All Films

Woton's Wake

1963 • 27 min • United States of America

Woton Wretchichevsky has a disfigured face, dresses in a cloak and mask, and stalks couples to burn them with a blowtorch. He is also a sculptor of steel and garbage installations. One day, one of his creations comes to life in the form of a young woman. She flees from him when he tries to express his love by pointing his blowtorch at her.

Chili Weather

1963 • 6 min • United States of America

Speedy Gonzales helps his fellow mice get food from the Guadalajara Food Processing plant, guarded by Sylvester the Cat.

The Negro and the American Promise

1963 • 59 min

Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin -- three of the most highly regarded civil rights leaders of the 1960s -- were united in their quest for Black empowerment. But their methods of approach were polarizing.

What a Tiger!

1963 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Story about a little kitten who wanted to be a tiger.

One Day an Airplane

1963 • 5 min • Italy

Experimental short painted directly on film.

Forenoon of a Faun

1963 • 8 min • Yugoslavia

The film consists of three sequences shot by a fixed camera: the first shows the balcony of a hospital with patients (soundtrack from the film "Vivre sa vie" by Jean-Luc Godard), the second is a scraped wall and the third is a crossroad with pedestrians and cars (sound taken from the film "The Time-Machine " by George Pal).

I Hear the Carpenter Singing

1963 • 11 min

"This film tells the story of a young Mexican-American carpenter in Los Angeles, California who earns journeyman status through night school classes and on-the-job apprenticeship training. The film also describes the vocational and economic opportunities that are made available through enlightened labor management in a free enterprise system. The film was written, produced, and directed by Hart Sprager, narrated by Ronald Feinberg, and is part of the [USIA's] 'Young in America" series.'" (US National Archives). This is also among the first films of the famous cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond (here credited as "William Zsigmond").

The Great Rights

1963 • 13 min

A cartoon explaining the American Bill of Rights and Constitution. A man imagines a "nightmare world" without these documents, where Orwellian thugs censor and arrest with impunity. When reminded of the Bill of Rights, the man fights back and eventually defeats the forces of faceless totalitarianism.

Strindberg och Paris

1963 • 28 min

A focus on Sweden's greatest dramatist, August Strindberg, his years spent in Paris and the inspiration the city had on his poetry.

Elizabeth Taylor in London

1963 • 58 min • United States of America

Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in London, England, gives viewers a tour of the city, including her birthplace, the Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, Battersea Park and an East End church that was damaged in the infamous "blitz" air raids during World War II. She also recites several famous English poems and speeches by notable English figures.

The Trial Is Underway

1963 • 24 min • Soviet Union

Just before the arrival of the commission, the Hole punch in charge of the 1st department of the Zarya state farm found a cow half-dead from exhaustion in his farm and ordered it to be immediately sent to the meat processing plant. But they didn't take the skinny cow there. And then the Puncher threw it to his neighbor's Knee in the 3rd compartment. While the Hole Punch and the Knee were arguing, trying to get rid of the poor cattle, the milkmaid Lucy Prokopenko picked it up...

Memorials

1963 • 9 min • Yugoslavia

Documentary about "zadušnice", a holiday in the Orthodox Church dedicated to the dead and their salvation.

In the Underworld

1963 • 33 min • Soviet Union

A story about children helping the Soviet Army during the war.

Wheels of Tragedy

1963 • 28 min • United States of America

The Ohio State Highway Patrol explain the need for safe driving, and the tragic consequences of accidents.

La estrella de David

1963 • 2 min • Argentina

A young jewish man is attacked by a group of nazis somewhere by the sea

Look at Life: High, Wide and Faster

1963 • 17 min • United Kingdom

Look at Life was a regular series of short documentary films produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of Rank Organisation and screened in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. This release compiles 54 memorable films which offer a fascinating snapshot of transport in 1960's Britain. A look at road building in the United Kingdom in the 1950's.

Freight Yard Symphony

1963 • 7 min • United States of America

This early UCLA student film by noted visual effects pioneer Robert Abel (1937-2001) employs a mixed media approach to distill the kinetic energy of an industrial train depot into bold graphic elements. With a jazz score, Piet Mondrian-inspired lines and Oskar Fischinger-style movement, the highly-accomplished animated short evokes the modernist works of Saul Bass and Ray and Charles Eames.

Look at Life: Rising to High Office

1963 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A fascinating look at 1963 mod-looking corporate office technology. Punched card data processing centers. The complex infrastructure that supports London's biggest office that attracts visitors from all over the world, not just to see the view, but to study a mid-20th century development.

Gala Day

1963 • 25 min • United Kingdom

A description of the various activities of Gala Day held annually at Durham when the miners and their families come to town.

The Apple

1963 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A man's repeated attempts to retrieve an apple off a high tree branch all prove fruitless. What does he want the apple for? That would be telling.

Emboscada

1963 • 1 min • Argentina

A man runs through a forest with a shotgun

Look at Life: Figure It Out

1963 • 8 min • United Kingdom

The story of computers: from electronic tape and punched cards, to austere-looking robots.

Three Fat Men

1963 • 34 min • Soviet Union

Machorka-Muff

1963 • 18 min • Germany

A satirical attack on West Germany's re-armament and revival of militaristic tradition in the Adenauer era.