All Films

I Walk in the Sun

1955 • 13 min • Poland

A documentary about the sculptor Xawery Dunikowski, shot in his workshop. Director paid a tribute to the artist - a recluse without the artistic inheritors.

Monsters of the Deep

1955 • 47 min

Viewers go on a journey into the history and behaviors of the beasts, including the giant squid from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, exploring the beasts from Fantasia, and recalling Pinocchio's encounter with the fearsome Monstro.

City Twilight

1955 • 9 min

Stockholm sunset with night lights.

Mr. Mensah Builds a House

1955 • 36 min • Ghana

Mr. Mensah entrusts the building of his house to his irresponsible nephew, who wastes all the money and materials. The situation is retrieved when Mr Mensah takes part in a government scheme that provides locals with free building materials for their houses

The Galichnik Wedding

1955 • 17 min • Yugoslavia

The film describes the Macedonian wedding customs during the religious holiday St. Peter's Day (Petrovden) in the Macedonian village of Galichnik and its surroundings. One can see the preparations for the wedding, as well as all the customs till the young couple's first wedding night.

Aleksander Zelwerowicz

1955 • 22 min • Poland

A documentary portrait of Aleksander Zelwerowicz, the master of the Polish scene, created on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his artistic career. He played over 800 roles, the directors of the film chose his three masterpieces: a theater one, a film one, and a radio one.

Cross-Roads

1955 • 19 min • United Kingdom

A ghost returns from the grave to seek revenge.

What About Juvenile Delinquency

1955 • 12 min • United States of America

A teen drops out of a gang when they mug his father for his pencil.

Opening a New Frontier

1955 • 13 min • United States of America

A documentary outlining the railroad's roll in expanding the nation.

Ana

1955 • 20 min • Brazil

A group of migrants from the drought areas of Northeastern of Brazil gets a truck "pau-de-arara" trying to move to São Paulo and have a better life. Along their travel, one of the women delivers a baby on the road. The driver, indeed, intends to carry them to the slave-work in the fields of a powerful "colonel", but the brave Ana faces the foreman of the farm and the driver, and the truck follows to the hired final destination.

I'm No Fool with Fire

1955 • 8 min • United States of America

Jiminy Cricket explains the basics of fire safety.

The Pony

1955 • 28 min • Canada

This short film tells the heart-warming Christmas story of two Saskatchewan farm children and a pony named Pancho. There’s no real place for a horse on a fully mechanized wheat farm, but with will and heart they prove that one can be found.

Images en négatif

1955 • 7 min • France

Tortul de ciocolată

1955 • 7 min • Romania

An animated fairy tale movie about the funny adventures of a bear cub who went to congratulate his uncle and present him with a cake.

Marinica's Bodkin

1955 • 16 min • Romania

Betty's Lingerie Tease Dance Part Two

1955 • 3 min

Betty Page dances teasingly in lingerie.

Das Stacheltier - Das Wartehäuschen

1955 • 7 min • East Germany, Germany

On a windswept country road outside Berlin, commuters have waited 25 weeks under a sign promising a new bus shelter. VEB engineer Schulz vows to escalate their plight, but bureaucrat Engerling stalls for more “expert opinions.” When residents seize matters into their own hands and build the shelter themselves, Dr. Wirth finally grants the permit, only for Engerling to claim credit at the official unveiling.

You and Your Five Senses

1955 • 8 min • United States of America

Jiminy Cricket explains the five senses, contrasting man and other animals.

Blinder Alarm

1955 • 7 min • East Germany

To an attentive passer-by, the activities of some painters seem very suspicious. As a result of their artistic efforts, the anti-occupier slogan AMI GO HOME appears to have appeared on the wall. The outraged citizen does not succeed in persuading the craftsmen to remove the writing - he only receives amusement. The police, who were finally alerted, and the representatives of the occupying power were unable to find anything offensive about the lettering, as the full company name "Armin Gotzschomer" had developed from the letters in the meantime. In the evening, however, the lettering does convey the presumed message AMI GO HOME, as the painters have highlighted some of the letters with fluorescent paint.

Fitna and Hassan

1955 • 43 min • Iraq

In the Iraqi countryside, a love story links Fitna and her cousin Hassan. The people of the village sympathize with Hassan for being a chivalrous and kind person, but Hassan's stepmother seeks to sabotage the relationship and tries to separate them.

Sunday Morning

1955 • 19 min • Poland

Short propaganda film. Warsaw's post-war reconstruction as seen through the eyes of the passengers of a red bus.

The apple of knowledge

1955 • 4 min

An animated commercial promotes the purchase of household appliances.

Belgium and The Netherlands: Lands and Peoples

1955 • 10 min • United States of America

Presents an overview of the Netherlands and Belgium. Relates their economy to their environment.

Lighthouse Mouse

1955 • 7 min • United States of America

Sylvester Cat is a lighthouse keeper's mouse-catcher assigned to keep a mouse from unplugging the light. The mouse only wants a good night's sleep and asks Hippety Hopper, the baby kangaroo who has just crashed off of a ship on the nearby rocks, to help him fight Sylvester and keep the lighthouse light turned off.