All Films

Murgosh - The Sharplaninec

1960 • 15 min • Yugoslavia

Through the story of the dog Murgosh, which belongs to the famous Sharplaninec breed, all noble qualities of this world-famous breed are shown: the strength, courage and loyalty.

The Sea Dreams Too

1960 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

A film poem about the sea and its shores, about its power and beauty, about misfortunes and reality intertwined with legends.

The Golden Years

1960 • 15 min • United States of America

Innovations in the bowling world are featured in this 1960 promotional film produced by American bowling equipment manufacturer Brunswick.

Petya the Cockerel

1960 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The boy Petya scares all the animals, boasting of his strength. But when he fell into a puddle, the little hares, the cockerel, and the squirrel came to the rescue. And Petya realized that one cannot live without friendship.

Scratch Pad

1960 • 10 min

Directed by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

The Smiling Workman

1960 • 4 min • United States of America

Performance art collaboration between Jim Dine and Stan VanDerBeek.

Persepolis

1960 • 20 min • Iran

A short documentary about Persepolis

Mediterranean Windows

1960 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

Shots of windows across Croatian coastal towns.

Caustiques

1960 • 5 min • France

The term caustic designates optically the envelope of light rays undergoing reflection or refraction on a curved and shiny surface.

Unclassified Material

1960 • 6 min

Directed by John Latham.

The Elves and the Shoemaker

1960 • 14 min • Japan

A strange thing happens at the shoe shop of a poor but kindhearted old couple. They prepare the skins for their shoes and go to bed, and the next morning, the shoes are ready. One night, while the old couple was waiting for the shoes to be ready, a group of little children came singing to them.

Alle helfen Teddy

1960 • 13 min • East Germany

At night in a kindergarten, all the toys sleep except the bunny on watch. A raging storm bursts the window open, and rain threatens a little teddy bear on the sill. The bunny leaps to help but slips, injuring its paw and waking the grumpy monkey. Seeing the danger, the monkey springs into action, extending the fire-engine ladder but accidentally dropping the bunny onto the elephant’s trunk. The monkey climbs the trunk, shuts the window flap, and rescues the shivering teddy by helicopter. With Teddy safe, the toys settle back to sleep.

Exchanging Greetings and Introductions

1960 • 11 min • United States of America

A narrator instructs children on the proper way to introduce yourself to and be introduced to strangers and new acquaintances.

Disintegration Line #1

1960 • 9 min • United States of America

A direct animation film featuring black and white full frame motion as opalescent as the dancing night sky. The abstract animation field textures subtly depict the infinitesimal nuclei of energy called Tanmatra, a moving field of aggregates of atoms and cosmic motion called the dance of Shiva. (Larry Janiak)

A Date For Dinner

1960 • 12 min

Presents typical situations which occur on a dinner date--checking, seating, ordering, table technique, make-up repair, tipping and escort courtesy.

Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse

1960 • 16 min • East Germany, Germany

Animated short film based on the Andersen tale. A king envies his son for the carefree way he spends his days and wants to find him a wife. She must not only be beautiful, but also particularly sensitive, which she must prove with the pea test in bed. The first, a hard-working peasant girl, is sent home immediately, the second leaves of her own accord because she finds the prince too boring, the third passes the test and marries the prince. Now he becomes king, and the old man retires to feed swans from now on.

Infant And Child Care

1960 • 13 min

Discusses improvised methods for infant and child care in a disaster situation. Emphasizes the difficulty resulting from confinement and the lack of the usual conveniences.

Propagation

1960 • 12 min • Canada

Combining colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio-wave transmission, this film illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves.

Car Tourist in Great Britain

1960 • 18 min

A movie about travelling to Great Britain from Sweden by car and exploring that country

The Memento

1960 • 41 min • Vietnam

The commander of the People's Army of Vietnam Li with his detachment on the way to the front comes to a village completely devastated by the invaders. He stays in the house of a young woman Tu, who has two small children. Tu's husband did not return from the front, missing, and Lee, feeling sorry for the girl, presented her with the dress he bought, which he bought for his mother. Soon, Commander Li is heroically killed in action. He dreamed of a bright day of victory, but did not wait for it ... The war ended, and one of his front-line comrades Shau returns to that village again ...

Cantares

1960 • 15 min

Several Puerto Rican Christmas tunes are performed on screen by Juan Rivera, Juan Ortiz Vargas, José Ramón Morales, and the Morgado Brothers.

Zündhölzer

1960 • 11 min

Short artistic documentary film showing a match factory

A Bit Different World

1960 • 7 min • Poland

Children, absorbed in drawing and painting, share their thoughts and preferences with the filmmaker. Not restricted by any convention, they experience their adventure with art.

Kasa Jizou

1960 • 11 min • Japan

In order to buy rice cakes for New Year's, Grandpa went out in the snowy weather to sell the umbrellas. On his way home without selling any, he found a Jizo and covered him with a umbrella. That night, while Grandpa and Grandma were sleeping, they heard something singing.