All Films

All Good Men

1974 • 60 min • United Kingdom

On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister, calls his family together for a birthday celebration that results in dramatic revelations.

Genshi-san

1974 • 10 min • Japan

A giant prehistoric man destroys some cities. Early Super-8 Tsukamoto short film. Loosely based on a short Shigeru Mizuki story.

Kepler's Laws

1974 • 3 min

Animated graphic symbols presented in a constant time frame are used to diagram and explain the laws of planetary motion devised by the Sixteenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. “Little Suite”, guitar and lute music composed by Galileo Galilei’s father Vincenzo, is performed by Laurindo Almeida

Sisters!

1974 • 8 min

A celebration and collage of lesbians, including footage of the Women's International Day march in SF and joyous dancing from the last night of the second Lesbian Conference where Family of Woman played; as well as images of women doing all types of traditional "men's" work.

The Happy Prince

1974 • 25 min • Canada

A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow.

Shapoklyak

1974 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Gena the Crocodile and Cheburashka decide to go to the sea on vacation. Shapoklyak steals their train tickets, so they are kicked off the train. On their way home, the duo, with Shapoklyak's help, stops hikers from poaching and a factory from polluting a river.

The Little House in Kolomna

1974 • 50 min • Soviet Union

A television play based on the eponymous poem, letters, and other works by Alexander Pushkin.

Closed Mondays

1974 • 8 min • United States of America

An intoxicated man trespasses into an art gallery after hours.

The Over-Amorous Artist

1974 • 45 min • United Kingdom

Sexploitation comedy about an aspiring artist. Alan and Sue switch roles: she goes out to work while he looks after the home and concentrates on his painting. However, he fails to anticipate the time-consuming attentions of various female neighbours.

Seifuku no shojo: Otokogurui

1974 • 57 min • Japan

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Bloody John

1974 • 19 min • Soviet Union

The famous chief of the corsairs Bloody John brings the lovely Isabella back as war booty from yet another foray. The avaricious Isabella shortly seizes power in the gang. Bloody John is reduced to a weak-willed, henpecked subordinate of the female robber. The desperate John escapes and seeks shelter in his dear childhood home in Saaremaa, where he starts earning a living again by honest means.

Slither

1974 • 30 min • United States of America

A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.

Pig Bin

1974 • 30 min

"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.

Runaway on the Rogue River

1974 • 48 min • United States of America

A boy, Jeff, comes upon a runaway elephant while fishing. He has adventures taking the elephant to show his father, and the elephant ends up helping save the father’s life.

El arte del tabaco

1974 • 6 min • Cuba

A close-up examination of laborers creating Cuban cigars intercut with artistic advertising labels and postures for those cigars. Silent with musical accompaniment.

Taking Leave

1974 • 60 min

Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.

Mutinies

1974 • 29 min • United Kingdom

Gerald works in publisling. He was a pilot in World War 2 and enjoys talking about his aerial battles. His employees dislike him, apart from his loyal secretary. One evening, his wife tells him about her depression. Gerald has a solution: gin and tonic. He complains to her about the state of modern society, but his own problems are about to worsen...

Vietnam: Still America's War

1974 • 27 min

John Pilger returns to Vietnam in 1974. America had withdrawn its ground forces at the beginning of the previous year, he reports, yet the war had not ended. During this ‘peace’, more than 70,000 soldiers and civilians had been killed.

Jaime

1974 • 35 min • Portugal

Jaime, a poem of suffering and loneliness, describes the existence and pictorial work of a man isolated in a psychiatric hospital.

Old-Fashioned Woman

1974 • 49 min • United States of America

Documentary on the filmmaker's grandmother, Mabel Tilton, reflecting on her life as an independent woman.

Teevra Madhyam

1974 • 20 min • India

Shama and Ravi are members of a Marxist party. Shama loves classical Indian music, a luxury of a few, and Ravi is in love with quotations and the philosophy of Marx - a need of the masses. Due to a strike, Ravi is compelled to work full-time for the party. Shama decides to give up music reluctantly and joins Ravi.

Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s

1974 • 39 min • United Kingdom

Recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London in 1974 and backed by the Tommy Flanagan Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald performs some of her most famous songs, including George Gershwin's The Man I Love.

Adventure in Satan's Canyon

1974 • 48 min • United States of America

A young man tries to master the kayak, and becomes a hero in helping to save his coach, who is badly injured in an accident. To accomplish this feat, the young man has to navigate some very dangerous rapids in his kayak, giving himself confidence.

A Passion for Churches

1974 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the Queen's private estate, the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham and Norwich Cathedral.