All Films

The Cube

1969 • 53 min • United States of America

An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character, is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it to leave.

The Accursed Urns

1969 • 25 min

A string of weird incidents occur in Kyoto. Elderly men die after their ocular nerves are burned when they peek into antique urns on the veranda at their homes. Part of "Operation: Mystery".

Edward the Confessor

1969 • 52 min

Edward Gobey has a strange compulsion.

My Father: Gordon Parks

1969 • 27 min • United States of America

A documentary made on the set of "The Learning Tree." Narrated by Gordon Parks Jr., and featuring interviews with Gordon Parks Sr. and members of the cast and crew.

Hitch... Hitch... Hitchcock

1969 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

Auto-poetical collage announcement of a filmmakers future motion picture works.

Aldebaran Sees

1969 • 3 min

Aldebaran is the brightest star in the Taurus constellation.

The Sequence of the Paper Flower

1969 • 11 min • Italy

A beautiful smiling guy's walking on the streets of a city, bringing with him a large paper poppy. The boy is the goodness and innocence of youth, which is soon cut short by human wickedness.

24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

1969 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Initially Broadcast in 1969 on the BBC, this documentary short spotlights the creativity and activism of John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Kaibutsu-kun: Suna Majin wo Yattsukero no Maki / Kaibutsu-kun to Haniwa Kaishin no Maki

1969 • 25 min • Japan

This movie is an amalgamation of part A of episode 22 and part B of episode 3 of the Kaibutsu-kun television series.

Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway

1969 • 60 min • United States of America

"On Broadway" featured Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey, both red hot after their respective runs in the smash hit "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway. The special was filmed on the stage of the Wintergarden Theater in New York and originally aired on ABC in 1969. Together the theatrical legends playfully perform some of their most popular hits, including 'A Little Girl from Little Rock,' 'Little Green Apples,' 'If My Friends Could See Me Now,' and 'Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey.' Next, they perform an assortment of familiar showtunes including hits from "Guys and Dolls," "The Music Man," "Hello, Dolly!," and "Fiddler on the Roof." "On Broadway" is an entertaining step back in time.

Kh-4

1969 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A young artist struggles to seek inspiration from a slowly crumbling cityscape. Moving Image Archive: http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3631

In a Country of Undone Homework

1969 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A schoolboy meets all the undone by him homework's heroes in their country.

A Pleasant Place

1969 • 19 min

Film seems to tackle frustrations in communication in the relationship between two men and a woman, which are resolved in the end? Shot in Kirkwall and surrounding area. Ola Gorie, who plays Helen in the film is renowned Orcadian jewellery designer, and one of the founders of the modern craft movement in Scotland.

Up Against the System

1969 • 20 min • Canada

People on welfare are rarely heard. What do they go through? How do they feel? How do concerned social and welfare workers feel about the welfare system? What is welfare supposed to do? In this film, welfare recipients and social case workers talk about the problems of being "up against the system." Part of the "Challenge for Change" series.

A Quiet Week in the House

1969 • 20 min • Czechoslovakia

A man, apparently on the run, takes shelter in a dilapidated house. Every day, he drills a hole through a wall and looks into one of the rooms, each time seeing a different surreal vision.

Pixinguinha

1969 • 13 min • Brazil

Pixinguinha, one of the pioneers of Brazilian music, composer of some incredibly sophisticated melodies, talks about his music and life.

Evan's Corner

1969 • 22 min

In his family's crowded apartment, Evan longs for a private place to call his own. So when his mother lets him pick out a corner of the apartment to have to himself, Evan chooses his favorite place, right by the window. "An appealing little boy emerges in the simple, sensitive storytelling"

The Little Black Bag

1969 • 50 min • United Kingdom

When a down-at-heel, alcoholic physician discovers a medical kit, based on future technology, accidentally left in the wake of a time-travel expedition, he becomes a successful cosmetic surgeon. One day, a patient requests treatment for fibrosis and he experiments with his new kit.

It's Tough to Be a Bird

1969 • 21 min • United States of America

Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.

Several Friends

1969 • 22 min • United States of America

An improvised late '60s short-subject student film, and debut movie of Charles Burnett, done in the neo-realist, documentary film style. A day-in-the-life South Central L.A. tale about a rag-tag group of unemployed black male pals.

Carte Blanched

1969 • 6 min • United States of America

On his day off work, Inspector Clouseau goes grocery shopping. On leaving the store, he thoughtlessly takes his shopping cart with him and is chided by a narrator for having committed theft and broken the law! Clouseau tries to return the cart to the store but sees a policeman on patrol and, spooked, runs in the opposite direction with the cart. Prodded by the narrator into feeling guilty and fearful of arrest, Clouseau makes several attempts to lose the cart, but it keeps coming back to him! NOTE: Last "Inspector" cartoon.

Hang Your Hat on the Wind

1969 • 48 min • United States of America

A handsome thoroughbred yearling accidentally escapes from a cross-country van in the desert, and is found and loved by a young Mexican boy. He hides the horse from searchers, but eventually mends his ways and tries to return the animal. However, two hoodlums steal the horse. The boy leads a sheriff to the rescue, and receives an apt reward.

The Song of Triumphant Love

1969 • 28 min • Poland

One night noble married couple Fabiusz and Waleria find that their long-estranged friend Mucjusz has returned from his travels of distant lands. During dinner, he presents them with mysterious and exotic gifts.

The Fight

1969 • 6 min • United States of America

An educational short produced by Disney which poses three questions to children in how they should deal with a given situation. This time a fight at school.