All Films

Daybreak

1961 • 60 min • Mongolia

This film shows that the crooks who steal public funds and avoid labor can never escape the watchful eyes of the protectors.

The Silk Belt

1961 • 15 min • China

The old man who picks up dung founds a beautiful silk belt in the field. No one claims it so he ties it around his waist. The old man thinks his old padded jacket is not good enough for the belt, and uses his savings for a high quality robe. But the trousers and shoes don't match the outfit, causing others to laugh at him. The old man couldn't stand the humiliation of the waiter, so he returned home without saying anything, smashed the piggy bank, and went to buy matching pants and boots. Now, passers-by, including the waiter, looked at him with envy, and the old man felt proud for a moment. But if the old man who picks up dung is dressed like this, how can he pick up dung again?

Visita de Yuri Gagarin à UNE, em 1961

1961 • 3 min • Brazil

Footage of Yuri Gagarin's visit to Brazil in 1961.

The Fox Makes a Den in the Scree

1961 • 8 min • Iceland

Beautiful video clips of foxes in the wild and groundhogs in a spruce. Shown from the movement of two fox shooters. The toffee is shot and the greens are taken from the spruce. The Icelandic fox or melrakki has been native to this country for millennia and probably since the end of the Ice Age. It is expected that images of the disposal of the animals may affect children and vulnerable persons.

Children Make Movies

1961 • 9 min

This is documentation of a workshop held at the Lillian Wald Recreation Rooms and Settlement. It shows two filmmaking projects by youth. This film was shown at a UNESCO conference in 1962 in Oslo, Norway and was commended for being the "most spontaneous" and "drawing the most applause" by Jonas Mekas in a review in the Village Voice.

Kamotori Gonbee

1961 • 15 min • Japan

Gombei is a master duck catcher. One day, when he tried to catch too many ducks, they took him to a distant village. Gonbei, reflecting on his actions, decides to catch only one duck a day.

Portrait of Santa

1961 • 11 min • United States of America

With cheerful humor, artist/filmmaker Ralph Hulett, by means of his easel, paints and brushes, draws Santa from scratch on a blank canvas. As he paints the artist talks about the history and origins of the legend of Santa.

Animal Man

1961 • 13 min • United States of America

Scenes from a carnival and sideshow in 1961.

Travers

1961 • 6 min

Soundtrack: Claude Debussy's STRING QUARTET IN G MINOR.

Mighty Wings

1961 • 48 min • Soviet Union

Documentary footage of Soviet Air Forces parade held on 9 July 1961 on Tushino airfield.

Venezuela

1961 • 11 min • United States of America

Presenting an overview of Venezuela's culture, economy and geography. Visits two contrasting families of Caracas, depicting the cosmopolitan life in a modern city and the harsh existence of the farmer working on land that has had no rain in four years.

France III

1961 • 17 min

Experimental portrait of a nation in turmoil. Soundtrack: Claude Debussy's LA BOITE A JOUJOUX.

Sunflowers (Prelude, Taenia, Adventure, My Lady)

1961 • 25 min • Yugoslavia

Experimental short.

One Potato, Two Potato

1961 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

A kleptomaniac banker, in conflict with his conscience, wonders whether or not he can steal the contents of a safe deposit box.

Duy, Duy

1961 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

A film camera evermore recorded on the celluloid tape the four interesting folk dances that were successfully performed at the first "Festival of Folk Songs and Games" in Sarajevo.

The Switch

1961 • 6 min

In this amateur domestic comedy by Chicago’s Metro Movie Club, housewives use 16mm film to outwit their horny husbands.

Trailblazer in Space

1961 • 10 min • United States of America

The story of Ham, a little chimpanzee who traveled through space for 18 minutes.

Tomorrow Is Yours

1961 • 14 min

A promotional film to highlight the different types of Co-op retail outlets, including their self service shops and mobile shopping vans. The film also looks at Co-op factories and their products.

Hams

1961 • 12 min

A short film about the Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society which introduces important members and explains the ins and outs of their hobby.

Un Oiseau en Papier Journal

1961 • 10 min

When a little boy is in love with a little girl, what better gift can he give her than a bird made of newspaper? But a cat will spoil the party and the bird will wander across the rooftops of the city. After many adventures, however, it will be found and will lead the child to the little girl.

Sphinx

1961 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

Journey along the banks of the Nile river, from the border of Sudan and Egypt to the ocean. Old and new Egypt: from pyramids in Giza, famous Houses of the Gods in Abu Simbel, Luxor and Komsk to modern cities and the Suez Canal.

Sunday

1961 • 17 min • United States of America

Dan Drasin's documentary short, shot in a single afternoon in 1961, is often cited as the first major social protest film of the Sixties. When 19-year-old Drasin and his friends joined folk singers and protesters in Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park, they confronted NYC authorities to protest the cancellation of a standing permit to gather and sing in the park on Sundays. Here are the first signs of the political, racial and cultural issues that would soon erupt during the decade.

The Machine

1961 • 6 min • Poland

An animated short film in which many men work many years on a machine which is revealed to be something very common.

La Couleur de la forme

1961 • 6 min

With his last film, Hirsch more than ever justifies a critic’s description as ‘the Matisse of the Cinema.