All Films

Taurus Test Footage

1965 • 2 min

Test footage of David Allen's Taurus puppet. The beast looks like a combination between an ape and a bulldog. The test footage was shot on 16mm film (shot on a Bolex Camera and had a Motion-Analysis Film Projector) and was copying the climax to the original King Kong.

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

1965 • 7 min • United States of America

When Speedy Gonzales invades the home of Granny and rapidly drives her cat, Sylvester, to a nervous breakdown, Granny calls on Daffy Duck of the Jet Age Pest Control company to do the job of removing Gonzales from her home.

Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire

1965 • 60 min

A documentary on the KKK

A Statue for 'The Sandpiper'

1965 • 5 min • United States of America

Promotional short for the film "The Sandpiper".

My Name Is Barbra

1965 • 55 min • United States of America

Barbra Streisand's first television special, featuring a medley of her hit songs, such as "People," "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "My Man."

Les Caractères de La Bruyère

1965 • 22 min

Actors embody different portraits from the Characters by Bruyere, in a castle setting.

The Third Musketeer

1965 • 5 min

The fairy tale of "Cinderella" is combined with the classic adventure of "The Three Musketeers." Sad Cat wants to be a musketeer like his two older brothers. A fairy godmother appears, and he gets his wish. Jealousy splits the three, though, and Sad Cat is happy to return to being himself.

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees

1965 • 50 min • United States of America

Jane Goodall has spent five years observing the chimps in Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika), Africa. One of her discoveries is that they use primitive tools. The film shows the life of the chimps. Retrospective note: This documentary features remarkable historical footage of Goodall, her original camp, and the Gombe chimpanzees. It shows the early years of Goodall establishing the site before it went on to become a world-renowned research center.

Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara

1965 • 12 min • Germany

Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contrasted with the mundane reality of life on a film set.

Don't Spill the Beans

1965 • 6 min • United States of America

A combination of the stories of "Cinderella" with "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which Sad Cat beats his two "dear, mean brothers" up the giant beanstalk. Sad Cat's two brothers poke fun at him for being so dumb. He goes into the business of selling magic beans.

Nargis

1965 • 20 min • Soviet Union

On the motifs of the story of S.Rashidov “A Kashmir song”. Spring Flower Nargis waits for the master of bees Bambur whom nobody has seen yet. A witch transforms the master of storms Chorud into a young man and lets him pass as Bambur, but her trick is unmasked. Chorud kills Nargis, but Bambur revives her. A tale by the old ( Cell animation) master Polkovnikov, (1908-1982) whose active career as animation director stretched from 1933 till 1980.

The Case of the Banja Luka High School

1965 • 21 min • Yugoslavia

The documentary tells the story when more than a hundred students were expelled from the Banja Luka high school, allegedly because of poor grades, but it turned out that the school system didn't have enough funds to continue to have so many students in the school. Afterwards the film portrays other problems in the school system and in the Yugoslav society in general.

Help! My Snowman's Burning Down

1965 • 9 min • United States of America

My Snowman's Burning Down is an American short film made by Carson Davidson in 1964, with music composed and performed by Gerry Mulligan. A surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Chili Corn Corny

1965 • 6 min • United States of America

Daffy owns a cornfield. A crow sits outside, dejected, because he's starving and won't take any corn. The scarecrow frightens him and justifiably so because Daffy is hiding inside with a shotgun.

Rushing Roulette

1965 • 6 min • United States of America

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, and his ploys such as glue on the road, a huge magnifying glass, an exploding piano, a cannon disguised as a camera, and an anvil dropped from a helicopter, all backfire on him, as usual.

Marineland Carnival: The Munsters Visit Marineland

1965 • 60 min • United States of America

The Munsters take in the sights at Marineland.

IBM at the Fair

1965 • 7 min • United States of America

This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the concepts, architecture, and overall look of the pavilion and to convey an impression of the exhibition's spirit and content.

Exchange Student Chua Swee Lin

1965 • 51 min • Japan

Documentary on Chua Swee­-Lin, a Malaysian exchange student who was threatened with deportation over his protest against the separation and inde­pendence of Singapore.

Ramel i rutan

1965 • 56 min • Sweden

Musical variety special with Povel Ramel and friends.

The Wild Chase

1965 • 6 min • United States of America

Ever wonder who was the fastest Road Runner or Speedy Gonzales? This cartoon aimed to answer that all-important question between two of Warner Brothers' speediest characters. Of course, the race (set in an American desert) wouldn't be interesting without Wile E. Coyote or Sylvester trying to nab the bird and mouse. Both the hard-luck coyote and the puddy tat use a variety of tactics to grap their respective dinners, all which (of course) fail. In the end, Wile E. and Sylvester use a supersonic jet to pass their prey at the finish line (and "win" the race), but their vehicle quickly careens over the cliff. The poor puddy tat fall down over the cliff, just like Wile E. has so many times.

Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

1965 • 49 min • United Kingdom

The US Army are testing their new armoured vehicle, the Sidewinder, when suddenly the ground gives way, leaving the machine stuck in a burning pit. International Rescue are called in to haul it out and rescue the three-man crew on board.

Home Sweet Nudnik

1965 • 7 min

Nudnik wanders around his apartment as the building is being demolished.

Cats and Bruises

1965 • 7 min • United States of America

Sylvester Cat intrudes on Speedy Gonzales' Cinco De Mayo celebration, starting a chase that ends in disaster.

Run, Run

1965 • 4 min • United States of America

RUN, RUN, a polished live-action effort shot by Jim Henson and Frank Oz in Greenwich, CT in October 1965, is a visualization of the joys of childhood and the wonder of nature. In the short, Jim’s daughters run freely through woods saturated by the colors of autumn into the warm embrace of their mother. The action is underscored by Joe Raposo’s lilting music, giving a sense of visual poetry.