All Films

The Mystery of the Strawberry Land

1973 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Larysa and Denys, having rest in a pioneer camp, went to the forest to collect strawberries. But the compass, by which they hoped to return safely to the other children, was stolen. And that's not all the mishaps that occur with them at the walk. They will have to overcome the cruel magician, and to face the bad behavior of unpleasant children.

Septembre Chilien

1973 • 39 min • France

Bruno Muel's documentary on the coup in Chile in 1973. Muel, who was part of the famed Medvedkine group, along with Chris Marker and Jean-Luc Godard, among others, captured one of the most powerful portraits of the early days of Dictatorship. Profound solidarity with the socialist cause, Muel and his team showed great courage to mix the official registration of images with those triumphant, clandestine, of the nascent opposition.

Elsa får piano

1973 • 30 min • Sweden

Philip is a grass widower who suddenly wants to buy a piano to his wife before she's back home, but it's Saturday and the time is short.

King Carnival

1973 • 53 min • Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

An in-depth look at Trinidad and Tobago's carnival through its turbulent history. African and East Indian rhthyms and rituals, combined with the European Mardi Gras celebration, have evolved into the spectacle of "mas" and music that erupts on the streets of Port of Spain on the two days preceding Lent.

Brás

1973 • 11 min • Brazil

A look at Brás, one of São Paulo's main Italian districts from its start until the 70s.

Too Long a Winter

1973 • 45 min

Award-winning documentary that follows the solitary existence of Hannah Hauxwell, a farmer who lives all alone in a remote farmhouse without electricity or running water, in the isolated dale of Baldersdale in County Durham. The documentary also follows the return of Brian and Mary Bainbridge to an even more remote farm further up Teesdale after they left several years earlier because the winters had been too severe and they had lost most of their sheep.

The Square of Three

1973 • 50 min • United Kingdom

An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.

On the Road with: Scarecrow

1973 • 4 min

Short featurette on the making of Scarecrow (1973).

Global Groove

1973 • 30 min • United States of America

Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artists who shared the same vision in the 1960s, saw the potential in the television beyond it being a one-sided medium to present programs and commercials. Instead, he saw it more as a place to facilitate a free flow of information exchange. He wanted to strip away the limitations from copyright system and network restrictions and bring in a new TV culture where information could be accessed inexpensively and conveniently. The full length of the piece ran 28 minutes and was first broadcasted in January 30, 1974 on WNET.

Nelson Cavaquinho: MPB Especial

1973 • 52 min • Brazil

Renowned Brazilian samba singer-songwriter Nelson Cavaquinho performing at TV Cultura in 1973.

The Brontës Lived Here

1973 • 19 min • United Kingdom

Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors, home of the famous literary family the Brontës and the setting for Emily's Wuthering Heights.

The Proud Bird from Shanghai

1973 • 48 min • United States of America

Chinese pheasants set loose in Oregon in 1881 find it difficult to survive in their new home, where there are different kinds of predators, but eventually they multiply and create a breed of ring-necked pheasants that can be found throughout the country.

The Moviemakers

1973 • 9 min • United States of America

A promotional short for Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973).

Maxi Cat: Fishing

1973 • 1 min • Yugoslavia

An unexpected place for Maxi Cat tailor-made fishing.

The Ascended

1973 • 45 min • Poland

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.

Le château perdu

1973 • 52 min • France

In 1662, ten years after the Fronde, King Louis XIV, then aged 24, was still feeling the insult. When the name of Baron de Fargues came to his ears, the king unleashed a blind vengeance against this amnestied former rebel. But Louise de La Vallière, Louis XIV's mistress, could jeopardize the plan.

Eno

1973 • 24 min • United Kingdom

About the English musician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and visual artist, Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, made shortly after his departure from Roxy Music. Featuring the recording sessions for Eno's record "Here Come the Warm Jets". A long lost documentary.

Rock-a-bye

1973 • 50 min

A look at the Rock and Roll music industry in Canada.

The Galaxy

1973 • 7 min • Romania

A painting animation.

Collage

1973 • 10 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

…And There Was Light

1973 • 9 min • Poland

Jerzy Kalina's first film, animated using coloured grains to depict a fantastical, vividly coloured genesis. The creation of the world and the dawn of life in under ten minutes.

Marilyn Times Five

1973 • 14 min • United States of America

A commentary on the destructive expectations of females in a male dominated society, Marilyn Times Five was made from an old stag film called "The Apple-Knockers, and the Coke"(1948) these sections of the film were set to Marilyn Monroe's song "I'm Through With Love". The film depicts a Marilyn Monroe look-a-like slowly taking her clothes off for the camera (the viewer). The woman's actions are looped several times which gives the audience a sensation of exhaustion. That exhaustion keeps building until the very end where the woman is shown crumpled on the floor in an awkward position, which makes it appear as if she is lifeless.

Art in Public Places

1973 • 28 min • United States of America

“It seems funny to say it, but long before there was an ‘art world,’ there was art in the world.” So begins the artist and writer Russell Connor’s meditative tour of public art in New York City.

Fire on Kelly Mountain

1973 • 48 min • United States of America

A forest service fire lookout gets his wish when he wants to fight fires, for he is sent to check out a blaze, but the fire he finds almost gets the best of him. He also has problems with an enraged bear that has been spooked by the fire.