All Films

The U.S. Office of Civil Defense illustrates facts about fallout from nuclear explosions.

Introduces television and explains the workings of early television technology.

Mother and the shoe salesman have trouble pleasing 10-year-old Barbara until Barbara's friend agrees with Mother.

Dramatic demonstration of the properties and uses of Mylar.

Describes the qualifications and procedures of registration and voting. Distinguishes between split ticket and straight ticket voting methods. Explains the importance of a secret ballot. Shows a closed primary and a general election.

Two friends encounter a monster in the woods

After losing his sight, Bob falls into despair—until a local institute helps him discover new abilities and reinterpret his life without vision.

The city of San Francisco shot in stunning Cinemascope by amateur filmmaker and inventor Tullio Pellegrini.

The film describes the life of the last Macedonian nomadic ethnic group, so called Karakachani. In 18th century, their ancestors, ants of the Traco-Illyrian, leaded by Papucoroshi, as a result of the Turkish oppression withdrew from Gramos, passing through the Macedonian mountains. They settled the surroundings of the mountain Osogovo, particularly the village Vrbica, in Kochani’s district. Nowadays, they can be seen dressed in black, on market days through the towns of Eastern Macedonia. In spring, before they leave on their nomadic trip with the flocks of sheep, at first they fleece the sheep and make various handmade products for domestic use. During their stay in the mountains, they are occupied with milk production and manufacturing. They live a quiet nomadic life, moving themselves from one pasture to another with their whole equipment. They spend the winter period in the warmer districts, along the valley of the Vardar River.

A behind the scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland, filmed for ABC in July 1955. Initially provided to local ABC affiliates as background for the festivities, this black-and-white presentation is surprisingly frank. There are no claims about the magic of Disneyland’s construction. Instead, narrator John Fell provides matter-of-fact explanations of technical details.

To make Tsuna his maid, a corrupt prince abducts her from her very wedding and to save her, the bridegroom Tsrutsuna needs the help of his tough friends.

The older sister wanted to help the younger brother get rid of his carelessness, and told him a story about "Careless Fatty". Xiaopang works in a motorcycle factory and drives a delivery truck. Xiaopang doesn't concentrate at all when doing things. While driving, he put a little bird on the front of the car to play with. The tire of the motorcycle carrying it on the car rolled onto the road, and he didn't know it at all. Because of his carelessness, he often loses things on the road.

This short travelogue, visiting Spain, was shot in VistaVision.

Shorter version with sound

Case film produced at the University of Rochester, held at Eastman House.

An untitled Joseph Cornell film from the MOMA collection

Betty Page film in black and white made about 1950

The landscape, people, villages and flowers found on the route to Venice through the Dolomites.

Centuries of June, perhaps more than any Cornell film, is a naked attempt to capture the soul of a place and the mood of a disappearing moment.

Liberace invites us to his Thanksgiving musical celebration, playing both songs that invoke the spirit of the season and classic hits. With help from a string quartet led by his older brother, George, Liberace serenades a live turkey as a farewell commemoration.

Macedonian national folk dances performed by "Tanec" - a cultural and artistic society from Skopje.

Magoo has been enlisted as the male lead in Mrs. Sticknee's vanity production opera. On his way to the stage, he winds up in the rafters and causes havoc, cutting the various lines, standing in front of a spotlight, falling down stairs and trying to enter through a trap door the diva is standing on, and eventually crashing into a control board, triggering a snowstorm.

This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)