All Films

The Long Night Haul

1956 • 19 min • United Kingdom

The history of the BRS (British Road Services), the general haulage network of the UK. Part of BFI collection "Points and Aspects."

Central London Traffic

1956 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Traffic chaos and parking pandemonium in London is nothing new around the capital.

Flight Above the Marshes

1956 • 15 min • Yugoslavia

A magnificient poem of the tragic love between two wild ducks. The suicidal sacrifice of the male for his female, we do not witness a hunting scene, but a real tragedy of the birds Romeo and Juliet.

Destination Earth

1956 • 14 min • United States of America

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.

Welcome to the Queen

1956 • 29 min • United Kingdom

Beautiful documentary record of the royal visit to Teesside in 1956, shot in gorgeous Kodachrome.

Olympic Games 1956

1956 • 60 min • Australia

A documentary covering the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and Stockholm.

The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy

1956 • 10 min • United States of America

A short animated biopic of popular and fashionable French painter Raoul Dufy.

Once to Every Woman

1956 • 25 min

At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in love, but Carol then learns that David is married. He says that he will get divorced for her, but Carol is visited by David's wife.

Mehed jäävad koju

1956 • 31 min • Soviet Union

A story about the life of the "head" of a family who, in the absence of his wife, has to cope with both the care of his little son and all the domestic duties.

Ksenia, the Hutsul Girl

1956 • 60 min

An original operetta in three acts by composer J. Barnych, who is believed to have written the first version in Lviv before the Second World War and reworked it into a more modern version in Canada.

Car Theft

1956 • 14 min • United States of America

The importance of not leaving your car keys in the ignition is illustrated in this story of three punks who steal just such a car. They are spotted by the police, a chase ensues.

Kojinbutu no fufu

1956 • 50 min • Japan

Causes and effects

1956 • 18 min • Soviet Union

This screen adaptation of Andrejs Upītis' novella marks the debut in Latvian cinema of two of the first graduates of the Moscow Film Institute - director Varis Krūmiņš and cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. An egg comes out of a shopping bag and breaks in the street, triggering a chain of events that entangles the accountant Krastiņš, his fiancée Ada, a minister, a poet, a critic, a minister and other members of the highest circles...

Sommer, Sonne, AK 8

1956 • 19 min • East Germany, Germany

This documentary, intended to inspire new home filmmakers, tells the stories of ordinary people who learned how to make their own films by renting inexpensive AK 8 cameras. A young couple documents their vacation on the Baltic Sea, a garden plot community celebrates a party, and comrades from a sports club even film themselves playing cards underwater. The film's sarcastically humerous commentary on everyday life plays with clichés and taboos.

Beer, those were the days

1956 • 12 min • Japan

In 1955 Tadahito Mochinaga was asked to create commercials for Asahi beer, which he created using stop-motion, followed by the 1956 short film "Beer Mukashi Mukashi" (Beer, those were the days...), created specifically for theatres. With the help of Kikachiro Kawamoto and Noburo Ofuji, this is the first animated short/commercial in stop-motion made for Japanese cinemas!

Ernest Borgnine Presents The Catered Affair

1956 • 2 min • United States of America

Hot off the heels of the successful of Marty (1955) Ernest Borgnine presents the trailer for The Catered Affair.

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

1956 • 56 min • United States of America

Fifteen-year-old girl Dotty Fisher is assaulted at a construction camp. In the wake of this incident, the construction workers form a vigilante group led by the hot-headed Frank Doran in order to find the person responsible for the attack. After the group erroneously assume that innocent Puerto Rican Raphael Infante is guilty of the crime, only one lone man named Alec Beggs dares to stand up to the angry mob

Peril for the Guy

1956 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Story of a group of children's successful efforts to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.

Un dimanche de Gazouilly

1956 • 12 min • France

Uranium Blues

1956 • 6 min • United States of America

An old prospector and his faithful mule have shared the dangers of gold-seeking together for many years until the hunt for uranium becomes a quest. The old prospector switches to a jeep and leaves his faithful mule behind. However, the jeep is not as dependable as the mule and fails the prospector in a crisis situation, and the mule goes to his rescue.

Back to School

1956 • 24 min • France

In a small village in Provence, on the first day of school, a young boy throws his bag into the river on a bet, and the retrieval of it leads to a thrilling adventure.

The Birds Are Coming

1956 • 18 min • Yugoslavia

A feature-documentary story about the way of fishing on Lake Dojran, with the help of cormorant birds. It talks about the connection between people and birds that are the best workers and irreplaceable assistants to fishermen. When the birds are gone, the fishermen are sad, but when the birds come, the fishing can begin.

It Is Good to Live

1956 • 48 min • Japan

One of the first documentaries to focus on the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the film gives voice to survivors of the atomic bombings and documents the long-term effects of radiation on their lives. Combining testimony with stark images of destruction and recovery, it serves as an early cinematic appeal against nuclear war.

Drowned

1956 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A minor official, Jonas Shatas, saved an apothecary who had fallen into the river. The whole city found out about it. Jonas felt like a hero. It seemed already close to the realization of a dream - marriage to the daughter of the boss. However, Jonas plan was not destined to come true. Having taken the chief, who was floundering merrily in the water, for a drowning man, Jonas decided to stun him before starting to rescue him.