All Films

Délire à deux

1968 • 48 min • France

The absurd argument of an old couple in their apartment which is being destroyed by the bombardments of war.

The Cool Allatonceness

1968 • 5 min • Australia

An avant-garde audiovisual essay riffing on the work of Marshall McLuhan.

Le Bel émoi de mai

1968 • 35 min

Paris, may 1968. In the streets, on the barricades, an insurrection of poetry.

Death and the Cherry Tree

1968 • 27 min • Soviet Union

Three children play games on a deserted beach.

Fregio, ovvero An angel came to me

1968 • 23 min • Italy

The former teacher films his students playing in the forest, holding bouquets of flowers, as if they were celebrating a spring rite, like a Greek temple frieze.

The Great Turn On

1968 • 2 min • United States of America

An early short about particular transactions on a park bench.

Pisciculture

1968 • 10 min • Romania

A comedy that starts from a simple gag, one with social connotations, though (“They brought fish at Leonida’s!”), exploring the self-ironical and surreal potential of the state of things with fantasy.

The Little Mermaid

1968 • 28 min • Soviet Union

Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

A Day in Tokyo

1968 • 23 min • Japan

A Day in TOKYO in 1968, Nostalgic bygone era. Planned by Japan National Tourism Organization. Produced by Koga Production. This film was produced to explain Tokyo for foreign tourists.

Hook, Line, and Stinker

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

Woody Woodpecker annoys a fisherman in this short.

Little Pioneers

1968 • 12 min • Yugoslavia

In SFRJ, the state officially takes care of all it's citizens. Every child is a good little pioneer. However, in reality no one (especially not the state) takes care of Roma and many other poor kids leaving them to poverty and the streets.

Mia and Roman

1968 • 23 min • United States of America

Mia and Roman is a 1968 23-minute documentary film which was shot during the making of Rosemary's Baby.

Det hopfällbara slottet

1968 • 50 min • Sweden

"The Folding Castle" - a musical drama - Built in blue, lasts longer than you think, can withstand being watch. The shadow of the cloud is slowly eroding, the edges of the giant mountain. The dust of the fairy tale grinds the raw diamonds of life. A story by Gunnel Linde, to music by Bengt Hallberg, choreographer by Tyyne Talvo Cramér, starring Alice Babs.

Driving in the Night

1968 • 27 min • Denmark

Two men meet by incident on a ferry, and they happen to continue the journey to Copenhagen by the same car in the night. In an intense and silent struggle for power, the driving turns out hazardously and with an ending open for interpretation.

Snowblind

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

"Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of three historic montage styles, for three perceptual modes mimed by that work." -HF

Greeks in Sweden

1968 • 35 min

Greker i Sverige [Greeks in Sweden] consists of a staged discussion between Greek political refugees in Sweden. Dialogue is mainly in Greek, but the first few minutes shows one of the participators giving some background to the political situation in Greece in Swedish. This historical background is also illustrated with some archival material. The film was produced for Swedish public television but was never aired.

A Few Notes on Our Food Problem

1968 • 35 min • United States of America

"This Oscar-nominated short subject documentary film discusses the issue of how to feed a growing world population. The film, which was shot in locations around the globe, including Brazil, Uganda, India, and Taiwan, was directed by James Blue" (US National Archives).

Ball of Wool

1968 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Puppet animated folk tale about an old lady who finds a ball of yarn. After picking it the ball changes into a little dog, which has the magical power to be crocheted into anything the old lady fantasizes.

Min bedstefar er en stok

1968 • 40 min • Denmark

The main character is a little boy, whose sick grandfather lives in the attic. Every time the grandfather wants something, he hits his stick in the floor, which makes the boy believe his grandfather is a stick. The film deals with misunderstandings between adults and children, since children can perceive things differently than adults.

Happiness Is Not In The Hat

1968 • 18 min • Soviet Union

A whole city waits for a young man to finally propose to his beloved. Based on Soviet Jewish writer Ovsey Driz's story "The Plaza of Hats".

New Sounds in Music

1968 • 22 min

From Worldcat: Presents new musical sounds and new ways of treating old sounds. Includes examples of chance music, tape music, synthesizer music, and other twentieth century innovations.

Death in the Afternoon

1968 • 43 min • France

A man stabbed to death is haunted by his memories and fantasies while dying alone.

Drafting: Occupations & Opportunities

1968 • 13 min • United States of America

Treats drafting as a means of visual communication and a key to organized training and planning. Discusses the importance of drafting in various fields such as architecture, engineering, and industry. Drafting allows individuals to communicate their ideas visually, leading to accurate planning and construction. It is emphasized that drafting skills open up numerous career opportunities in different industries.

Parents

1968 • 19 min • United States of America

A parish youth group in a lower middle-class Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means and the difficulties of communicating with their parents.