All Films

Little Masha and The Bear

1960 • 19 min • Soviet Union

The Royal Hares

1960 • 21 min • Soviet Union

Based on the eponymous fairy tale by Peter Asbjørnsen, this is the story of a young man named Hans, who is given a magical flute that can shepherd any living creature. The King's daughter wishes for hares, and Hans agrees to help. However, soon he finds himself in trouble when the royal family wish for the flute itself. With quick thinking and a few tricks up his sleeve, Hans must navigate the whims of the royal court and protect himself from their avaricious intentions.

The Citadel

1960 • 28 min • United States of America

The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. The story unfolds through flashbacks which depict his career and his subsequent downfall.

Fastest with the Mostest

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

Wile E. Coyote tries to drop a rocket bomb on the Road Runner from a balloon but inflates himself instead.

The Season's Change

1960 • 7 min

A simple contemplation of the plum tree through a window. In rich black and white.

Inside Magoo

1960 • 15 min • United States of America

A public-service announcement from the American Cancer Society featuring Mr. Magoo. Not part of the regular series, this rare cartoon begins with a bunch of clips talking about the history of the movies, then has some discussion about how Magoo is made, and a talk with Jim Backus. Then the bulk of the film is a Mr. Magoo cartoon featuring Magoo learning about cancer danger signs and how to protect yourself.

Hymn in Praise of the Sun

1960 • 8 min

A celebration of the filmmaker’s daughter’s birth. The blazing garden as a metaphor for the cycle of life.

This Worries Everyone

1960 • 18 min • Soviet Union

"Our film is about the religious sect of Russian Pentecostals, one of the most reactionary and fanatical cults. Their actions are incompatible with the life and laws of our society. We testify that every frame of this film is documentary."

Top Cat

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

A movie producer is searching for a new sensation, even to going overseas. He is unsuccessful, until one day when his hat is blown off, and is retrieved by a suave, singing cat with obvious star potential.

Talking of Tomorrow

1960 • 10 min • United States of America

Short animated film produced by Bell Labs.

Land of White Alice

1960 • 27 min • United States of America

Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the United States Air Force's White Alice Communications System in Alaska. Introduces the people and geography of the new state as well as the Western Electric radio-relay system, which links far-flung military sites, alert stations, and missile-warning facilities. Ralph Caplan praised the film's "intrinsically dramatic and highly photogenic" portrayal of communications equipment.

Jeep Tale

1960 • 6 min

Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of how Eugene the Jeep got his special powers. He tells a fairy tale about a mama jeep and her four children- three good girls and a mischievous boy named Jeepers. One day, they go to eat spinach in the good farmer's garden. Jeepers goes into the bad farmer's garden and eats weeds. The farmer catches Jeepers and locks him up, but mama rescues him that night. The next day, the bad farmer tries to chop down the jeep tree, but mama jeep foils him completely. Afterward, the good farmer invites them over for more spinach.

Life with Loopy

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

Loopy tells a therapist a story of how he tried to fit in as a wolfdog pet.

Making Hay

1960 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A young woman stripping in a hay loft.

Three Tales

1960 • 30 min • Japan

The three tales were "The Third Blood" (第三の皿), "Oppel and the Elephant" (オッペルと象), and "Sleepy Town" (眠い町).

Fikmik

1960 • 16 min • Czechoslovakia

The Soccer Game

1960 • 5 min

A game of 9-pins played among the stars.

Lena, O My Lena

1960 • 60 min

Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's smitten with a girl named Lena who works in a machine shop next door and takes her out despite a bullying driver claiming her for himself.

Stendali (Still They Toll)

1960 • 11 min • Italy

A unique 1960s documentary on the traditional dirge sung by women in Griko, an ancient dialect of Salento, so old that it originates from the ancient Greeks who once colonized that part of southern Italy.

Here, Kiddie, Kiddie

1960 • 7 min • United States of America

Loopy is a zoo wolf and keeps getting blamed for taking a mother's baby by her and the zookeeper.

Polygamous Polonius

1960 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.

The Big Day

1960 • 55 min • United Kingdom

A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.

Arraial do Cabo

1960 • 17 min • Brazil

The arrival of a chemical plant in a fishermen haven brings along social transformations, interfering with the local traditions. A landmark of Cinema Novo, the result of a partnership between Mario Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni.

It Was I Who Drew the Little Man

1960 • 56 min • Soviet Union

On September 1, the first day of school, a happy young boy named Fedya draws a picture of a little man on a white wall using coal.