All Films

The String Bean

1962 • 17 min

A wordless story of an elderly lady who resuscitates a bean plant. Winner of Palme d'or at Cannes.

Wet Hare

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Blacque Jacque Shellacque dams the river and plans to charge everyone a fortune for water, but not if Bugs Bunny has anything to say about it.

Holiday Time at Disneyland

1962 • 52 min • United States of America

We see numerous Disneyland attractions over the early years of Disneyland that were opened on, or around, official holidays.

From First to Last

1962 • 28 min • United Kingdom

Car manufacture at a Ford factory.

A Bragging Ant

1962 • 17 min • Soviet Union

Flashing Spikes

1962 • 50 min • United States of America

An old ballplayer, thrown out of baseball due to a bribery scandal, becomes friends with a young phenom. The younger player is at first tainted by his association with the oldtimer, but eventually the truth about the scandal is revealed.

A Sheep in the Deep

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into work, with Sam guarding a flock of sheep against Ralph's attempts to snatch some mutton for dinner. Ralph uses a lull-a-bye record to put Sam to sleep and steals one of the sheep, but the lamb unzips itself to reveal someone very unexpected beneath!

The Cliff Dwellers

1962 • 20 min • United States of America

The Cliff Dwellers is a 1962 English language short film directed by Hayward Anderson, starring James Hampton, Molly Scott and Betty Walker. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Susan Starr

1962 • 53 min • United States of America

Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that keeps her in bed and an omnipresent mother. Battling against 34 of the most talented pianists in the world at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, Susan hopes to win not only prize money in the Dimitri Mitropoulos International Piano Competition, but also the recognition that could launch the musical career for which she has been working since she was three years old. Following Susan through the hectic days leading up to the event and through the competition itself, the film captures the intense reality of an aspiring young artist facing the challenge of her life.

Afternoon of a Nymph

1962 • 58 min • United Kingdom

An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and maybe stardom. However while she is there, she realizes there is a price to pay...

Hand of Death

1962 • 58 min • United States of America

A scientist spills a new serum in his lab, accidentally inhales its fumes, and turns into a murderous monster who kills anyone he touches.

Little Amy

1962 • 30 min • United States of America

Nine-year-old Amy has decided that klutzy neighbor Arthur is the one she's going to marry. However, Arthur is too busy trying, and failing miserably, to get a place on the football team to pay any attention to her. So she comes up with what she thinks are foolproof schemes to get him to succeed, which will give him more time to spend with her. Complications ensue.

Hospital

1962 • 23 min • Poland

Confined to a hospital room, a seemingly healthy man endures a surreal night as his space is invaded by a procession of bizarre, dreamlike visitors—many linked to the imagery of railroads. Blurring reality with hallucination, the film transforms the ward into a stage for nightmarish encounters.

Prelude: Dog Star Man

1962 • 25 min • United States of America

A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Images of our Earth appear, woods, a part of a body, a nude woman perhaps giving birth. Imagery evokes movement across time. Part of the Dog Star Man series of experimental films.

Everyday Chronicle

1962 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

The story of a blind barrel-organist losing his dog and finding it again.

Adam and Six Eves

1962 • 60 min • United States of America

A gold prospector in the desert gets lost and discovers an oasis of comely maidens.

Two Letter Alibi

1962 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Charles Hilary is in love with Kathy Forrester, a beautiful television personality, but is married to Louise, an alcoholic with as many lovers as whisky bottles. His pleas for a divorce are met with threats and abuse. "You'll have to murder me first", Louise tells him and three hours later she is found dead, shot with her husband's pistol. When Charles is arrested, Kathy desperately sets to work to prove his innocence.

Posle bala

1962 • 34 min • Soviet Union

Ivan Vasilyevich is in love with Varenka and is admired by her father, Colonel. But the transformation of a tender loving father from a good-natured colonel into a cruel and ruthless tormentor shocked Ivan so much that his feelings for Varenka quickly cooled.

Landing Stripling

1962 • 6 min • United States of America

Tom and Jerry are sleeping outside during the day when a yellow bird wearing a red helmet lands on Tom, waking him up. Although the bird brushes Tom's torso off and reacts politely like "pardon me", Tom goes after the bird, catches it, and proceeds to beat it up.

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist

1962 • 28 min • Canada

For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united Canada. What was he like, this stubborn idealist? How did he measure up to other political strongmen of his time? In this film you sense the personal clashes and the interplay of political ambitions that left their mark on history.

Nehru

1962 • 44 min • United States of America

The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.

Magic Molecule

1962 • 9 min • Canada

A film showing the new world created by the techniques and processes of the plastics industry. Transmuted from coal, oil or wood, synthetic substances can make thousands of new products, from silk threads to furniture. With a light and lively treatment, this film explores the colorful, versatile world of these synthetic materials.

Time to Remember

1962 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.

The Painted Smile

1962 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....