All Films

Animals and Their Foods

1955 • 10 min • United States of America

Divides domestic and wild animals into three groups--those that eat meat, those that eat plants and those that eat both meat and plants. Explains that different animals are suited to eating different kinds of food, that wild animals must search for their food, and that all animals need food for their existence and growth.

Castle in the Sand

1955 • 14 min

A father murders his son's girlfriend.

Three Kisses

1955 • 10 min • United States of America

A young hurler relates an account of the sport in the fictional Irish town of Ballykilly.

Bambus, mój brat

1955 • 60 min

A film awarded the main prize in the documentary category at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The picture depicts the everyday life of Vietnamese people.

The Sound of a Stone

1955 • 27 min • United States of America

The dramatized story of a young high school teacher who is falsely accused of communist sympathies is used to demonstrate how baseless accusations can foster the spread of suspicion throughout a community, thus causing insidious and lasting damage.

The House of Images

1955 • 19 min

Documentary about famous artists such as Dunoyer de Segonzac, Masson, Miró, Naly and Treemois who continue the tradition of colour engraving and produce rare stamps for high class books.

Dancing James Berry

1955 • 17 min • United States of America

An impressionistic study of the celebrated tap dancer.

A Tour of the West

1955 • 12 min • United States of America

This Disneyland film completely encircled the audience, giving theme park visitors a 360-degree documentary auto tour of the western United States.

Assignment Children

1955 • 19 min

Filmed on a world wide trip by Danny Kaye, this is an examination of the state of children in the third world.

Klokkeklang

1955 • 2 min • Norway

Santa Claus arrives in front of a small group of four children.

Onbu Obake

1955 • 23 min

Experimental short animation film by Japanese manga artist Ryuichi Yokoyama, based on a Japanese folk tale.

The Reformation

1955 • 13 min • United States of America

Explains the reformation in terms of the church, the cultural rebirth brought about by the Renaissance, the emergence of national states and the new interpretations of the scriptures. Devotes special attention to Luther and the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

Belgian Grand Prix 1955

1955 • 30 min

An overview of the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix by Shell Oil. Watch the racing heroes of the 1950's conquer the tarmac in one of the picturesque racing circuits of Europe.

Golden Bull Calf

1955 • 32 min • Soviet Union

A pedigree bull-calf becomes boe of contention between the heads of two competitive collective farms, two brothers-in-law.

Golden Parable

1955 • 11 min • Italy

Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.

When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights?

1955 • 14 min • United States of America

Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.

Stubborn Dough

1955 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The grandmother is torn at home and does not have time to do several things at once. She urgently needs to go to the store, and she put the dough. So that the dough does not run away, the grandmother asks to take care her granddaughter Zhenya. It would seem that nothing complicated, but Zhenya has more important things, such as to take a walk, play with her friends, and therefore she puts the grandmother's request on a dog. The dog also does not want to guard the dough, and therefore he delegates this important task to the cat. The cat is even more lazy to engage in such nonsense, and she has to ask the mouse to look after the household. As a result, the stubborn dough ran away, and now you need to know where to look for it.

London Symphony

1955 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

Interplanetary Travel

1955 • 7 min • Mexico

Journalist Burrito and scientist Manolin visit the “Red Planet” and are given special glasses with which to view the planet’s flourishing society. Burrito removes his glasses to reveal the “Red Planet” for what it really is, and Burrito and Manolin flee back to their home planet.

American Harvest

1955 • 17 min • United States of America

This institutional film was designed to promote Chevrolet's corporate citizenship rather than any specific model of automobile.

This is Roller Skating

1955 • 15 min

A promotional film extolling the virtues of roller skating.

Pin Up Beauties Fight

1955 • 5 min

Bettie and popular model June King in energetic cat-fight wresting scene with a good deal of spanking added. Interesting, almost arty, opening shot of just their feet (Klaw had a lot of foot fetish customers). Most likely the same film where Bettie seriously injured her knee which led to a religious revelation as described in her bio "The Real Bettie Page"

La Crise du logement

1955 • 24 min

One year after Abbé Pierre's famous call for help on 1-2-1954 exposing the appalling conditions in which millions of French people barely survived, nothing had changed much. In 1955, the housing crisis was rife and entire families were forced to live cramped in dilapidated buildings or in slums. Jean Dewever, outraged like Abbé Pierre by such an infamous situation, took his camera and made this militant short in the hope of alerting not only the average viewer but also the competent authorities.

You the Human Animal

1955 • 8 min • United States of America

Jiminy Cricket explains how man resembles and differs from other animals, particularly the use of language, the use of reason, and opposable thumbs.