All Films

Chief Spokane Garry: Indian of the Northwest

1966 • 24 min

Shows the problems faced by Chief Spokane Garry as the White and Indian civilizations converged in the Northwest during the late 1800s. Deals with the Whitman Massacre, the Donation land law, the Indian war of 1858, and Indian disillusionment

Shepherd of the Streets

1966 • 26 min • United States of America

A KRON-TV Assignment Four documentary report from 1966, narrated by Art Brown, featuring a look at the work of Reverend Donald E. Stuart (1922-2014) for the San Francisco Council of Churches Night Ministry. Includes scenes of Rev. Stuart: walking on the streets of the Tenderloin neighborhood; speaking with a drunk in a hotel; meeting people at Bunnys Coffee Shop and the Intersection Coffee House and chatting with a prostitute (who turned away a client to speak with him). At one point Stuart states that the church: "Should be available to people whenever they need it." He also reflects that people tend to feel more vulnerable to loneliness and despair at night. Note that Rev. Stuart was Night Minister from 1964-76. This film was written and produced by Bob Anderson, directed by Vern Louden, edited by Marie Looney and shot by John Hines. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Light

1966 • 2 min

This short black-and-white film by Frank Eidlitz features footage of visual design elements and art objects centred on optical illusion. It includes patterns of lines, geometric shapes and textured surfaces. Opening with a designed title card reading 'Film & Design, Frank Eidlitz', the film also contains a self-portrait: the artist appearing in the reflected surface of a curved metal sculpture, his face warped by the concave and convex surface.

Mountain castle Moning-Tumi

1966 • 9 min

In the mansi nation there's a belief as old as life itself that many centuries ago seven giants were crossing mount range of Ural to destroy Vogulsky people, but when they saw a sacred vogul mountain "Yalpyng-Nyor". Leader of the invaders dropped his drum and stood still forever. Seven high stone columns - all that was left from the enemies. Giants guard the calm of forgotten mountain castle "Moning-Tumi".

Birds on the nests

1966 • 14 min

When spring melts ice on the rivers and air is full of whistle from bird's wings, here in the north it gets so clear that in bird's world a sense of home, great instinct of procreation and irresistible urge for dear nest are all-powerfull.

Sinews of Freedom

1966 • 28 min

A review of the economic progress made by Taiwan with United States economic assistance up to July 1965 when the U.S. Aid program in that country was terminated. The film stresses the benefits that progress has brought to the people of Taiwan and emphasizes the growth in Taiwan's economy that continues to be made without American assistance.

Dad Decorates the Christmas Tree

1966 • 5 min • Soviet Union

While mom prepares the family table, dad decorates the Christmas tree, but not without curiosities.

Baldness Will Be Defeated

1966 • 4 min • Soviet Union

Doctors are conducting experiments to cure baldness.

Ye Faithful

1966 • 9 min

A 1966 Christmas essay from Brian Kellman & Charles W. Tamulonis. It was filmed in and around Boston’s Jordan Marsh and Filenes flagship department stores — as well as the original Filene’s Basement. Sadly, all long gone. It’s about a simpler time that speaks to the present…

Patterns Of The Wild

1966 • 27 min • United States of America

Documentary about wildlife in the US National Forests.

Good Day

1966 • 16 min

"I am a stranger here,” “I am a foreigner,” “I don't speak German” are all phrases that can be learned in the Goethe Institute’s elaborately produced 26-part language course short film series, Guten Tag (Good Day). With a great deal of artistic imagination, scenes around “Language, Culture, Germany” are staged and slowly intoned in an effort to bring the newly arrived closer. In this final short film the protagonist graduates.

Akebono Skyscraper - Kasumigaseki Skyscraper Part 1

1966 • 27 min

This is the first work that marks the construction record of the Kasumigaseki Building, Japan's first skyscraper building. We will introduce the construction plans for the Kasumigaseki Building and safety measures for skyscrapers.

Prespes

1966 • 14 min

A documentary short, about Prespes, that Takis Hatzopoulos shot in 1966, the first major act of a journey that would inevitably lead him to Gazoros Serron in 1974 and from there to his time on the TV documentary series Paraskinio, an inexhaustible hothouse of films and filmmaking talent. Hatzopoulos chronicles this one corner of Greece, where a lake divides people into nationalities, in 14 minutes, with obvious echoes not only of the documentation but also of the fiction of Takis Kanellopoulos as it is captured in the black and white photography of Syrakos Danalis, the music of Kostas Mylonas, and the voice-over of Angelos Antonopoulos.

Hora quota est

1966 • 15 min • Yugoslavia

Short documentary.

Love Is Love: Lesbians

1966 • 28 min

The groundbreaking Australian documentary on lesbians, presented by Anne Deveson, first broadcast in February 1966. Amongst those interviewed are Dawn O'Donnell (off camera at the beginning of the documentary) and psychiatrist Dr Neil McConaghy (the Australian 'expert' in aversion therapy). Some women are interviewed in shadow or close-up to disguise their identity. Women speak about being discriminated when applying for jobs against because of their sexuality. Dr Neil McConarghy is interviewed about his shock therapy work to change sexual orientation. Surprisingly Dr McConarghy says that homosexuality might be of benefit to society as creative traits or traits of non-conformity might give society as a whole the ability to survive.

Anno Domini MCMLXV

1966 • 11 min • Germany

An insight into the construction and operation of the Raistinger Earth station for telecommunications satellites in the middle of an old cultural landscape on Lake Ammersee.

An Eye for the Girls!

1966 • 50 min

Take a lesson in how to photograph naked gals - and feel your brain cells melt in the process - when bare breasts, cowboys & Indians, stock footage and godawful jokes collide in a lengthy excerpt from the never-before-released 1966 experimental-nudie-cutie An Eye For The Girls!

Positron and Electron Annihilation

1966 • 30 min • United States of America

Electron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron (e−) and a positron (e+, the electron's antiparticle) collide. At low energies, the result of the collision is the annihilation of the electron and positron, and the creation of energetic photons: e− + e+ → γ + γ

Pancakes every Thursday

1966 • 21 min • Denmark

A visit to the Julemærkehjem at Lindersvold, 1966.

A Simple Cup of Tea

1966 • 28 min

"This film shows the agricultural revolution taking place in the villages of East Pakistan, with the help of American advisors (including Ben Ferguson) who assist the farmers to identify and solve their problems, both individually and with community effort. The film was presented by the Agency for International Development, produced by Amram Nowak, and directed by William Jersey" (US National Archives). The film was distributed by the US Information Agency.

Clown in the City: Oleg Popov in Leningrad

1966 • 29 min • Soviet Union

A documentary about famous clown Oleg Popov's circus tour in Leningrad.

Screen Tests with Maria Cabral and César Monteiro

1966 • 13 min

Never-before-seen footage of Monteiro’s first film tests for an unfinished project with Maria Cabral, a legendary actress from the Portuguese Cinema Novo movement and a perfect match for Monteiro’s French New Wave–inspired footage. – Museum of Modern Art

Screen Test [ST68]: Salvador Dalí

1966 • 4 min

Salvador Dalí glares aghast at the camera, his head held high and lit dramatically from below. Halfway through the film, there is a sudden in-camera edit, and Dalí disappears from view; the rest of the film shows only the speckled wooden backdrop behind him.

Little Timo's Christmas Tree

1966 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The young boy sends away his little dog out of his house on the New Year's Eve. The dog gets lost in the woods during the snowstorm, but New Year's miracle happens when Santa, The Snowman, The Scarecrow and a bunch of toys help out.