All Films

Féria

1961 • 19 min • France, Spain

A Sunday fair with hunger in the air, in a lost Galician village under the black umbrellas of a pitiless rain...

Cuba, a People Armed

1961 • 35 min • Cuba

Cuba, pueblo armado was shot by Joris Ivens in 1961 and illustrates the Cuban people's determination to defend the revolution. To make this film, Ivens and his crew followed a military brigade which consisted of volunteers.

The Rejected

1961 • 59 min • United States of America

The Rejected is a made-for-television documentary film about homosexuality, the first of its kind to be broadcast on American television. It was first shown on KQED on September 11, 1961, and was later syndicated to National Educational Television (NET) stations across the United States, receiving positive critical reviews.

Document 6.15

1961 • 18 min • Japan

Experimental film by Motoharu Jonouchi comprised of both archival footage from the 1960s Japanese student riots and dramatised re-enactions. It was created as a tribute to Michiko Kamba, a student victim of the riots.

Talk Mr Bard

1961 • 4 min

Directed by John Latham.

Smile 61

1961 • 15 min • Yugoslavia

Socialist work ethic meets youthful exuberance and lightheartedness where backbreaking labor does not ruin anyone's summer vacation.

Boredom at Work: Part 1 - The Empty Life

1961 • 23 min

Hugh has lost his "zest for living" and it seems like the women in his life are mostly to blame.

Auto-Destructive Art: The Activities of G Metzger

1961 • 2 min

Filmmaker Harold Liversidge’s 1963 documentation of Metzger wearing a military jacket, helmet, and gas mask while painting, flinging and spraying acid onto nylon

Krawall im Stall

1961 • 6 min • East Germany, Germany

East German animated propaganda short. One night, Flora the Cow and Jolanthe the Pig arrive in the village by truck. It is quiet everywhere, with the only noise coming from the pigsty. The residents are unhappy with their accommodation, they don't want to be in individual pens and demand sociability, cleanliness and self-service. Flora and Jolanthe want to help them. They demonstrate how the barn needs to be rebuilt. Everyone gets to work and tears down the pens. Flora and Jolanthe have brought along a vacuum feeding system, and when the conversion is finished, they can even take in pigs from smaller neighboring pens. Everyone is happy and the sociable pig life can begin. While the newly formed pig choir sings the final song, Flora drives the truck back to town and Jolanthe, wearing a white coat, operates the new feed mixer.

Something About Functions

1961 • 2 min

The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.

Italia '61

1961 • 28 min

In 1961 Turin celebrated the centenary of the Italian unity with a large exposition which lasted from May till October of that year. One of the most popular exhibits was the 28 minute documentary ITALIA ´61 IN CIRCARAMA which was produced by the Walt Disney company and sponsored by the Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat. The spectacular views of this Cinerama tour of Italy (filmed with nine cameras) impressed more than two million visitors during the entire duration of that Turin Expo.

The Beginning

1961 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The Beginning is the first installment in Brauns’ trilogy dedicated to large-scale construction development in Latvia. It captures the building process of the Pļaviņas hydroelectric station on the country’s largest river. Observation of the builders, drivers, and engineers at work highlights the human aspect of construction work. The film’s title carries symbolic weight – this is the first Riga school film, Brauns’ directorial debut, the first widescreen picture made in Latvia, and the first part of a trilogy.

Mechanized Death

1961 • 28 min • United States of America

The dangers of speeding and reckless driving are illustrated courtesy of bloody accident footage supplied by the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Football as It Is Played Today

1961 • 6 min • United States of America

Football game day at The Ohio State University. Part of the 'Bluegrass Trilogy'.

Colors Are Useful

1961 • 10 min

Presents many illustrations showing the effect of color in nature and the various ways man uses color.

Where Is the Iron Curtain?

1961 • 13 min • Yugoslavia

Life and friendly neighbor relations on the Yugoslav-Italian border. Undisturbed growth of trading between the two countries.

Maribor Week

1961 • 3 min • Yugoslavia

Presenting Maribor Fair exhibitions and its historical review.

Pasajes tres

1961 • 14 min

"Flights…One of the most import ports in Spain. People… Antxo, Donibane, San Pedro. Homes with tradition, parties, streets, port workers, women salting fish, mending fishing nets…" Javier Aguirre

Your Junior High Days

1961 • 12 min • United States of America

This classroom guidance film eases seventh-graders into the realities of junior high. No longer the top students or star athletes, they must adjust to bigger challenges, shifting friendships, and greater independence. The message: fit in with your peers, follow the trends, and don’t forget your gym locker combination.

Die Jungfrau, Marx und Hurakan

1961 • 49 min • Germany

Who is the Most Capable One

1961 • 10 min • China

The magpie asked who had the greatest ability, and the deer jumped out and said it was it because it ran fast. The little monkey didn't take it seriously, saying that it was the most capable because it could climb trees. The little deer and the little monkey couldn't stop arguing, and asked the magpie to comment, but the magpie scratched his head and gave it to Uncle Xiong. Uncle Xiong said that the game will tell the difference, so the little deer and the little monkey competed to pick peaches on the other side of the river.

A Big Chinese Cabbage

1961 • 16 min • China

The little cat broke a Chinese cabbage while catching grasshoppers in the vegetable garden. Afraid that the father-in-law goat would scold him, he threw the cabbage over the bamboo fence. The little white rabbit passed by here, picked up the cabbage, happened to be seen by the goat father-in-law, and blamed the little white rabbit for stealing the vegetables, and the little white rabbit couldn't argue.

Four-Point Conics

1961 • 11 min • Canada

An experimental mathematics film designed to elucidate the study of four-line conics.

The World of the Schizophrenic

1961 • 21 min • France

A depiction of the schizophrenic condition, this film attempts to reconstruct, objectively and subjectively, the images and sounds experienced by the schizophrenic.