All Films

Chicken Hearted Wolf

1963 • 6 min

Loopy tries to teach another wolf the consequences of stealing chickens - the hard way.

The Beatles Come to Town

1963 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Pathe News technicolor short showing The Beatles in concert at the ABC Cinema in Manchester, Lancashire on 11/20/63. This footage was incorporated into the 1965 Pathe feature "Pop Gear.”

A Square Peg in a Round Hole

1963 • 48 min

Ludwig Von Drake has founded the Research Institute For Human Behavior to study humans' psychological makeup. He uses Donald Duck as his guinea pig for the testing.

Three Tall Tales

1963 • 48 min • United States of America

Ludwig Von Drake takes viewers through the stories of American folklore. First up is Casey of Mudville who valiantly struck out. Then the tale of Captain Windwagon Smith. Conclusion has Paul Bunyan and Babe his blue ox.

An Engineer's Assistant

1963 • 38 min • Japan

"In my filmography, An Engineer’s Assistant (1963) is called my “first film.” This PR film on the safety of the Japanese National Railways was designed to be “self-criticism” after the big accident on the Joban line at Mikawashima Station, which had occurred in 1962. Right after the events back then, the responsibility for the accident was considered to be negligence of the engineer and the engineer’s assistant. The topic of this project was the promotion of a new device to avoid accidents. However, I had seen that the true cause of the accident was a congested service schedule, and I consciously placed emphasis on the depiction of the actual work of the engineer and his assistant, and of those who had chosen the route and were responsible for safety on the line on which the accident took place."

The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

1963 • 26 min • United States of America

In this unsold television pilot for a proposed travelogue series, Richard Erdman visits with the children and townsfolk of the Sacromonte district of Granada, Spain. Directed and photographed by noted master cinematographer and multi-Academy Award winner, James Wong Howe.

Stowaway Woody

1963 • 6 min • United States of America

Woody flies onto a Hawaii-bound ocean liner, causing havoc for a captain and his dog. The ship's dog tries to catch him, with no luck.

The Ride

1963 • 7 min

From Gerald Potterton (director of the cult classic Heavy Metal), this short film depicts the daydream of a chauffeur awaiting his employer. On a hot summer day, he begins to imagine that it's winter—the residential street where he's parked transforms into snowy mountains, and a series of comic misadventures begin. As the car is replaced by a toboggan, it carries the tycoon away on a dizzying ride. The chase includes some unforgettable antics in the snow, including a piggyback ride on an incredulous skier.

Philbert (Three's a Crowd)

1963 • 26 min • United States of America

In this live-action sitcom with animated elements, a cartoonist named Griff draws Philbert comics. Philbert has the ability to come to life in the form of a six-inch-tall cartoon character. Philbert tries to cause trouble between Griff and his girlfriend Angela when he overhears her plans to marry Griff.

Madeleine, Madeleine

1963 • 11 min • Germany

Confusion results when a young man walking through a park joins in a game of tennis.

The Shareholders

1963 • 25 min • Soviet Union

Soviet propaganda cartoon depicting the evils of American capitalism. A worker who owns a small share in a big company is living large, until his company replaces its workers with robots and its small shares become worthless. The shareholder finds himself alone in a cruel world.

William Buys a Parrot

1963 • 2 min • United States of America

A bizarre silent short film showing author William S. Burroughs negotiating to buy a parrot.

The Wedding Dress

1963 • 54 min

Mr. Berry starts to sell his wife's clothes. His wife, not being dead, is alarmed and upset.

The Little Café

1963 • 12 min • France

A day in a little café of Paris.

Not in Nottingham

1963 • 7 min

Loopy agrees to help Robin Hood with rescuing Maid Marian from Nottingdoing.

The Great Toy Robbery

1963 • 7 min • Canada

This short animation stars the world's most-wanted good guy: Santa Claus. In this spoof of the Wild West, good triumphs over evil, but not before the evil robbers and their innocent victims have romped through some odd situations.

A Fallible Fable

1963 • 6 min • United States of America

After a wolf quit his role in the Little Red Riding Hood story, Loopy takes over, but unfortunately for him, a lot of drama happens, so much so that Loopy is thrown out from his role.

El parque de juegos

1963 • 15 min • Spain

The fear of playing in a park comes to life.

Incorrectly Drawn Hen

1963 • 13 min • Czechoslovakia

At school the dunce draws a Picasso style chicken on the black board. The chicken comes to life, runs away, and finds itself in the teacher's garden. The teacher thinks he has discovered a new species and christens it with his own name.

The New World

1963 • 20 min • France, Italy

This short film shows a young couple during a short period after the explosion of a nuclear bomb 120 km above Paris. The city appears unaffected, but the man begins to notice changes in the behavior of the people in general and in that of his girl friend in particular. Part of the Italian anthology film RoGoPaG (1962).

April

1963 • 47 min • Soviet Union

A critique of materialism, the film is about a young couple who live in a rundown empty apartment. Their love is so strong that it makes the water flow and the electricity work, but when they start purchasing furniture and knickknacks, they fight and grow apart.

Plastic Haircut

1963 • 15 min

"Dada-inspired performance in which absurd actions take place in an environment of strange symbols and graphic forms." -Mark Webber. Design by William T. Wiley and Robert Hudson. Sound collage by Steve Reich.

The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

1963 • 37 min

On December 7th 1963, in the afternoon The Beatles played a concert at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool which was filmed for the BBC

The Lover

1963 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A sophisticated suburban couple try to enliven their marriage with erotic role-playing, but find their new games even more repressive than before.