All Films

The Cadillac

1962 • 21 min • United States of America

The Cadillac is a 1962 English language short film directed by Robert Clouse, starring Alex Montoya. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Vive Le Tour

1962 • 18 min • France

A short documentary about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, doping, "the charge," and the mountain stages.

Tales of the Tinkerdee

1962 • 30 min • United States of America

This unaired pilot, produced by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, was shot in Atlanta in the summer of 1962. The pilot featured Kermit the Frog, Taminella Grinderfall and King Goshposh, characters who would all reappear a few years later in the Tales From Muppetland TV specials.

On Eye Rape

1962 • 10 min • Japan

"The original film was rescued from a Tokyo trash bin. It is an American sexual education film in which plant and animal sex are explained. I, together with an artist friend, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, punched big holes in almost all of the frames. It was a protest against Japanese censorship of explicit images of sex, particularly pubic hair which the censors would cover with black marks. I inserted a few subliminal frames of pornographic imagery from magazines several times throughout the film. At the end, I even punched holes in these subliminal pictures, thereby 'censoring' the censored image." — Takahiko Iimura

The Peeper

1962 • 2 min • United States of America

An early student short directed by Francis Ford Coppola while studying at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. The film served as the basis for his first feature, Tonight for Sure (1962), incorporating scenes and ideas first developed in this project.

Evil Wind Out

1962 • 11 min

"Evil Wind Out" (1963) was written, directed, and narrated by James Blue, with cinematography by Stevan Larner. "This film shows how a Colombian public health service doctor overcomes superstition in a backward village, and, through health education and proper treatment, he is able to significantly reduce the village's infant mortality rate. This results in a demand for a clinic, which the people of the village build with assistance from the Colombian government under the Alliance for Progress. This is the third of three films directed by James Blue for the Alliance for Progress - Colombia" (National Archives). The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) for audiences outside of the United States.

Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

1962 • 28 min • Canada

This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under Confederation. The political world of a century ago comes to life as we hear debates in the Parliament of Upper and Lower Canada amidst political strife and personal feuds. Ultimately, Cartier skilfully allays the fears of party and sectional leaders, convincing them that federal union would protect, rather than weaken, Quebec’s cherished rights of language and religion. The eloquent and enigmatic Cartier was instrumental in shaping the Canada that was soon to emerge.

Through the Ice to Finland

1962 • 11 min • Finland

A commissioned film about wintertime seafaring in Finland

Tor, King of Beasts

1962 • 18 min • United States of America

The models in Tor, King of Beasts (1962) were a slight improvement over those in Time Is Just a Place…but the models would be better in the sequel Son of Tor.

Водяной

1962 • 35 min • Soviet Union

Prokhor Lykov, nicknamed Vodyany in the village for his passion for fishing, always disappeared on the shore of the lake with a fishing rod. The chairman of the collective farm decides to use his enthusiasm in his own way ...

American Thrift: An Expansive Tribute to the "Woman American"

1962 • 25 min • United States of America

Chevrolet presents this tribute to the American woman and her thrifty ways with money. The film also salutes the individuality of the Amerian citizen and the variety of choices we have in the marketplace.

Love

1962 • 10 min • Japan

"10 minutes of the act of creation itself run through close up and magnifying lenses. " -T.I.

Interview with Spring

1962 • 53 min • Soviet Union

Announcer Aza Likhitchenko interviews the heroes of this season's premiere performances.

The Eyes of Children

1962 • 29 min • Canada

Christmastime at the Roman Catholic-run Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.

Theatre 62: Rebecca

1962 • 59 min

A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.

The Hitchhikers

1962 • 16 min • Netherlands

A road movie about three guys (two hitchhikers, one driver) and one woman.

It's Magic

1962 • 29 min • United Kingdom

A wonderfully entertaining magic show which will amuse and surprise all audiences.

Dada 62

1962 • 10 min • Japan

Yomiuri Independent was an annual show between 1949-1963 that exhibited all art that was submitted. Artists in the early 60s began to take advantage of the challenge by provoking the organisers with their submissions that cast a question on the framework of art within the gallery space. The objet d'art and performances we see in Dada 62 are fragments of what was shown in its 1962 version with pieces by Genpei Akasegawa, Jiro Takamatsu and Shinmei Kojima making an appearance. (Julian Ross)

Careless Caretaker

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Smedley's the caretaker of Greenleaf Park, a job that he likes very much because he cares for all the trees, and he just loves trees.

Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

1962 • 60 min

Henry Fonda reminisces about the stars and pictures of the glory days of Tinseltown.

The Invisible Teenager

1962 • 10 min

Don Griffin, the Invisible Teenager (played by Don Glut) is on the run from the psychiatric hospital.

La Paresse

1962 • 15 min • France, Italy

Jean-Luc Godard's short segment made for “Les sept péchés capitaux”.

The Jet Cage

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Tweety sits in his house, forlorn over the fact he can't fly outside like other birds because of his hungry feline predator, Sylvester.

A Letter from Colombia

1962 • 10 min

"A Letter from Colombia" (1963) was written, directed, and narrated by James Blue, with cinematography by Stevan Larner. "This film illustrates the growing awareness by Colombians of the things they can do for themselves with government assistance under the Alliance for Progress program. The film shows the introduction of modern techniques in land reform and public housing and the progress made by the Colombian people. This is the second of three films directed by James Blue for the Alliance for Progress - Colombia" (National Archives). The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA) for audiences outside of the United States.