All Films

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.

Les « troubbes » de Johnny

1974 • 20 min • Canada

A pleasant fantasy about the setbacks experienced by a young man who loves costumes. His wife having left him, he goes after her to live some rather funny adventures.

Olivia's Place

1974 • 6 min

Olivia may have felt no need to change, but the world around her was not bound by such an impractical sentiment. Olivia’s Place is gone. The site where it used to stand is now a sort of plaza between two large old wood frame houses that were moved to their present location from elsewhere in the city. One of these houses is occupied by a restaurant, the other is occupied by the California Heritage Museum. (Morgan Fisher) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Clerow Wilson's Great Escape

1974 • 25 min • United States of America

Clerow is taken away from his sister's home by a social worker and placed into servitude with an evil foster family “where they put water in the milk and milk in the water.” Clerow eventually escapes from this family and is reunited with his sister in a new housing project.

Phone

1974 • 18 min • New Zealand

A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.

Introduction to the Enemy

1974 • 60 min • United States of America

This film documents the journey of actress Jane Fonda and her husband – future California state senator Tom Hayden – through North and South Viet Nam in 1974. They travel from villages to towns talking with ordinary Vietnamese about their lives and the effects of the war on their lives, families, and communities.

The Stanley Baxter Moving Picture Show

1974 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The sketches are Nationwide with jokes across the UK and Thumpalong with Reg Varnish. We then have an episode of Upstage Downstage. There is a sketch set in a canteen of California during WW2 which ends with an attempt to undermine American morale using well-known American entertainers. There is a brief discussion about bias in the news followed by a news report. Maurice Chevalier is in heaven and sings about how that he is glad he is not alive anymore. The show concludes with 2001 - A Royal Wedding Odyssey where Prince Eric marries a singer. There is a mass phone-in where you are able to ask questions of the participants.

Bows and Errors

1974 • 6 min • United States of America

Pugg and Louie robs bank, Robin Hood style. However, their nemesis, Al E. Cat, swipes the dough, and Dogfather orders them to return the money.

Rejuvenating Apples

1974 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The peasant sends his sons in search of rejuvenating apples. The eldest sons go to a tavern, and the youngest, with the help of a Gray Wolf, gets apples for his father and marries a beautiful Blue-eyed woman.