All Films

Syd Barrett's First Trip

1966 • 11 min • United Kingdom

On an overcast day late in the summer of 1966, Syd first tripped on mushrooms while film student/friend Nigel Gordon captured the event on 8mm film. This marked a major turning in Syd's life; The man that entered the Gog Magog hills that day would not be the same entity that returned.

Word Movie

1966 • 4 min • United States of America

Single frame exposures of words.

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

1966 • 26 min • France, Mali

The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.

Once I Loved a Woman

1966 • 22 min • United States of America

In November 1966, Mr. Owens completed his first film Autre fois j'ai aimé une femme ("Once I Loved a Woman"), which in its short existence, has had special screenings both at the school of the Institute and Morton Hall, the Second City Film Center, and the Filmmakers' Cinematheque of New York. Upon viewing Autre fois, Gregory J. Markopoulos wrote "[Edward Owens] may well be one of the few for whom 'amateur' and 'professional' need have no significance whatsoever: true to his own native talents, with grim determination uncanny, whether the mind in the arts is for or against beauty or its opposite twin, chaos." —John F. Steward-Butkovich, Brotman & Sherman Theatres

Marusia Bohuslavka

1966 • 10 min • Soviet Union

In the 16th century, Ukraine suffered from the attacks of Tatars who destroyed the lands, burning houses and taking Ukrainian young people with them as prisoners. It happened with Marusia, who became one of the Khan's concubines. She managed not only to conquer the outlandish ruler, but release of hostages and her compatriots.

Ecco ho letto

1966 • 15 min • Italy

A short film by Jean-Claude Biette.

Guanabacoa: Chronicle of My Family

1966 • 13 min • Cuba

A pioneer in the genre of autobiographical documentaries, this film made by the renowned Cuban director Sara Gómez explores her family roots to offer a family portrait through photos, popular music, and women’s tales. It is also a powerful document of an age and a way of living: that of middle- or upper-class black families in Cuba, meeting in exclusive bars just before the Cuban Revolution.

Snow Job

1966 • 7 min

One of those great experimental films that work best with zero context.

Marina's Life

1966 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The war prevented Marina Kupriyanova from realizing her dream and becoming an actress. She works as a waitress in the youth cafe "Rovesnik" and remembers the days of the heroic defense of Leningrad, of which she was a participant.

Caribbean Carousel

1966 • 24 min • United Kingdom

Travelogue taking in a cruise on board the SS Antilles as it visits an array of captivating Caribbean destinations.

Soil: What It Is and What It Does

1966 • 10 min • United States of America

Explains that different kinds of soil are mixtures of sand, clay, and humus; tells how the weathering of rocks helps make soil; includes simple experiments to show the kind of soil in which different plants grow well.

Calder

1966 • 6 min • United States of America

The 1966 construction of Alexander Calder's 'La Grande Voile' (The Big Sail), a monumental sculpture installed in McDermott Court at MIT in Cambridge.

Living in Sin

1966 • 29 min • United Kingdom

First transmitted in 1966, Man Alive speaks to couples who, for various reasons, have decided not to take the traditional route towards marriage. Some have been married before but are unable to obtain the divorces they need, while others just see marriage as an outdated concept. What are the effects of this on their children, and how does wider society view couples who are 'living in sin'?

Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

1966 • 8 min • France

Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.

Dancing Songs

1966 • 9 min • Yugoslavia

Short animation inspired by traditional folk songs, telling the story of a young boy torn between two potential brides, one rich and one poor.

The Ham's Wide World

1966 • 32 min • United States of America

A public service announcement on Amateur Radio, broadcast around the world in the 50s, this film produced by Hollywood producer and Amateur Radio Operator Dave Bell introduces the viewer to the world of the Ham.

Giuseppi Logan

1966 • 5 min

Some of the problems facing Giuseppi are juxtaposed with his music, Satan's Dance. The pictures depict the opposite view which is fortuitously any sunny day in the park with his wife and son. The joy of the boy is the inspiration of the father. A straight-forward, simple documentary.

The Kind-Hearted Ant

1966 • 9 min • Yugoslavia

A kindhearted ant unintentionally disrupts the order of the anthill.

Screen Test: Richard Rheem

1966 • 4 min

Richard Rheem screen test by Andy Warhol.

La sombra continúa

1966 • 13 min • Spain

A young divorcée reconciles with her ex-husband and plans to get rid of her former lover.

Svart vecka i Nimba

1966 • 60 min • Sweden

The Liberian American Swedish Mining Company (LAMCO) was a mining company that mined iron-ore in northern Liberia at the Nimba massif. About 15,000 Swedes worked for Lamco and the project was cited as a successful example of international cooperation. But in this film the Swedish TV viewers were presented a very different picture. The film broke with the conventional African portrayal and the Swedes in Liberia were portrayed as colonial-era heirs. The film was supplemented with a debate.

St Kilda: The Lonely Islands

1966 • 39 min • United Kingdom

A look at the history and unique wildlife of the Scottish island of St Kilda, inspired by the 1697 visit by Martin Martin.

Because My Bike Was There...

1966 • 11 min • Netherlands

On 19 March 1966, a photo exhibition about the police intervention during the wedding of Beatrix and Claus opened in Amsterdam. After the opening, filmmaker Louis van Gasteren filmed how, in the distance, policemen began beating up a young man, seemingly without any provocation. This footage was shown that same evening on television. Van Gasteren interviewed the victim, a 22-year-old student, who declared that he was walking in that direction because his ‘bicycle was there’. That became the title of this short film, in which Van Gasteren used slow motion to analyse the objectionable actions taken by the police.

Day Without Date

1966 • 27 min • Soviet Union

Lyrical story about first love.