All Films

Sexual Meditation: Open Field

1973 • 8 min • United States of America

OPEN FIELD is in the mind, of course, and exists as a weave of trees, grasses, waters, and bodies poised and fleeting at childhood's end. The scene is lit as by sun and moon alike and haunted by the pursuant adult. - Stan Brakhage

Censored Scenes from King Kong

1973 • 56 min • United Kingdom

A man believes that King Kong was censored for political reasons.

Not So Easy

1973 • 18 min

A motorcycle safety film

Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis

1973 • 58 min • Canada

This feature documentary gives voice to various English-speaking groups in Montréal and other places in Québec as they react to the October Crisis of 1970, when Québec nationalism took a violent turn. A British diplomat had been kidnapped, a Québec cabinet minister murdered. The troops were brought in as a safeguard. This film is a vigorous reflection of the discussions and analyses of the situation that went on wherever people gathered, voicing attitudes and fears, sympathies and concerns.

Lilith

1973 • 9 min • Soviet Union

The tale of Lilith, first wife of Adam.

The Unknown Famine

1973 • 23 min • United Kingdom

Jonathan Dimbleby’s landmark 1973 documentary “The Unknown Famine” stands as a pivotal moment in Ethiopian history—a journalistic endeavour that not only exposed a humanitarian crisis but inadvertently helped precipitate the end of Africa’s oldest monarchy. The footage was broadcast by ITV for its flagship affairs series named "This Week".

Ashden's Walk on Møn

1973 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Experimental short overlays footage of buildings and fields with that of a spiral galaxy.

Polish Frights

1973 • 8 min • Poland

An amusing story about the origins of statehood of the Slavic tribes on the Vistula. The Slavs’ calm lives are disturbed by strange and violent monsters, which destroy everything they see. On the ruins and ashes, a white eagle is born, the symbol of a rising nation.

Panty Operation

1973 • 58 min • Japan

An underwear designer who is famous for hating men. The colorful panties she hides have sweet memories hidden in each piece. An omnibus movie consisting of three parts: White, Pink, and Blue.

Hot Pepper

1973 • 54 min • United States of America

A musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance music and black R&B with African overtones, belting out his irresistible music in the sweaty juke joints of South Louisiana.

The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles

1973 • 9 min

Platos allegory of the cave as told by Orson Welles

Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

A mulitcultural musical potpourri, Barbra's fifth television spectacular is her most adventurous. Performing a startling array of new songs and classic hits, with genre-bending arrangements, Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments is a feast for the eyes and ears. Featuring an extended sequence with Ray Charles and The Ralettes

Invincible

1973 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A little boy steals a dog so that everyone would be afraid of him.

A Field of Honor

1973 • 15 min • United States of America

An ex-soldier encounters many dangers in the small town he lives in.

The Stanley Baxter Big Picture Show

1973 • 52 min • United Kingdom

The sketches are The Movie Makers with Joan Bakelite, which includes extracts from 'The Love of Moses' and 'Love's a Tonic'. Then there is the best medic on Broadway with 'My Favourite Girls' musical. The Pundits with The A.J.P. Taylor Banjo Boys are followed by well-known British personalities doing stand-up comedy. We hear a story from The Annals of Scotland Yard introduced by Edgar Lastgasper. Liza Mimemi performs a selection of songs then Tony Schama looks at the making of the religious programme. There's a Pete Smith Nostalgiality followed by the political crisis on Nationwide across Britain. Formby Sings Againg entertains us with his favourite bits on the tele and the show concludes with the Broadcast for Guy Fawkes Day by Her Grace the Duchess of Brendagh.

Mimoza, the Spoilt Child

1973 • 44 min • Albania

Mimoza is a haughty girl who only argues with her friends. However, through experiences and advice, she will change and become friendlier.

Про Петрушку

1973 • 16 min • Soviet Union

The Servant

1973 • 38 min • Yugoslavia

Film is based on a folk tale and tells about how you cannot run away from your destiny. Events take place in unknown place a few centuries ago. Rich landlord cannot have children despite the fact he has a young wife. He hires an unknown drifter who is roaming trough their area with intentions to give him an heir.

The Magnificent Rebel

1973 • 12 min • United States of America

Documentary short featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the 1973 film "Papillon." The film stars Steve McQueen and is based on the life story of Henri Charriere, both of whom can be seen on set in "The Magnificent Rebel."

Diagonal

1973 • 6 min • United Kingdom

Three screen piece. "I was looking for a pure image, an image which was intrinsic to the medium of film. This film is not an abstract film; the subject is the projector gate, the plane where the film frame is arrested in the projected light beam, and the frame whose edges contain and divide the projected illusion from the blacked-out present of the movie theatre. W.R."

Some Natives of Churchill

1973 • 27 min • Canada

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead seaport for the shipment of Prairie grain. It also changed the way of life of the Native Indian and Inuit population.

The Three Fingers

1973 • 27 min • Egypt

Mahmoud, who suffers from a lot of financial difficulties, is now thinking of committing suicide

You and Me and Him

1973 • 31 min • United Kingdom

A man has a three-way conversation between himself, his inner thoughts and as a psychiatrist. Part of the BBC Thirty Minute Theatre strand.

The Happy Family

1973 • 12 min • France

An otherwise perfect family find themselves in an abnormal situation.