All Films

Africa Goes to the Fair

1966 • 15 min • United States of America, Ethiopia

"This film depicts modern American products and U.S. economic development through the U.S. national exhibit at the 1966 trade fair in Addis Ababa, Ehtiopia, which was attended by 360,000 Africans (including children from the Haile Selassie I Day School, who toured the exhibition as part of a classroom assignment)" (US National Archives). Directed by renowned cinematographer, Stevan Larner.

Carousella

1966 • 28 min

25min short documentary about Soho strippers which was banned on its first release by the British Board of Censors as head scissor man at the time John Trevelyan believed it was far too positive in its portrayal of the exotic dancers and feared it would serve as a recruitment film for the stripping scene

Taka and Ako

1966 • 13 min

Short film featuring Takahiko and Akiko Iimura

Der weiße Hopfengarten

1966 • 17 min • Germany

High-contrast, abstract black-and-white photographs by Renate von Mangoldt illustrate a three-part poem cycle by Walter Höllerer about hop gardens in winter. "White is the garden / empty the poles / cleared / the season / made visible / the skeleton / before the white / ceiling." The frames form a graphic pattern, "a curiosity of lines" and a "grey hatch work / over the snow".

Volleyball

1966 • 13 min • Canada

An encounter between Russian and American volleyball teams, presented more as an essay in the choreography of the players' movements than as a play-by-play report of a sports event. Various camera tricks are used to dramatize the action, notably stop-motion, that freezes the ballet-like leaps and postures of the players. The film has jazz background music. -NFB

Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II

1966 • 51 min • United States of America

The second annual TV special thrills from start to finish, with unforgettable performances of signature songs "Fly Me To The Moon," "Luck Be A Lady" and "That's Life." Frank is joined by daughter Nancy in a playful duet in this delightful hour of music.

Literature Au-Go-Go

1966 • 25 min • United States of America

An experimental film featuring students of Westchester County, NY performing and interpreting various pieces of Shakespeare's plays, as well as engaging in other Cullum-led activities. Depicts examples of Cullum's mixing of poetry, drama, and play to foster educational motivation.

Sicque! Sicque! Sicque!

1966 • 7 min • United States of America

During an investigation at the Château de Vincennes, Sergeant Deux Deux clumsily drinks a swig of the formula of a mad scientist and therefore transforms as Mr. Hyde, in routines, goes torturing the Inspector.

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

1966 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Based on themes from Latvian folk tales, Cock-a-doodle-doo! tells of how a rich man steals a magic mill from a poor farmer. Eventually the farmer wins back the mill with the help of two loyal friends – a dog and a rooster. The first stop-motion animation film by the Riga Motion Picture Studio, created by four professional puppeteers from the Latvian Puppet Theatre and directed by Arnolds Burovs. The film constituted a successful beginning for a stable and long-standing tradition and is evidence of the intuitive skills of the filmmaker required for stop-motion animation, namely, the ability to work with precision and economy of expression.

The Machine Stops

1966 • 50 min • United Kingdom

The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then?

I Saw the Shadow

1966 • 7 min • Japan

A precedent to Iimura's video work where he becomes his own subject, I Saw the Shadow sees Iimura follow his own shadow in and out of vision as he roams around streets, steps and fields. As the film progresses, it becomes increasingly unclear whether it is his shadow or camera that is guiding his steps. (Julian Ross)

Limbo: The Organized Mind

1966 • 4 min • United States of America

Short film by Jim Henson featuring Limbo, combining live puppetry with pre-recorded film.

Françoise Dorléac à Saint-Tropez

1966 • 10 min • France

Filmed in Saint-Tropez, Françoise Dorléac presents fashion trends for the summer. She is staged in several symbolic places for holidays in Saint-Tropez.

A Hot Night at the Go-Go Lounge!

1966 • 10 min • United States of America

A short dance film by Herschell Gordon Lewis.

The Father of Ultra Q

1966 • 30 min • Japan

Akio Jissoji's documentary on the production of Ultra Q. Interview with series creator Eiji Tsuburaya.

Feeling Good

1966 • 12 min • France

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from the anthology film As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966).

Kiss the Boot

1966 • 4 min • United States of America

Gerard Malanga on all fours nuzzles and kisses Mary Woronov's leather boots.

The Woman with a Hundred Faces

1966 • 10 min

From antiquity to Modigliani, women's faces painted through the centuries and edited according to the theme of "Pierrot le fou", composed by Antoine Duhamel.

Return of an Adventurer

1966 • 34 min • France, Niger

Back from the US to his village in Niger, a man brings Ameican Western outfits to his close friends, who immediately identify with cowboys. A bloody western begins in the savannah.

A Passing Phase

1966 • 7 min

British independent animation and one of Derek Phillips' earlier shorts.

Cilla at the Savoy

1966 • 45 min • United Kingdom

In April 1966, Cilla opened in a 3-week cabaret season at London’s Savoy Hotel. On her final Sunday, she starred in her own television special produced by her manager Brian Epstein’s film company, Subafilms. It was the first colour television show of its kind to be made by an independent producer in Britain. The show was broadcast in the UK in black & white but aired in colour in The Netherlands and the USA. ‘Cilla at the Savoy’ was one of the most watched television specials of the 1960s.

1:42.08

1966 • 7 min • United States of America

George Lucas's senior project at the University of Southern California in 1966. It was named for the lap time of the Lotus 23 race car that was the subject of the film. It is a nonstory visual tone poem depicting the imagery of a car going at full speed, and featuring the car's engine as the primary sound element. Shot on 16mm color film with a 14 man student crew, it was filmed at Willow Springs Raceway, north of Los Angeles, CA. The Lotus 23 was driven by Pete Brock.

Sonata about the artist

1966 • 19 min • Soviet Union

The film is about Ivan Honchar, an ardent collector of Ukrainian antiquities, who turned his Kyiv apartment into a unique museum.

The Deadly Mantis

1966 • 9 min • United States of America

9 minute home-movie version of the 1957 feature film “The Deadly Mantis” from Castle Films.