All Films

Stirrups and Hiccups

1973 • 6 min • United States of America

Hoot hires "Mild" Bill Hiccups as his deputy to catch "Wild" Bill Hiccups. Things go wrong, especially when it turned out "Mild" Bill changes into "Wild" Bill every time he hiccups.

Cuckoo Clock

1973 • 9 min • Soviet Union

One day, the Cuckoo left the clock and temporarily flew away to the forest on business. Her neighbors are different animals, and they decided to help her, replace her. But nothing good came of it. Based on the fairy tale by Sofia Prokofieva.

What a Carry On!

1973 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Filmed highlights of the West End stage revue, "Carry On London!", introduced by Shaw Taylor and featuring interviews with the cast.

The Investigator

1973 • 23 min • United Kingdom

The Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th-century masterpiece from a church on the island of Malta. John and Julie are presented with a car and a boat, scaled to accommodate their miniaturized size and set out to thwart Karanti's plans...

The Garden Party

1973 • 25 min • United States of America

Narcissicon

1973 • 1 min

A narrative self-discovery theme done in real time in Art Nouveau style.

A Film for Discussion

1973 • 24 min • Australia

A docu-drama shot in 1970, but not completed until 1973, the film sought to encapsulate in an experimental form issues that were under discussion within the Women’s Liberation Movement at this time and to thus contribute to action for change. In its numerous community screenings, active debate was encouraged as part of the viewing experience.

Megalopolis

1973 • 10 min • Brazil

An analysis of the phenomenon of accelerated urbanization in Brazil, and more particularly in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

11 Steps to Survival

1973 • 21 min • Canada

A film demonstrating steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack. Animated drawings show the effects of atomic explosions in the air and at ground level. How wide an area is affected by light and heat flash, radiation and radioactive fall-out are clearly illustrated. How to build or improvise a fall-out shelter, what to stock in it, when to take shelter and how long to stay there are similarly explained. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for Emergency Planning Canada.

Zlateh the Goat

1973 • 22 min • Czechoslovakia, United States of America

With the holiday season approaching, poor Reuven, the furrier, has no recourse but to sell the family's beloved goat for supplies. But Aaron has other ideas!

Trois fois passera

1973 • 35 min

The story, in three stages, of a friendship between three guys. They have taken different paths, but find themselves equally faced with the failure of their lives. The parody is not exempt from what remains a fine analysis of behavior and environment. For these three Quebecers are, in a way, us, as we have been rendered by a society in search of itself.

Ecologia

1973 • 10 min • Brazil

This film denounces the exploitation of natural resources by certain industries of extraction and transformation. This documentary is considered as the first Brazilian film on this theme.

Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon

1973 • 8 min

Promotional film on the making of 'Enter the Dragon.'

Land of Green Ginger

1973 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

Perseus

1973 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The cunning king Polidekt of the island of Serif sends the young hero Perseus to get the head of Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze turns people to stone. He is accompanied by the god of commerce and profits and the patron of thieves and athletes, Hermes, who pursues his personal interests. Perseus gets the head of Medusa, but uses it to save Andromeda, the daughter of King Kef.

...No Lies

1973 • 16 min • United States of America

A young filmmaking student turns his camera on a female friend as she gets ready to go out for the night. She confides in him something he struggles to come to grips with.

Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling

1973 • 60 min

Ann-Margret's television special taped in front of a live audience at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908

1973 • 11 min • Germany

Alice Schneider redecorates her house.

Trouble in Tahiti

1973 • 45 min • United States of America

Leonard Bernstein's 1952 opera is a biting satire on the emptiness of materialist values and the false promise of suburban comforts. This production, conducted by the composer himself, presents a live-action cast performing on an animated set. Inspired by jazz and American musical comedy, the score is a path-breaking fusion of lyric art with popular entertainment.

Stories About the Space

1973 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Two short stories about space

Good Valley

1973 • 60 min • Yugoslavia

A small village in the valley, where young people traditionally go to work in overseas countries. Gligor also intended to leave several times, but changed his mind at the last moment. This time, he was determined to finally go to Canada. On his way, the love of a village woman prevented him.

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

1973 • 57 min

A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on the difference between shock and suspense, defines the meaning of "MacGuffin," and discusses his use of storyboarding in designing a film. Clips from many of his greatest films (including "North by Northwest", "Shadow of a Doubt", "The Birds", and the legendary shower scene from "Psycho") illustrate his points, often to Hitchcock's own voice-over observations, with narrator Cliff Robertson offering other critical insights.

Carry on Christmas

1973 • 50 min

Sid James as Father Christmas recounts times of the festive season through the ages, from life in stone age times. A country house party in the 18th Century. Christmas in the trenches during world war one. Next up is a Robin Hood send up with Sid as Robin.

The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House

1973 • 28 min • Australia

On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most identifiable of Australia’s icons - ranking with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, the koala and kangaroo - and is considered by many to be among the world's great architectural masterpieces.