All Films

Bridge

1960 • 14 min • Poland

A tense, compact adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Bridge (Polish title Most) recreates the surreal final moments of a condemned man awaiting execution during the American Civil War. In Majewski’s hands, the familiar twist — reality folding into illusion — becomes a lean, visual meditation on death, perception, and the fragility of hope.

Running Around Like a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

1960 • 4 min • United States of America

Les Blank's first student film, made while at USC, starring Gail Blank, Pieter Van Deusen and Les himself. This short pays homage to Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal, the film that inspired Blank to become a filmmaker. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

No Biz Like Shoe Biz

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

In a take-off of Cinderella, Loopy plays "fairy godmother" to a young woman who is not invited to a ball and wants to see the prince.

This Our India

1960 • 9 min • India

This cartoon film presents in a nutshell, with the help of animated maps and diagrams, some geographical and economic facts about India. It shows how the people of India under the Five Year Plan Projects are striving to achieve a fuller and better life for all.

Asakusa Sisters

1960 • 47 min • Japan

A young chef at a small restaurant in Asakusa, with a past conviction for breaking into a safe, defeats the evil boss and ends up marrying his lover.

A Printer's Tale

1960 • 17 min • United Kingdom

A 'fact full' film showing the work at Leeds printer John Waddington, featuring pictures printed for jigsaws, boxes for toothpaste and enormous posters.

How sun gave puppy its water back

1960 • 10 min • Czechoslovakia

The sun is shining bright today! The Puppy would like to drink some water to cool off, but his bowl is empty! He goes to question the farm animals to find out where he can quench their thirst.

Ten Thousand Talents

1960 • 24 min

The first film made by Don Levy is a comedic satire of pretensions and perversions of British academia. Made for the Cambridge Film Society, it is shot in grainy black-and-white scuffed up to resemble aged prints of 1920s Surrealist films and displays an astringent sense of the ironies that can be achieved through juxtapositions of image, voice-over text, and music.

This Is Your Life Donald Duck

1960 • 45 min • United States of America

Jiminy Cricket is all set to give a testimonial to Donald Duck. But alas, Donald is relaxing at home, with no plans to leave any time soon. Literally dragged to the Disney Studio by his nephews, an outraged Donald relaxes a bit when he realizes that he's the guest of honor. Donald's life is recounted by such colleagues as Daisy Duck (who explains why she and Donald never married), Chip 'n' Dale, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and even a few guest stars who never made a picture with the duck, including the Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady and the Tramp.

Creepy Time Pal

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

Loopy goes off to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch's gingerbread house, despite their refusal.

Two Happy Amigos

1960 • 48 min

This feature is a sequel of sorts to The Three Caballeros, as Donald Duck and José Carioca get back together. Donald learns he's about to be visited by Walt Disney, Donald prepares himself, but has problems with a bee stealing his honey.

Fairy Tale in the Woods

1960 • 18 min • Soviet Union

An animation based on Estonian fairy tale "Nukitsamees"

Caught in the Net

1960 • 55 min • United Kingdom

The work of Peter Ketley on Fisheries Research in Devon is being disorganised by a mysterious new method of salmon poaching. His young brother Bob, with the help of two children from London, eventually uncovers and catches the poachers.

Popeye's Service Station

1960 • 6 min • United States of America

Popeye is now the manager of a service station, he provides a good service with free extras. Brutus comes along only wanting the free extras, including free access to another customer, Olive Oyl.

Die Stadt

1960 • 36 min • Germany

Entre Ciel et Neige

1960 • 16 min • France

René Collet, skier member of the French team, guides a friend from the summit of the Aiguille du Midi. This descent is an opportunity to focus on the remarkable elements of the terrain: the cable car and its work still in progress, the surrounding peaks (Capucin, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc). The two skiers stop regularly, here to observe climbers scaling the south face of the Aiguille, there to visit the Cosmiques Laboratory. They even take the time to rescue a skier stuck in a crevasse at the Séracs du Géant, before continuing their descent in style onto the Mer de Glace.

En el río

1960 • 19 min • Spain

David And Jennifer Learn Their Kerb Drill

1960 • 5 min • Australia

A road safety lesson using puppets and animation kindergarten age children.

The Mysterious Package

1960 • 6 min • United States of America

A mechanical monster from outer space has been kidnapping the little boys of Mouseville and is sending them to his hideout on an unknown planet. The town's police chief calls Mighty Mouse onto the case. Finding a space helmet outside a house, our hero puts on the device and is taken to the planet, where he destroys the metal monster. Mighty learns that the Monster is the creation of a kindly old man who was the victim of an ancient curse of an old witch.

Murzilka on the Satellite

1960 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon

1960 • 47 min

One of multiple Walt Disney adaptations from Rutherford Montgomery stories.

Tarde de domingo

1960 • 29 min • Spain

The boredom of a young middle-class woman at home a Sunday afternoon. Not to be confused with Carlos Saura's short of the same name produced in 1957.

Festival in Rhythm

1960 • 22 min • Philippines

After a series of successful concerts at the Araneta Coliseum in May 1960, American pop singer Neil Sedaka was contracted by LVN Pictures to appear in a musical featurette called “Festival in Rhythm.” The film was shown as an added attraction to “Dahlia” which was released in July. “Festival in Rhythm,” originally shot in color, was a compilation of musical numbers featuring LVN stars and singing and dancing talents leading up to Neil Sedaka. The only surviving print is a black and white workprint from the color original. Since black-and-white positive film stock was not full-color sensitive, warm colors (like skin tones) print dark, hence the dark complexion of the actors in the film.

Spinach Greetings

1960 • 5 min • United States of America

The evil Sea Hag interrupts Popeye's family Christmas.