All Films

Rio Reel

1968 • 6 min

Similar in style to First Film, Tamblyn filmed a journey to Rio. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

The Revolution Is Only a Beginning. Let's Continue Fighting.

1968 • 23 min • France, Italy

Half family photo album, half ciné-tract, the film was shot in Paris during the events of May ‘68 and in Rome where the actor was featuring in the film Partner by Bertolucci. Rediscovered in a basement in 1999, this silent film appears to be one of Clémenti’s most purely beautiful and concentrated works, at times recalling Brakhage and Eisenstein. - MUBI

Bohous

1968 • 25 min • Czechoslovakia

Alois, manager of a remote mountain inn, loses his maid when she can’t stand his oversized Saint Bernard, Bohouš. When a ravenous guest arrives, Alois makes a wager: if the guest can out-eat Bohouš in one sitting, they earn a free week’s stay; if not, they must serve as the inn’s maid for a week.

Flying Circus

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

Ace, a World War I aviator hero, duels with Fritz Von Wienerschnitzel, an enemy German army officer who has posed as Ace's superior...

The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

1968 • 26 min

This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."

Pacifically Peeking

1968 • 48 min • United States of America

Moby Duck leads a study of life on several South Pacific islands, including Pitcairn, Fiji, and Hawaii.

Cosmic Zoom

1968 • 8 min • Canada

This short animation transports us from the farthest conceivable point of the universe to the tiniest particle of existence, an atom of a living human cell. The art of animation and animation camera achieve this exhilarating journey with a freshness and clarity. Without words.

Requiem

1968 • 18 min • United States of America

A boy talks to a man in a snowy cemetery before a mysterious woman leads the young man away and into bed.

La Souris

1968 • 49 min • Algeria

In Algiers, the shock duo made up of Inspector Tahar and his sidekick L'Apprenti lead the investigation in the footsteps of a formidable bandit named "La Souris".

Tickled Pink

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

Calamity results when the Pink Panther wishes for a pair of roller-skates and is granted his wish by his fairy godmother. The "enchanted" skates take the Pink Panther on an uncontrollable junket through a city. He smashes repeatedly through huge windows being unloaded by moving men, knocks over a painter's ladder, tracks through the paint, and puts double lines on a road- and off the road- for cars to follow. He collides with a brick wall, and still the skates won't stop. Every attempt by the panther to remove the troublesome skates fails, until his fairy godmother returns to grant two more wishes. The panther wishes for the removal of the skates, then for the skates to be placed on the fairy godmother's feet, sending her on a similarly uncontrolled and disastrous journey.

Assemblage

1968 • 59 min • United States of America

A feature length film from acclaimed dance choreographer Merce Cunningham.

The Dove

1968 • 15 min • United States of America

De Düva is a 1968 Oscar-nominated American short film that parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, including Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal. The film borrows heavily from the plot lines of some of Bergman's most famous films. The dialogue, seemingly in Swedish, is actually a Swedish-accented fictional language based on English, German, Latin, and Swedish, with most nouns ending in "ska." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Les Miserobots

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

Inspector Clouseau's job is declared obsolete by the Surete Commissioner due to a highly advanced robot that can do detective work more efficiently. A vengeful Clouseau tries to destroy the robot that usurped his position in the police force.

The Judgement of Albion

1968 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Visual commentary on the way in which the prophetic poems of William Blake are reflected in modern London and the political upheavals of 1968.

Lucky Pink

1968 • 6 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther keeps returning a lucky horseshoe to its bank robber owner, which in turn causes incredible bad luck for the crook by continually attracting the police.

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation

1968 • 24 min • Japan

Sanpei has opened the door to the world of the kappa.

Adventures

1968 • 11 min • Canada

This short live-action film tells the story of a little raccoon who encounters many adventures when he strays from home to explore the world.

Spooky Kitaro

1968 • 46 min • Japan

Kitarō, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. A retelling of episodes 5-6 from the 1968 TV anime.

The Thanksgiving Visitor

1968 • 44 min • United States of America

In this sequel to Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," a boy recalls his life with an elderly cousin in rural Alabama in the 1930s and the lesson she taught him one Thanksgiving Day about dealing with a bully from school.

Broadcast

1968 • 21 min • Greece

The team of journalists of a radio show asks women on the street for their definition of the ideal man in order to conduct a search for someone to fill the bill, a specimen who has all these characteristics. The lucky guy will spend a few hours in the company of a well-known movie star

Plastic Saints

1968 • 6 min

"While still a student at Yale University, Nick Doob made a series of short works that launched his career in film. One was Plastic Saints, in which Doob took black-and-white footage of a demonstration in Washington DC that he and four fellow students attended, and intercut it with color paint-on-film loops, all set to a recording of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”" - Moving Image Archiving News

Idea

1968 • 60 min • Belgium, Germany

The Bee Gees preform in this special created for German TV. Also featured are Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, and the Trinity, and Lil Lindfors.

Cry WoIf

1968 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a dangerous situation.

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

1968 • 51 min

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.