All Films

Night Passenger

1962 • 45 min • Soviet Union

Georges Pradier, a Parisian journalist on his way to make a movie, agrees to give an Algerian man a ride in his car at the request of an acquaintance. He discovers that the bag his passenger is carrying contains forty-four million francs collected for a fund to help the struggling Algeria.

The Fox's Widow

1962 • 10 min • Norway

Ivo Caprinos animated adaption of the classical Norwegian folktale

September Five at Saint-Henri

1962 • 27 min • Canada

This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to midnight, we take in the neighbourhood’s pulse: a mother fussing over children, a father's enforced idleness, teenage boys clowning, young lovers dallying - the unposed quality of daily life.

Tall in the Trap

1962 • 8 min • United States of America

When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.

Design for Disaster

1962 • 27 min • United States of America

This 1962 documentary tells the story of a fire that started on November 5th, 1961 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, and over the course of three days destroyed 484 homes, damaged 190 others, and burned over 16,000 acres. The $30 million disaster led to new laws by the city to eliminate wood shingle roofs and to clear dry brush away from homes. The film was produced by the Los Angeles Fire Department and is narrated by actor William Conrad

Muerte al invasor

1962 • 16 min • Cuba

Short documentary about Cuba's resistance to American invasion.

Corny Concerto

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Doc, while watching Champ work out with the punching bag, accidentally drops a hammer on Champ's toe, causing him to howl and hop about in a crazy beatnik dance, holding his foot. A beatnik coffee house owner is impressed and signs them up to entertain at his swinging club. Doc stages concerts for the talented but pain-ridden pooch. Doc, at the piano, rehearses Champ with great success, making several teenage cats swoon. Opening night at "The Hungry Me" pad is also a great success- their act creating enthuasiastic finger-snapping by the beatniks. The two become famous as Champ does a great beat presentation after Doc's piano intro and after being hit on the foot!

The Hole

1962 • 15 min • United States of America

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.

Seguir andando

1962 • 21 min • Argentina

Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel

1962 • 43 min • United Kingdom

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

The General

1962 • 8 min • Yugoslavia

Kristl plays a prisoner who can smile only when he sees The General.

The Owl and the Pussycat

1962 • 4 min • United States of America

A film version of Edward Lear's narrative poem about the owl and the pussycat who went to sea in a pea-green boat

Buddies Thicker Than Water

1962 • 8 min • United States of America

On a snowy night in the city, Jerry is comfortably asleep in his hole inside a penthouse, while Tom tries to keep from freezing to death in the alley below.

The Joy of Winter

1962 • 14 min • Canada

How Canadians adjust to their long, snowbound season. Filmed with humour, 'The Joy of Winter' shows people making the best of what they cannot change. From tiny tots to human polar bears the film leaves no doubt that, in the eyes of many Canadians, winter may offer more attractions than summer.

The Dog Lover

1962 • 24 min • United States of America

Jack is the fastidious manager of a local supermarket. The harmless but disruptive actions of his customers frequently give him headaches, which he remedies by holding a can of frozen juice against his forehead. At home, however, Jack is consistently kind, loving, and patient with his wife and daughter. One day the child brings home a stray dog, and his life is turned upside down.

Breakout

1962 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Breakout is an unfinished film and, unusually for Keen, contains a loose narrative. It presents the story of a young man hounded by a large pink Pontiac Continental.

Little Lost Robot

1962 • 51 min

The only surviving play from the anthology series, Out of This World, presented by Boris Karloff.

Eleven Thousand Girls

1962 • 2 min • India

Gyara Hazar Ladkian is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas. Produced under the Film Friends banner, it had music by N. Datta. The director of photography was Ramchandra

Pest of Show

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Doc, the freeloading cat, is painting a portrait of a ballet dancer using as a model homely, punch-drunk bulldog Champ, wearing an abbreviated skirt. Two alley cats, looking over a fence, see Champ in his attire and begin razzing him. Champ does a slow turn and starts after the cats and, in no time, the studio is a shambles. Doc sees an announcement of a dog show, the winner of which receives a $50,000 prize and a banquet. Desperately in need of money, Doc gets the idea of entering Champ in the upcoming show and begins grooming him. Doc gives Champ a bath, lessons in proper speech, walking with books balanced on head, and the proper attire.

Yogi's Birthday Party

1962 • 23 min • United States of America

The sponsors enlist Ranger Smith to throw a surprise party for Yogi Bear. Good luck keeping it a surprise! Yogi can smell a birthday cake miles away.

Disneyland After Dark

1962 • 60 min

Taking a look at Disneyland following nightfall, including nighttime entertainment and appearances by many celebrities of the day.

Little Bugger

1962 • 57 min • Soviet Union

Bolshevik Foma Korshunov returns to his village. Soon his son, seven-year old Mishka gets a new nickname - "little communist". When bandits come to the village Mishka, knowing that the reds are close, saddles his horse and hurry to warn them about the danger.

Adventures of the Road-Runner

1962 • 26 min

Adventures of the Road-Runner is an animated film, directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble and Tom Ray. It was the intended pilot for a TV series starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, but was never picked up until four years later when Warner Bros. Television produced The Road Runner Show for CBS from 1966 to 1968 and later on ABC from 1971 to 1973. As a result, it was split into three further shorts. The first one was To Beep or Not to Beep (1963). The other two were assembled by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1965 after they took over the Looney Tunes series. The split-up shorts were titled Road Runner a Go-Go and Zip Zip Hooray!.

Uncle's Tea Party

1962 • 17 min • United Kingdom

A performance of the band The Alberts. One of several films made especially for deaf children by adult film maker George Harrison Marks.