All Films

Fer chaud

1960 • 5 min • France

Purged from its details, the image thus obtained offers a vision of this sculpture reduced to moving lights.

Night Journey

1960 • 29 min • United States of America

Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.

Notes sur l'émigration. Espagne 1960

1960 • 12 min • Spain

An investigation into the motives of Spanish workers who migrated to Switzerland in the late 50s, early 60s turns into a sometimes caustic, sometimes melancholic rumination on the land they left behind. A work in between cultures and cinematic modes, a starting point, an opening statement - a clarion call.

Die Fensterputzerserenade

1960 • 16 min • East Germany, Germany

Documentary reports on everyday life in a big city, focusing on the window cleaners of Berlin. The narrator loosens up the shots of the window cleaners with amusing word capers, and the lively music complements the intercut scenes. The camera accompanies the glass cleaners on workshop windows, small and large shop windows, glass-clad house facades, balconies, office buildings and on the roofs of high-rise buildings. The viewer experiences everyday life in various professional areas and recognizes the little idiosyncrasies of the people portrayed.

Aether

1960 • 9 min

A woman is picking up her boyfriend at his flat as suddenly a red ball appears... .

Roscoe's Rules

1960 • 10 min • United States of America

Children receive safety instructions from police officer at school. Police officer uses Roscoe the drumming bear to help children remember four safety rules. Four children experience situations where they call upon the golden rules to help them decide what to do.

The New Adventures of Hanuman

1960 • 15 min

Hanuman, who is the God-King of the apes, was one of major characters who fought with Rama [Phra Ram] against the Devil King Ravana [Totsapak]

A House in Bayswater

1960 • 28 min • United Kingdom

A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it. The building is demolished to make way for an unattractive and bland office.

Our Pakistan

1960 • 21 min • Pakistan, Bangladesh, United States of America

"This film details the economic progress achieved with U.S. assistance in the provinces of [formerly] East- and West-Pakistan in the past ten years, and stresses the need for all Pakistanis to work as one to better the country. The film was narrated by Rizvan [Rizwan] Wasti" (US National Archives).

Lifelines

1960 • 7 min

A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand life line).

Caps for Sale

1960 • 8 min • United States of America

A charming tale for the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business.

Museu Nacional

1960 • 16 min • Brazil

Animated Objects

1960 • 5 min • France

The film is an apology of movement, made here by a short editing pushed to the extreme.

Maria's Days

1960 • 10 min • Italy

A day in the life of Maria, an old woman who lives on a farm in Puglia. She is not afraid of death, the gestures and actions that fill her days give meaning to time.

Endemias Rurais

1960 • 17 min • Brazil

Villa Mon Rêve

1960 • 13 min • France

"Directed in 1960, the second short film from Champeaux studios, Villa Mon Rêve is undoubtedly Albert Champeaux's emblematic film. Awarded in many festivals (Cork, Venice, Acapulco, etc.), it will be distributed internationally by Rank. This is the beginning of the adventures of Mr Schmtz, a nerdy crook with many faces. Three other short films will display the failed scams of this funny guy. This film, broadcast in 1961 as the first part of cinema sessions, is incredibly modern, benefited by the magnificent sets by Pierre Watrin and very contemporary animation and production. This film, which comes the ages without a wrinkle, was chosen by the second French TV channel (at the time Antenne2) for the transition period to color broadcasting." - https://youtu.be/4Req92LU290

A Big Prize Medal

1960 • 24 min • China

There is a sports meeting in the forest, and Axiong, Azhu and the first "donkey champion" in the last competition signed up for cross-country running. Before the opening of the sports meeting, Ah Xiong and Ah Zhu practice hard every day, but the donkey champion thinks that the opponent is too weak, and he can securely win the first place without practicing.

A New Village on New Land

1960 • 30 min • Netherlands

The municipality of Nagele came about entirely on the drawing board and is an international symbol for the makeability of the Netherlands. Van Gasteren became fascinated by the Nagele project, and followed it from the drawing board and models to the construction of this new community. The final result is the film A New Village on New Land from 1960 – the year in which the first residents moved into their new, modern homes. Among the early pioneers in Nagele were many farmers who were to cultivate the newly reclaimed land.

Look at Life: Top People

1960 • 8 min • United Kingdom

An overview of high-rise construction activity in London. From the crane operators who build the new sky-scrapers to the tenants who live in the penthouses, this newsreel provides a colorful birds-eye view of London Town.

Mr. Traba

1960 • 8 min • Poland

Slim Mr. Traba and fluffy Mrs. Barbara are a good marriage. It is the moonlight that triggers off Mr. Traba’s dreamy nature. He decides to leave his marriage nest and meet the Moon Girl. Mr. Traba lands on stage of a concert hall. The animal audience admires his performance, the Moon Girl throws a flower at his feet from the box, despite the fact that he is totally out of tune. After a crazy night of imagination, Mr. Traba quietly returns to his place in the marriage portrait.

Holiday All the Way

1960 • 27 min • United Kingdom

A charming travelogue of coach tours available throughout the UK and on the continent in the 50s/60s.

The Menacing Eye

1960 • 3 min • Poland

A knife thrower practices on a target girl.

Hopeless Helpmates

1960 • 9 min • United Kingdom

A frenzied anarchist slapstick in the best traditions, with the complete destruction of the scenery, and with a sarcastic mockery of the creative intelligentsia.

The Eagle and the Thrush

1960 • 6 min • United States of America

Long ago in the wild, there was no music. An owl gathers all the creatures, and tells them there is a beautiful noise above the clouds. He says if one of them could fly over the clouds, he might remember the music and bring it back to them.