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Song of the Clouds

Song of the Clouds

1957 • 37 min • United Kingdom
A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications that have ensued.
The Zero Article

The Zero Article

1957 • 16 min • Poland
An interventionist documentary showing the phenomenon of widespread prostitution, maintained in the style characteristic of the "black series" of Polish documentaries of the mid-1950s. Staged shots at the Polonia café are juxtaposed with a documentary recording of arrests conducted by the police among Warsaw prostitutes and interrogations of the arrested.
Matador Magoo

Matador Magoo

1957 • 6 min • United States of America
The near-sighted Mr. Magoo, further lost than usual, mistakes a bullring in Mexico for a highway in the United States, and his myopic wanderings through the arena cause much havoc, and draws very few cheers, especially from the bull.
Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa

Record of Bloodshed: Sunagawa

1957 • 55 min • Japan
On October 12, 1956, 53 surveyors and 1,300 armed police rushed the gathered union and Zen Gaku Ren (the All Japan Federation of Self-Governing Students Associations) members who then formed a scrum to protect themselves. 278 people from both sides were injured. On the 13th, at the protest’s peak, 5,000 workers and Zen Gaku Ren members had been mobilized when the police attacked the demonstrators’ picket lines. 844 protesters and 80 police were injured. Public opinion erupted against the the violence of the armed police and the government’s lack of a policy, and on the 14th, the radio suddenly announced that the government would stop its survey. Sunagawa overflowed with joy and excitement, and a victory demo was held. On the 15th, a National People’s Rally was held to celebrate the victory of Sunagawa’s fight against the base, and protesters who had sustained grave injuries came from the hospital to address the meeting.
How the Mole Got His Trousers

How the Mole Got His Trousers

1957 • 15 min • Czechoslovakia
Waterloo

Waterloo

1957 • 18 min • Belgium
However impressive the site is, however bossy the guides are, the visitors of the Musée Napoléon listen only absent-mindedly. Does this young lady really care about the tragic destiny of emperor Napoleon or Europe's changing face or isn't she more interested in her won reflection in a window case? And isn't the camera operator more prone to film the cornet wimples of visiting nuns than the fossilized remains of Napoleon's fallen grandeur...?
Street Art

Street Art

1957 • 12 min • Poland
A short news reel documentary about poster art.
Nothing Unusual

Nothing Unusual

1957 • 9 min • Sweden
About everyday life and the recurrent dangers in the big city.
Greetings to Our Friends

Greetings to Our Friends

1957 • 11 min • Soviet Union
Your Host, Donald Duck

Your Host, Donald Duck

1957 • 46 min
Donald Duck convinces Walt Disney to let him take over the hosting duties for one episode. Then he goes on to host an episode that he calls "The Duckland Four-In-One Show", where he goes through his own versions of the lands of Disneyland.
Dirt Track Racing

Dirt Track Racing

1957 • 8 min • United States of America
This RKO Sportscope entry introduces the viewer to the sport of speedway, a type of motorcycle racing, in post-World War II Vienna.
The Brave Little Deer

The Brave Little Deer

1957 • 20 min • Soviet Union
The story is about a little deer who wants to be brave and an older deer who says "Bud'!".
Dandanko

Dandanko

1957 • 11 min • Japan
A short scene of a mother and her little son playing ball games on a set of steps together.
Donald's Award

Donald's Award

1957 • 46 min
Walt offers Donald a reward if he can remain on his best behavior for a week, and he sends Jiminy Cricket to check up on him. Segments from Donald Duck cartoons emphasize his temper.
Gaston Is Here

Gaston Is Here

1957 • 5 min
Gaston Le Crayon is a French (kind of beatnik-looking) artist who brings his artwork to life. He's doing a famous painting to be. Movie director Alfred Fitchcock moves in next door. Fitchcock is making a movie about a man stranded in the frozen Arctic. Gaston takes it seriously. He paints a toaster, stuffs the freezing man in it, and pops him out like a piece of toast. Gaston thinks that he's doing a good deed. Fitchcock is furious.
Duck for Hire

Duck for Hire

1957 • 47 min
Donald decides that he's had enough of show business and so decides to quit his job at Disney and leave, never to return. He goes to the Ajax Employment Agency looking for a job. But things don't go as planned.
More About the Silly Symphonies

More About the Silly Symphonies

1957 • 47 min
Walt Disney gives a brief history about how many fairy tales and sources were the inspirations of Silly Symphonies.
The Lost Melody

The Lost Melody

1957 • 13 min
Stockholm and it's traffic problems.
The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats

The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats

1957 • 53 min • Germany
One goat had seven young goats, whom she loved as only a mother can love her children. One day, when she had a few errands to run, the little ones had to promise her firmly not to open the door to anyone. As soon as the mother was out of the house, the bad wolf knocked. But the clever seven little goats did not let him in, as their mother had instructed them. But the wolf did not give up so easily and immediately concocted a cunning plan to outwit the little goats and enter the house.
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

1957 • 25 min
Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with constant changes to his order. Meanwhile, Dennis is having difficulty finding the right present for his mother.
A Time for Freedom

A Time for Freedom

1957 • 29 min • United States of America
This documentary features footage from the "Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom," a civil rights demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial on May 17, 1957. It also includes interviews with attendees, and scenes from the Montgomery bus boycott, Harlem, New York, and segregated areas in the South.
The Severed Heads

The Severed Heads

1957 • 21 min • France
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
Wishes Come True

Wishes Come True

1957 • 30 min • Soviet Union
If anything's possible, what's important?
Pub i City

Pub i City

1957 • 39 min • Sweden
The film presents the cityscape from Stockholm 1882-1957. Pictures from PUB's history with several pictures of the square Hötorget with surroundings in 1957. In a section from 1922, Greta Garbo shows women's hats.