All Films

Fallout: When and How to Protect Yourself Against It

1959 • 14 min • United States of America

Informational short about the aftermath and avoidance of nuclear fallout.

Riding on Air

1959 • 15 min

This charming assessment of Britain's bicycle industry illustrates the popularity of cycling both as transport (for business or pleasure) and for sport in the 1950s. Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

The Imitation of Cinema

1959 • 36 min • Belgium

A short film in which the story of a boy and a priest in Amsterdam is told. In fact, it consists of two films, one commenting on the other, concerning a young man with a crucifixion complex.

Suomi-Filmi's 40th Anniversary Film

1959 • 11 min • Finland

Suomi-Filmi's 40th anniversary film from December 1959 introduces all aspects of Finland's largest and most diverse film company. The fast-paced documentary showcases the operations of a full-service film studio led by Risto Orko, including Suomi-Filmi's cinema chain. The film, although optimistic about the future, was made as a historic turning point approached: in just a few years the story of big film studios in Finland was over.

Skimsters

1959 • 11 min • United Kingdom

An array of brave 1950s water skiing girls and guys bring a bit of Hollywood glamour to the chilly waters of Loch Earn.

Redemption

1959 • 60 min • Brazil

Two young farmers are visited by a stranger who wants to spend the night.

Regenerated Fields

1959 • 13 min • Yugoslavia

A short documentary showing the state of agricultural management in the Kumanovo region, before and after the construction of Lipkovo Lake and the irrigation system.

Doi vecini

1959 • 33 min • Romania

Adaptation based on the sketch "Doi vecini" by Tudor Arghezi.

Water Goes to Bac Hung Hai

1959 • 26 min

The film documents the construction process of the Bac Hung Hai irrigation system to bring Red River water to the provinces of Bac Ninh , Hung Yen and Hai Duong . This is the construction event of the first major irrigation project in Northern Vietnam after peace was restored in 1954. The film highlights human labor and the ability to improve nature.

Majestic Island

1959 • 17 min

The story of the island of Taiwan, where Chinese tradition - expressed in love of home and country - still prevails free from Communist domination.

Clog Dance

1959 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The revival of clog dancing in Portmadoc and of the craft of clog making.

Вернулся служивый домой

1959 • 15 min • Soviet Union

Inaka Nezumi to Machi Nezumi

1959 • 9 min • Japan

A short animated film by from 1959.

Scotch Hop

1959 • 7 min • United States of America

A fast-paced rhythmic impression of dancers, musicians and sportsmen at a highlands event.

What Is A Map

1959 • 10 min

Another educational short from Young America Films designed to answer a burning question.

Gordon Jacob

1959 • 17 min

A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau

1959 • 44 min

In 1959, Jean Cocteau looked back on his artistic journey for the Télé Monte-Carlo television show Tout la vérité, rien que la vérité. The program ends with a tasty anecdote about television that Cocteau describes as a “box of tricks”. A few weeks later, in the same Victorine studios, Cocteau directed most of the sequences for his last opus: The Testament of Orpheus (1959).

Rosalduna blommar på vattnet

1959 • 11 min • Sweden

The plot concerns two siblings, brother and sister, who live alone in an old wooden villa. A physical love relationship develops between them. The girl drowns and the boy slowly walks into the water, carrying a large horse skull. At the same time, the film shows the girl's face as flowers on the surface of the water.. (Filmform)

The Ring

1959 • 12 min • Yugoslavia

A sports journalist engages in a romantic rivalry with a boxing champion.

The beatification of Mother d'Youville

1959 • 28 min • Canada

Ceremonies for the beatification of the foundress of the Sisters of Charity, Mother Marguerite d'Youville. The first Canadian to ascend the altar, Mother d'Youville was the object of national celebrations highlighted by a triduum of thanksgiving at the Temple of the Canadian Martyrs in Rome.

The Story in the Murals

1959 • 17 min

The film tells the story of a severe drought in a certain year. Farmers dug wells and repaired canals on the mountain to fight the drought, and left a doggerel on the mountainside: "We don't rely on the Jade Emperor, we don't rely on the Dragon King. We are the Jade Emperor, and we are the Dragon King." The sun read it and read it to Wu Yun, but Wu Yun didn't think so. It was at this time that people really dug water out of the mountains and began to fight the drought. Wu Yun was very unconvinced and decided to teach these ignorant farmers a lesson.

Everything but Everything in Bri-nylon

1959 • 20 min • United Kingdom

50s fashion meets carpet kitsch in a futuristic fantasy of domestic bliss - courtesy of versatile, magical Bri-Nylon.

The Incredible Jewel Robbery

1959 • 27 min • United States of America

Harpo and Chico play Harry and Nick, two inept would-be robbers who try to pull a jewelry heist.

Ji Gong’s Cricket Fighting

1959 • 24 min • China

When Mr. Luo was fighting crickets in the mansion, his black cricket won a lot of silver for him. He was so proud that he boasted about the value of the baby. His words were remembered by Zhang Yu, a carpenter who worked next door. The servants put the jar containing the black cricket on the table, and Zhang Yu, who couldn't help being curious, wanted to see the appearance of the "baby", and didn't want the black cricket to escape if he was not careful.