All Films

Fellow Citizens!

1974 • 8 min • East Germany

Salvador Allende’s last radio speech is given in full; nothing is interposed. The translation of the speech appears in subtitles, individual passages are placed into the center of the picture. Film scenes and photos underline Allende’s call to his citizens. The film ends with a slow close-up to the face of the President.

Basketball Jones

1974 • 5 min

Basketball Jones is a 1974 animated short film based on the Cheech and Chong song. The cartoon was created to promote the song's release in the United States. It is about a teenager named Tyrone Shoelaces and his love of basketball.

Getter Robo

1974 • 25 min • Japan

When earthquakes shake up Japan, Professor Saotome is certain that it is the work of the Dinosaur Empire. Michiru goes out to investigate in the Command Module but is quickly shot down and injured; the culprit is none other than Megazaus! Team Getter Robo is eager to get revenge for Michiru, but first they have to brave the fractured roads and find a physician for her. Once Getter Robo is formed, they must track Megazaus underground and defeat him before he destroys the cities of Japan.

How the Bears Fed the Whale

1974 • 9 min • Soviet Union

At one point, two bears realize that they have never seen a whale. They decide to embark on a boat journey to finally witness the magnificent creature and even feed him.

Clancy

1974 • 5 min • United States of America

"This is a portrait of that man I choose to call the greatest I've known: Clancy, whom the fates surnamed Sheey, personifies for me that which is simply human beyond condition and all conditioning." -SB

Alyonushka and the Soldier

1974 • 21 min • Soviet Union

Snake Gorynych kidnapped the girl Alyonushka. Only a soldier can save her, who, thanks to his ingenuity, led the villain.…

Time Stepping

1974 • 19 min

“The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing viewpoints. They pan in opposing crossways movements and develop a picture view that appears to extend beyond the edges of the screen. The durations and sequencing of one shot in relation to another are not pre-scripted; the shooting patterns take the form of a space-time game where a new movement or action on one camera provokes a corresponding reaction from the second camera.” –William Raban

One-Eyed Men Are Kings

1974 • 15 min • France

One-Eyed Men Are Kings [Les... borgnes sont rois] is a 1974 French short film directed by Michel Leroy and Edmond Séchan. In the film, a sad middle-aged man in Paris man and his dog go for a walk, which turns into an ordeal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Fairy Tale for His Majesty

1974 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animation short.

Sorley Maclean's Island

1974 • 23 min • United Kingdom

The Scottish poet discusses his work with his fellow Scottish writer Iain Crichton Smith.

Windows

1974 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location. One of Greenaway's early short films.

Mr. Shepard and Mr. Milne

1974 • 30 min

Between 1923 and 1928, two men collaborated on a series of four books - "When We Were Very Young", "Winnie-the-Pooh", "The House at Pooh Corner" and "Now We Are Six" - which have since become classics in the field of children's literature. This film tells the story of the men and how those books came into being.

The Hunt

1974 • 52 min • Yugoslavia

Through Šimun’s conflict with the head of the new agricultural cooperative, where he is forced to work in order to feed his family, the changes that land reclamation has brought to everyday life in the Neretva Valley are depicted, destroying the traditional way of life.

The Simpletons

1974 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The story of a bunch of peasants who have a hard time using logic to build their community.

С бору по сосенке

1974 • 16 min • Soviet Union

Fire

1974 • 12 min • Soviet Union

About the 1930s—the early years of the Stakhanovite movement. The heroes of the film are steelworkers, who were among the first participants in the socialist competition.

Saddle Soap Opera

1974 • 6 min • United States of America

Hoot Kloot and Fester arrives at San Francisco to bring Judge Sayabe (the hanging judge) back to Cactus Goat. Unfortunately for the judge, Hoot Kloot goofs up along the way and the judge gets blown up, run over by a train, and falls down the cliff. They eventually return to the Cactus Goat, with the judge making a certain sheriff his enemy. Last "Hoot Kloot" cartoon.

Happy Ever After

1974 • 48 min • United Kingdom

A film actress is drawn into a fantasy world by a mysterious stranger who wears a mask to hide his ugliness.

Artesanato do Samba

1974 • 10 min • Brazil

The making of the samba school parades, with the construction of the great cars, the decorations being spread all over the city and the hand-crafted tailoring of the costumes by apt hands that stitch together colourful and glowing materials.

The Tale of the Snowman Darbulka

1974 • 8 min • Soviet Union

How Darbulka and his new friend Teddy Bear dreamed of everything blooming around them.

The Legend of John Henry

1974 • 11 min • United States of America

The folk legend of John Henry, and his contest with a steam engine to cut a railroad tunnel through a mountain, is told in song by Roberta Flack.

The Mad Magazine TV Special

1974 • 22 min • United States of America

An animated adaptation of the notorious satire comic magazine. The skits include a look at a modern American car factory, the inner workings of a hospital, and a parody of The Godfather.

I Give you a Star

1974 • 8 min • Soviet Union

Home Movie

1974 • 12 min

Filmmaker Jan Oxenberg narrates her own home videos, commenting on how her views towards lesbianism and femininity have evolved over time.