All Films

The Scribbling Kitten

1957 • 13 min • Japan

A kitten takes to an adult bear's walls with his crayons, while a couple of mice taunt and attempt to ruin his graffiti as well.

Four Fabulous Characters

1957 • 47 min

Walt introduces the folk heroes Casey Jones, the Martins and the Coys, Casey at the Bat, and Johnny Appleseed.

Mainline U.S.A.

1957 • 19 min • United States of America

A documentary on the railroads of America produced by the Association of American Railroads

What Do You Think About... Being Different

1957 • 9 min • Canada

This short film from the late 1950s looks at peer pressure among adolescents, using the example of a 13-year-old boy who collects butterflies. While the boy adores his passion, his friends laugh at him, making him question whether he should pursue his interest or conform to fit in with the crowd.

To the Four Corners

1957 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Haunting colour travelogue taking in Ulster, Lewis, Lincoln and Cardiff's Tiger Bay.

A Future on Rail

1957 • 9 min • United Kingdom

Short documentary hymning the wonders of 'modernisation' on the railways.

Mars and Beyond

1957 • 53 min

Directed by renouned animator Ward Kimball, ' Mars and Beyond' is a lighthearted exploration of the history and future of Space Travel as understood back in 1957! Theories from scientists and philosophers are discussed. Focusing on Mars. Ideas from science-fiction authors H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs are brought to life with colorful animation. Pulp science fiction comics of the time are parodied. Life on other planets is considered, profiling each of the planets in the solar system from the perspective of what would happen to man on them. A masterpiece of animation and sci-fi that was way ahead of it's time. Ward Kimball was perhaps the most inventive of all Disney animators and probably the only one who admitted to experimenting with psychedelic drugs in the 60's. Also the only animator who Walt Disney ever called a "genius."

The Day Called X

1957 • 28 min • United States of America

Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.

Collector’s Item

1957 • 25 min • United States of America

Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased collector, Van der Locken, when he receives an unwanted visit from Ivor Hager, who informs him of "The Left Fist of David," a valuable but mysterious art object that was stolen from a Mexican church. An unsold TV Pilot

Our Friend the Atom

1957 • 60 min • United States of America

Dr. Heinz Haber, a noted scientist in the field of atomic energy, hosts this look at the possibility of an exciting new power source. He starts by comparing atomic energy to a genie in a bottle, both of which capable of doing both good and evil, and it is up to humankind to develop safe controls over this largely unexplored science.

From Ten to Twelve

1957 • 25 min • Canada

Discusses how the emotional and physical development of children from ten to twelve years manifests itself in their behavior, their attitudes toward their parents, their teachers, and each other. Shows the children of one family in various situations in the home, at school, and in group play, and explains that much of their conflicting behavior is actually a normal part of their growing process

Treasure at the Mill

1957 • 60 min • United Kingdom

A bunch of kids beat a nasty old antique dealer to a hidden treasure chest left by a fleeing Cavalier.

El don del mar

1957 • 10 min • Spain

First short film by director Jorge Grau, about tuna fishing, with a look somewhere between tourism and anthropology.

There, By the Dangerous River

1957 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

Short documentary about the construction of the hydroelectric power plant Zvornik.

Mr. Money Gags

1957 • 7 min • United States of America

The last Tommy tortoise/Moe hare cartoon. In this cartoon shows a different design frecuently used by the animation unit headed by Al Eugster, released in 1957 the credits and mpaa certificate are the correct

とんちんかん八百八町

1957 • 58 min • Japan

Tomo no shichijo, Mikawa CHO, who captured the mysterious robbery of a bird who had made a mistake in Edo hachihyaku CHO, was in the midst of the celebration. It was sadakichi nakanokami of otsukasa sandaya who came to rush there. Sadayoshi, who was stained with a blood stain arrow, came to sandaya with kinda no Kata. Tomoshichi, who was married to his husband Mohei and his daughter, ogi, and rokubei Ohira, stayed at mitaraya that evening.

Magoo's Moose Hunt

1957 • 7 min • United States of America

Mr. Maggo tries to hunt a moose

Tops (from Stars of Jazz)

1957 • 3 min

This film was made by the Eamses on a weeks notice for a local Los Angeles TV show where jazz musicians improvised to the images live. The music that overlays the released edition is specifically recorded for that edition.

Bermuda Cockleshells

1957 • 8 min • United States of America

This Sportscope short focuses on sailboat racing in Bermuda.

Her Children

1957 • 14 min • Albania

Events take place in an isolated mountaineous village where a rabid dog bites the son of Fatime. The woman has to decide where to take her son, to the doctor or to Aunt Remja, an old woman who practices magic.

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

1957 • 3 min • United Kingdom

This episode perpetrated the great Spaghetti Harvest Hoax on April Fool's Day 1957. The filmed report appeared to show a Swiss family harvesting their annual crop of spaghetti which was growing on trees on their farm, talked about the efforts to eradicate the Spaghetti Weevil and discussed the selective breeding that had been required to produce spaghetti of a uniform length. Many viewers believed what they saw and contacted the BBC to enquire how to grow their own spaghetti tree: the advice that they were given was "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best".

Princess Margaret in Mauritius and East Africa

1957 • 18 min

Queen Elizabeth's younger and only sibling, Princess Margaret, went on a 5-week tour of Mauritius and East Africa in September-October 1956.

Michelino 1A B

1957 • 44 min • Italy

Das Stacheltier: Fridericus Rex - Part Eleven

1957 • 10 min • East Germany

Two UFA employees travel by car from West Berlin to Potsdam's Sanssouci Palace together with Ministerial Director Schimmelpfennig to persuade Frederick II, who haunts the palace, to collaborate on a new film about himself. The daily newspaper Die Welt had already written about the fact that at the founding meeting of the new UFA, its director pointed out under the motto: "The old spirit lives" that the monumental film Fridericus Rex - Eleventh Part was a first contribution to the ideological armament of the Free World.