All Films

And His Ghost May Be Heard

1973 • 16 min • Australia

The Swagman character from ‘Waltzing Matilda’ moved from the billabong to a modern city and the problems he encounters in this new setting.

O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment

1973 • 5 min

A behind the scenes look at the making of the 1973 film “O Lucky Man!"

The Dog Who Loved Music

1973 • 12 min • France

In Paul Grimault's satire of the arms trade, the dealer is alerted to the breakout of war by a signal on his map, so travels in turn to each of two warring countries (his journey is traced for us on the map), selling to each the means of destroying its neighbour. —The Cine-Tourist

Les filles c’est pas pareil

1973 • 57 min • Canada

In this feature-length documentary, six teenage girls, aged 14 to 16, agree to open up and have their private worlds invaded by the camera. They have to face problems that they intend to take on "to the end": early experience of sexuality, belonging to a gang, relationships with parents, social tolerance, friendship... They live tender and pure lives in their own way.

Minamata Report 1 - The Central Pollution Board

1973 • 48 min • Japan

The Mysterious Well

1973 • 18 min • Japan

A stop-motion animation about sisters doing chores. One of them falls into a well and gets transported to a wonderland trying to retrieve a pail. There she helps the various creatures in wonderland and receives rewards. Upon returning home the other sister is jealous and tries the same but is rude and helps no one out of her selfishness.

Munshi Ji

1973 • 18 min • India

Munshi ji, a lover of Urdu wants his daughter to marry a person who knows Urdu. His neighbour who arranges the marriage dupes Munshi Ji who inspite of doubts at the time of the ceremony allows the marriage to be solemnised. Later, when these doubts are confirmed Munshi Ji vows to settle scores with his neighbour.

Juan Soldado

1973 • 45 min

The Swiss Family Robinson

1973 • 48 min • Australia

Shipwrecked on a remote island, a family of castaways must overcome a host of challenges in their strange new environment. But with courage and ingenuity, the Robinsons build a happy home, even in the face of such dangers as wild animals and pirates. Based on the classic novel by Johann Wyss, this animated tale about love, cooperation and the joys of simple living offers wholesome entertainment for the entire family.

Story of the Sea

1973 • 40 min

The Flintstones on Ice

1973 • 60 min • United States of America

Kikaider 01: The Movie

1973 • 24 min • Japan

When Hakaider starts his own evil organization, Dr. Komyoji's android Kikaider 01 awakens to protect Japan from the forces of evil.

I See You

1973 • 4 min

The title of Te Veo, is a joke with T.V. (television). Consists in a collage of shots in super 8 of images of the TV. The collage is extremely quick, mixing average people with famous paintings, landscapes and churches, etc. The images become more and more abstracts, the referential pre-existing images are transformed by means of extreme close-ups of the screen, which ultimately becomes completely abstracts with texture of the TV like a television pointillism

Three's One

1973 • 60 min

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?

James Wong Howe: Cinematographer

1973 • 21 min • United States of America

1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe.

Mitzi... The First Time

1973 • 60 min

Mitzi Gaynor in a song-dance-comedy hour with guests Ken Berry (Mayberry R.F.D.), Dan Dailey (My Blue Heaven) and Mike Connors (Manix) as they relive memorable "First Times" of life. Television technical advances also allow for a studio-bound Mitzi to electronically dance in and out of the newly installed $1.6 million jumbo scoreboard at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm

1973 • 2 min

Morgan Fisher has long explored the space that segregates art cinema from industrial movie making. The one-minute-thirty-second-long Wilkinson Household Fire Alarm, an eye-blink homage to Marcel Duchamp, is more obviously engaged with conceptualism than with studio manufacturing. What you see is what you hear.

Apache on the County Seat

1973 • 6 min • United States of America

Hoot is ordered to bring in the Indian Jolly Red Giant for not paying his fine for overpopulating his Indian tribe. Hoot Kloot and Fester makes it to the tribe, but there is no Red Giant around. Hoot inspects the tribe for clues, but the Indians starts shooting arrows. Hoot finds Jolly Red Giant in the desert, but Hoot has hard time making him come, since he's giant...

De blinde fotograaf

1973 • 48 min • Netherlands

A journalist has to interview a blind photographer.

Yellow Hammer

1973 • 4 min

Shot on Super 8mm in color and silent.

Alarm am See

1973 • 55 min • East Germany, Germany

University ice-sailing trainees face a hostel fire when caretaker Krenzel rescues Captain Klaus’s swapped suitcase, barring him from travel due to a stolen Hogarth print inside. X-rays reveal a hidden engraving; detectives Hübner and Lindt expose forger Sander and Krenzel. After Krenzel’s sabotage fails and both are arrested, Klaus is exonerated and rejoins his team for the international regatta.

A Story-A Story

1973 • 10 min • United States of America

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

A Bit of a Lift

1973 • 54 min • United Kingdom

A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

The Ballad of Ben Bagot

1973 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Ben Bagot is 17; bright, charming and attractive, but he has difficulty setting his sights on reality and always makes the wrong decisions for himself and others. Faced with a pregnant girlfriend, he 'chucks' his job in a shoe shop without any future plans.