All Films

King of the Hill

1974 • 56 min • Canada

This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the hope and innocence of spring training to the dog days of an August slump, the camera gets up close and personal at the home plate and records the intimate chatter on the mound, in the dugout and in the locker room. It provides a glimpse into the rewards and pressures of sports stardom and the easy camaraderie of the quintessential summer sport.

Another Side of the Forest

1974 • 21 min • Canada

Developments in the Canadian forestry industry during the 1970s are shown being carried out both as lab experiments and in the field to protect and conserve the country's vast forests. These include turning a Newfoundland bog into woodland, fostering British Columbia seedlings that withstand mechanical planting, inoculating Ontario elms against the bark beetle, devising ways of controlling fire, and more.

Out to Lunch

1974 • 60 min • United States of America

The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break.

Flight

1974 • 6 min • United States of America

Pun on "light" intended - that short preceding expulsion of breath perhaps the "subject matter" of this film which centers in consideration of death. It is the third tone poem film and did much surprise me by thus completing a trilogy of the "4 classical Elements." (SB)

X-Ray

1974 • 13 min • Poland

Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1974 • 25 min • United States of America

Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.

Sol

1974 • 4 min • United States of America

1: SUN 2: not cap: GOLD - used in alchemy 3: the sun-god of the ancient Romans; but then also, as I understand it, a French word for earth, wherefrom we get our "sail"; and then (puns always intended, as I hear them): soul .... This also, then, a tone poem film.

Why Me?

1974 • 57 min • United States of America

Why Me? a one-hour documentary on breast cancer narrated by actress Lee Grant. First broadcast on May 13, 1974 on CBS in Los Angeles, it was the first major television documentary to deal with breast cancer.

Harold's Fairy Tale

1974 • 8 min • Czechoslovakia, United States of America

Harold draws himself a castle in an enchanted garden and fills it with a king, a giant, a fairy - and himself!

Trail of the Lonesome Pink

1974 • 6 min • United States of America

With the help of some snapping turtles, The Pink Panther battles fur trappers Jacques and Jules after his tail gets snagged in one of their foothold traps.

Sonic Boom

1974 • 31 min • United States of America

Comedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.

By Hoot or By Crook

1974 • 6 min • United States of America

While Hoot was chasing the notorious bank robber The Fox, his horse finds the Fox's costume, and for fun Hoot dressed up like the Fox. One of the delivery men, thinking Hoot was the Fox, gives him the strong box with the town's pay roll, so Hoot Kloot has to bring it back to the bank while dressed up like the Fox. The real Fox has another idea.

The Tobacconist

1974 • 1 min • France

Budô dokyumento: Kengô no saiten

1974 • 49 min • Japan

The Investigation

1974 • 53 min • Poland

A Scotland Yard officer investigates the mysterious disappearance of a series of corpses. Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem.

Gaston's Recital

1974 • 22 min • Canada

This short fiction film about a young boy torn between conflicting loyalties is resolved with humour and wisdom. Sunday, 2 o'clock, is zero hour for Gaston. He must be in two places at once: performing at a music recital and playing hockey with his teammates. What is Gaston to do?

Black at Yale: A Film Diary

1974 • 53 min • United States of America

The film focuses on the experiences of African-American students at Yale in the early 1970s. The influential documentary short follows students Erroll McDonald and Eugene Rivers, and features a conversation with civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael.

I-94

1974 • 3 min • United States of America

Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.

The Music School

1974 • 30 min • United States of America

This drama is based on a John Updike story and is narrated by the author. It is the tale of an angst-filled hero attending music school.

Aquarien

1974 • 3 min • United States of America

'EN'? -- as dictionary has it: 'made of, of or belonging to' (as I have it) Aquarius/an(d) so forth: Latin water carrier in the sky, etc. This is my first fully conscious tone poem film.

The Burning Hell

1974 • 58 min • United States of America

Pastor Estus W. Pirkle preaches about hell, where all non-Christians will suffer eternal torment. He's also visited by two self-professed “Christians” who don't believe in hell.

The First Woman President

1974 • 60 min • United States of America

This acclaimed television drama tells the story of Edith Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. It deals specifically with how, after his severe stroke in 1919, she played an influential role in his administration. For the remainder of his presidency, she managed his staff and determined which communication and matters of state were important enough to bring to her husband's attention. Thus, she came to be known as "the first woman president."

Moeru otoko Nagashima Shigeo: eikō no se-bangō 3

1974 • 44 min • Japan

Documentary on baseball player Shigeo Nagashima

The Case of the Elevator Duck

1974 • 17 min • United States of America

Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.