himself in the aggressor's camps. His beliefs are strongly shaken. But it is in Algeria, where the French army practices torture and summary executions, that he takes the big turn. He expresses his contempt to Massu, and is relieved of his command. Until his death in 1986, Jacques de Bollardière fought for world peace, from the Larzac plateaus to the Mururoa atolls.
The Mask Maker

The Mask Maker

1975 • 7 min
Marcel Marceau pantomimes the story of a man who becomes trapped in one of his ‘masks.’
The Fox Book

The Fox Book

1975 • 10 min • Soviet Union
The cartoon is based on the wisdom of medieval Armenian fables pictured with the synthesis of modern animation and rock music.
Girls Come First

Girls Come First

1975 • 43 min • United Kingdom
Up and coming portrait artist Alan Street is employed by the owner of a Soho Swingers Club to paint the nude hostesses. Whilst Alan relishes his new job his beautiful girlfriend is less than impressed.
Body Art

Body Art

1975 • 37 min
Compilation film consisting of material from various artists who are involved in body art
Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass)

Short Films 1975: #4 (Lady in Glass)

1975 • 2 min • United States of America
Begins with green tiled bathroom ends with golden mirrored image of cameraman. Has been accidentally referred to as "Jane's Memory" in some writing.
The United States of America

The United States of America

1975 • 27 min • United States of America
A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and social changes from NY to Los Angeles.
Muppet Picker Upper

Muppet Picker Upper

1975 • 9 min • United States of America
Consists of the shorts "The Muppet Introduction", "Just a Few Announcements" and "Sell, Sell, Sell".
Kashtanka

Kashtanka

1975 • 60 min • Soviet Union
The lost dog Kashtanka is picked up on the street by circus actor Monsieur Georges. He gives her a new name - Aunt and, having prepared a number with her, begins to perform in the circus. Their performances are very successful.
Who's Out There?

Who's Out There?

1975 • 28 min • United States of America
Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the possibility and implications of extraterrestrial life. In examining our perceptions of alien 'martians' from his "War of the Worlds" broadcast, to then-modern explorations of Mars, this film from NASA provides a unique glimpse at life on earth, and elsewhere in the universe.
The Boy and the Moose

The Boy and the Moose

1975 • 60 min • Soviet Union
A teenager finds a moose lost in the city and decides to help the animal.
Club Havana

Club Havana

1975 • 30 min • United Kingdom
After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon Coward (Research Manager, Kaleidoscope). An episode of the BBC drama series Second City Firsts.
Christopher's Christmas Mission

Christopher's Christmas Mission

1975 • 23 min • Sweden
"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.
The Semi-Circular Canals

The Semi-Circular Canals

1975 • 9 min
The title of The Semi-Circular Canals refers to the portion of the human ear that regulates balance. Viola constructed a platform on which he and the recording equipment counterbalanced one another, while freely suspended from a large tree. The artist appears to be sitting calmly at the center of the universe as the earth rotates. He writes, "The tape was inspired by NASA films and develops references to cosmological cycles, with the individual at the rotational center of their universe."
Breath

Breath

1975 • 60 min
Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems. Everyone seems to be helpful - but are they? Is there something sinister about Mrs Pritchett , the new housekeeper, or is it Nell's imagination? Who knows where reality ends and fantasy begins?
Bip as a Skater

Bip as a Skater

1975 • 8 min
This Bip pantomime deals with his visit to a skating rink. Featuring Marcel Marceau.
Harper Days are Here Again

Harper Days are Here Again

1975 • 11 min
Promotional behind-the-scenes look at 'The Drowning Pool' (1975).
Distanced Impressions

Distanced Impressions

1975 • 13 min • Italy
Starting from intimate moments, three tales through images, apart in time and space, linked to tell a broader story.
La Femme au foyer

La Femme au foyer

1975 • 23 min • France
The life of a right-wing housewife in Chile during the prior days to Salvador Allende's military overthrow.
This Bloody, Blundering Business

This Bloody, Blundering Business

1975 • 30 min
In this satirical rendering of the history of American intervention in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, the silent movie format with lively ragtime piano music is combined with a dramatically understated narration and excerpts from "newsreels" of the period to reveal the nature of American attitudes toward Third World peoples and significant parallels with contemporary American foreign policy.
Time Well Spent

Time Well Spent

1975 • 26 min • United Kingdom
Learn how to be good salesmen with the great John Alderton and Richard O'Sullivan.
And Mama Will Forgive Me

And Mama Will Forgive Me

1975 • 10 min • Soviet Union
The film tells about one day of a little boy, his most beloved of three hundred and sixty-five days a year - his Birthday. On this holiday, the importance of a gift for a baby can not be overestimated, every kid has a toy that he has long dreamed of. What happens in the heart and soul of the child, if the gift does not match the desire.
Where Is Dead?

Where Is Dead?

1975 • 19 min
In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother, David. With the help of her family, she gradually learns how to process his passing and cope with her grief. Written, produced, and directed by Jackie Rivet-River, this short film for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films was awarded the Silver Hugo prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as 12 additional awards internationally.
Moving Pictures: The Art of Jan Lenica

Moving Pictures: The Art of Jan Lenica

1975 • 19 min
This film shows the Polish master animator Jan Lenica working on his film Landscape, and explores the relationship of the artist between the real world and his fantasy visions.