All Films

Apotheosis

1972 • 5 min • United States of America

“Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured work in computer animation I have seen.” – Roger Greenspun, N. Y. Times Award Foothills-1973.

Yogi's Ark Lark

1972 • 45 min • United States of America

Yogi, Boo Boo and many of his friends including Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Magilla Gorilla among others decide to build an ark to look for the mythical Perfect Place which is peaceful and hasn't been affected by man and pollution. They hire the Jellystone's janitor Noah Smith to act as captain and travel throughout the world looking for such a place. Even though they think every place they land is a "Perfect place", they soon find out that there is definitely no place like home.

The Gift of the Magi

1972 • 28 min • Poland

The story of a young couple who try to make ends meet to afford Christmas presents for one another.

A Christmas Story

1972 • 30 min • United States of America

The special is set in a town almost like in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and it was Christmas Eve. In one house, a little boy named Timmy was read a Christmas story and tucked into bed. The resident mouse Gumdrop , while admiring the house all decorated for Christmas, noticed Timmy's letter to Santa on the floor. The letter must of have fallen off the table and never got mailed. So he and the family dog Gobber set outside to deliver the letter to Santa and save Christmas for Timmy.

George

1972 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Crime drama told from the perspective of one of the participants of a bank heist.

Athanor

1972 • 20 min • France

Athanor (Nico) is searching for fire. A flame is always at the foreground. Nico naked in tombs, looking at herself in circular mirrors, Nico in castles, keeper of the fire. Nico and Musky as medieval princesses. Athanor is a film about fire.

Mutations

1972 • 8 min • United States of America

“The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of computers and lasers, makes for an eye-catching view of the potentials of the new techniques.” – A. H. Weiler, N. Y. Times

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

1972 • 35 min • United States of America

A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.

The Pirates of Buban

1972 • 46 min • Japan, Philippines

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the control of cruel & armed pirates. Imamura will come to meet those men in order to understand their position.

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

1972 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Made in Japan was recorded live over three nights during 15–17 August 1972 at Festival Hall, Osaka and at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. Four of the tracks come from the album Machine Head which had been released earlier that year. The album was at first seen as somewhat unimportant by the band members, and only Roger Glover and Ian Paice showed up to mix it. The release in the US was delayed, until April 1973, because Warner Bros. wanted to release Who Do We Think We Are first. The three concerts recorded were later released as Live in Japan 3-CD box set (1993). According to the liner notes for that set, unlike many live albums, there are no overdubs or studio additions to the original album.

Return of Ultraman: Jiro Rides a Monster

1972 • 25 min • Japan

A theatrical release of Return of Ultraman episode 29 as part of the Spring Toho Champion Festival along with other films like Godzilla vs. Gigan, The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Mirrorman, and Mock the Oak Tree.

Right to Work March

1972 • 42 min • United Kingdom

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

Psychodrama

1972 • 28 min • Poland

The director interviews inmates at a girls' reformatory while they prepare a performance of Cinderella.

The Time of Horses

1972 • 47 min • Yugoslavia

After his uncle returned from the WW2 on a white horse, the boy Danko immediately falls for the animal and they become inseparable. Danko rides it on his way to school, gallops by the river… Yet this causes envy of Danko’s friends, but also of hungry locals who only see the horse as a food source.

A Splinter of Ice

1972 • 60 min

Fay Weldon's play about adultery, middle age, and ambition.

The Telephone Box

1972 • 35 min • Spain

A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.

Go Get Them 0011!!

1972 • 50 min • Japan

A boy named Tsutomu and four cyborg dogs fight against insect-type aliens from the Planet Devil.

Mill Hill

1972 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A dentist discovers his wife on the verge of having an affair with another man - a rival dentist

Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell

1972 • 36 min • Japan

Takeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker soldiers during a motocross race. They disguise themselves as Shocker soldiers and infiltrate the main headquarters, but it doesn't take too long for Ambassador Hell to find their whereabouts and trap them. Before he detonates a bomb within the base, Ambassador Hell tells Kamen Rider #1 and Taki that Shocker is preparing a giant laser capable of destroying cities. Our two heroes must escape from the base's self-destruction and stop Shocker from arming their latest weapon. Not only that, they must rescue Tachibana and the racing club, who have been abducted by Shocker's minions.

Kamen Rider vs. Shocker

1972 • 32 min • Japan

Professor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker wants it; so they attack the professor and destroy his laboratory, but come home empty-handed. Shocker's agents find out that the plans for the GX Device are with Daidōji's daughter, who is celebrating her birthday. Now the Kamen Riders, along with FBI agent Kazuya Taki, must protect Daidōji's daughter and prevent Shocker from obtaining the plans.

The Treat

1972 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Episode of The Frighteners: It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon became savage enmity.

Kirk Douglas

1972 • 48 min

Talking with Michael Parkinson and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London. An informal discussion illustrated with extracts from some of his most famous films: Champion (1949), Ace in the Hole (1951), Paths of Glory (1958), Lonely are the Brave (1962), In Harm's Way (1965), The Arrangement (1970).

The Three Musketeers in Boots

1972 • 53 min • Japan

Pero is back in Go Go Town, a fearful place in the Wild West that desperately awaits for a sheriff to come. In this town of no law and order, Pero and a boy named Jimmy try to help Annie, daughter of a saloon owner who has just been killed.

Camera Bug

1972 • 6 min • United States of America

The Japanese Beetle goes to school to learn to be a photographer. The Blue Racer uses the opportunity to try and catch him.