All Films

Amiens, Ville Ouverte

1967 • 24 min • France

A very strange yet beautiful portrait of the French city of Amiens, with a voice-over by André Malraux.

The Legend of the Cruel Giant

1967 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Once upon a time there lived a poor fisherman in a dilapidated dugout on the seashore. He went to the sea on a boat, he was fishing. And once he caught an old bottle on which was the inscription that the one who opens this bottle, will receive untold treasures, become noble and rich. The fisherman, of course, without hesitation, opened the bottle, and from there the Genie burst out. He laughed at the fisherman, called him a bitch, but he fulfilled the promise, giving him a lot of gold. And the fisherman became the richest and most revered, but this did not bring any treasures to him, because the release on freedom the Genie, caused many troubles - as a result of the storms many fishermen fell. The fisherman, suffering with conscience, went to a wise wizard to ask how to rid the world of the cruel Genie. And he replied that there is only one way out.

Daffy's Diner

1967 • 6 min • United States of America

Diner owner, Daffy Duck, must find a real mouse to make into a mouse-burger for El Supremo, a mean Mexican cat.

Poor Lisa

1967 • 25 min • Soviet Union

The villain Erast fell in love with the beautiful villager Lisa, dishonored, betrayed and ran away. The tragic outcome is not far off.

The Velvet Underground in Boston

1967 • 33 min • United States of America

This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color.

Portrait Electro Machin Chose

1967 • 9 min • France

Volcano

1967 • 1 min • Canada

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

1967 • 48 min • United States of America

The maiden cruise of the ocean liner Italia travels from Italy to California for the premiere of the motion picture "Valley of the Dolls."

Acting in the 60's: Richard Burton

1967 • 34 min • United Kingdom

Richard Burton is interviewed by film critic Kenneth Tynan

Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

1967 • 16 min • United Kingdom

The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious interplay involving a carrot unfolds at a railway station.

Black Ice

1967 • 2 min • United Kingdom

My Heart Is in the Highlands

1967 • 40 min • Soviet Union

A surreal film done in the style of a silent farce.

Napalm

1967 • 25 min

A variety of locals react to a napalm plant and an ensuing protest in Redwood City CA during the Vietnam War.

Speedy Ghost to Town

1967 • 6 min • United States of America

Daffy Duck overhears Speedy Gonzales and another mouse talk about a hidden cheese storage area, thinking it is really gold they are talking about.

Standard Time

1967 • 8 min • Canada

Experimental short in which a camera pans quickly in a small apartment space; Disembodied voices speak of audience engagement.

Monument to the Dream

1967 • 30 min • United States of America

Documents the evolution of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch from concept drawings, to fabrication of its stainless steel sections, to assembly and completion. Innovative structural techniques and brilliant design show why this avant-garde monument is among the greatest civil engineering achievements of the twentieth century. Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Short

Prefabricated Pink

1967 • 6 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther decides to work at a construction site, but wreaks havoc instead.

La visite du Général De Gaulle au Québec

1967 • 28 min

Documentary presenting the different stages of General de Gaulle's trip to Quebec in 1967, accompanied by extracts from his speeches.

The Mind-Benders: LSD and the Hallucinogens

1967 • 25 min • United States of America

This FDA film explores the history of hallucinogenic drugs, and specifically the effects and therapeutic uses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Combining graphics that suggest a hallucinogenic experience, snippets of interviews with users (who explain their reasons for taking the drug) and doctors, and taped sessions of research with volunteers, the film delves into the destructive as well as possible positive uses of the drug.

Cool Cat

1967 • 6 min • United States of America

English big game hunter, Colonel Rimfire, inside a mechanical elephant hunts Cool Cat the beatnik tiger.

Franco e Antonio gli scienziati

1967 • 4 min • Italy

Deux Romains en Gaule

1967 • 60 min • France

This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.

Rock 'n' Rodent

1967 • 6 min • United States of America

Jerry heads out to his night job: drummer for an all-mouse rock band in the basement of a high-rise. They are loud enough to wake up Tom, despite his attempts to block the noise. Tom's attempts keep running him afoul of a rather mean-tempered dog.

Idea di un'isola

1967 • 59 min • Italy

A documentary about Sicily and its peculiar customs, with an emphasis on religious rites and the clash of modernity versus traditional values.