All Films

The Tree from Spain

1957 • 16 min • Spain

This documentary explores the symbolic and historical significance of “the tree of Spain” in Spanish national culture. It reflects on how the olive tree has shaped Spain’s heritage and identity.

Every Day Except Christmas

1957 • 37 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central London. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Karel Reisz and Leon Clore under the sponsorship of Ford of Britain, the first of the company's "Look At Britain" series.

Thunder on Sycamore Street

1957 • 52 min

When Joseph Blake, who once did prison time, and his daughter, Anna, move to Sycamore Street, their neighbors on the otherwise "peaceful" street converge to chase them out. But the Blakes don't back down.

The Navajos: Children of the Gods

1957 • 20 min • United States of America

The story of the Navajo, at work and play, in the Southwestern United States, and in particular, in scenic Monument Valley. The film focuses on a typical Indian family, its daily life, struggles, and folkways, as every aspect of living is governed by Navajo gods and legends.

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

1957 • 55 min • United States of America

Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation.

Vision In The Forest

1957 • 6 min • United States of America

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service, a short film in which singer Vaughn Monroe and his family vacation in the woods. While Vaughn sings folk songs and dispenses fire safety information, his young daughter Chris wanders off into the forest alone and has a brief encounter with a man in a cheap Smokey the Bear costume.

The Edsel Show

1957 • 60 min • United States of America

Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.

Topsy TV

1957 • 7 min • United States of America

Entry in the John Doormat series of shorts.

Lancashire Coast

1957 • 15 min • United Kingdom

The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport flower show and Blackpool Fun Fair.

The Beach of Nazaré

1957 • 8 min • Portugal, United States of America

This Screenliner short looks at the dress and customs of Nazaré, a fishing village on Portugal's Atlantic coast.

The Big Chance

1957 • 59 min • United Kingdom

A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.

The Big Snooze

1957 • 7 min • United States of America

Forest ranger Clyde is given an order to make sure the park bears are not disturbed from their winter hibernation. He inspects their cave and finds Chilly Willy trying to sleep among them. He hollers at Chilly not to wake them up, waking one bear up himself. He sends the sleepwalking bear back to bed but it isn't that simple. The bear continues to sleepwalk going on a wild ride through the woods after Chilly gets him to put some skis on. The bear finally stops... and is now sleeping in Clyde's bed. Clyde returns to the cave where all the bears are now sleepwalking and Chilly is giving each one a lit dynamite stick!

Fires of Envy

1957 • 29 min • Canada

A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Saskatchewan community.

Adebar

1957 • 2 min • Austria

Adebar is the first of Peter Kubelka's 'metric films', in which every element of the composition is precisely ordered and in relation to the gestalt. The film is made up of single units---13, 26 and 52 frames long---which are subjected to a complex rule-system, including a strict use of positive and negative space, that determines their structure within the film.

Atarashii Sebiro

1957 • 58 min

This movie depicts poor yet kind and modest people, focusing on sibling love.

Once Upon a Time

1957 • 30 min • Soviet Union

The tale about a magic fish and resentful lover whose fiancee went to a lazy fool.

A Texan in Tokyo

1957 • 59 min • Japan

A Texan visiting Tokyo takes medicine that gives him strength.

Tricks of Our Trade

1957 • 53 min

With examples from Disney feature-length films, Walt Disney gives a behind-the-scenes look at the improvements in animation made by his studio's in-house training and research that studied real-life motion and made technical innovations.

Spectre Mystagogic

1957 • 9 min

"Human qualities migrate through light and shadow... Like flames and waves, the dead and the living course through this world... without weight through space and time."

Bride Candidate

1957 • 52 min • Japan

Inside Information

1957 • 32 min • United Kingdom

Scotland Yard is called in when the effigy used in a Guy Fawkes Day celebration turns out to be the burned corpse of a real man.

13 Minutes

1957 • 14 min

Motorcycles and their dangers.

Small Hotel

1957 • 59 min • United Kingdom

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.

The Night America Trembled

1957 • 60 min • United States of America

A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds in 1938. [An episode of the CBS anthology series "Studio One".]