All Films

The Hillside Is Beautiful

1955 • 20 min • Iceland

Swedish-Icelandic documentary film commissioned by Iceland's tourist board, which in magnificent color photography links the heritage from the fairy tale era with contemporary Iceland. The film was produced in two language versions – one in Swedish and one in Icelandic – different soundtracks and subtitles, but where the moving images were the same.

Zoo Babies (Observing Things About Us)

1955 • 10 min • United States of America

Answers questions about zoo animals and their offspring. Shows physical characteristics and habits of baby monkeys, gnus, kudus, lions, peacocks, alligators and bears.

Amazing Incidents

1955 • 7 min • Thailand

Thailand’s first animated movie made by Payut Ngaokrachang, mater animator who would go on to make several other animated films. “Amazing Incidents” was first screened with live dubbing on July 5, 1955 at Sala Chalermthai in Bangkok.

They Knew Mayakovsky

1955 • 40 min • Soviet Union

The Right Person

1955 • 31 min

In Copenhagen, a former resistance fighter seeks the traitor responsible for betraying his comrades during World War II.

Have Faith in Our Children

1955 • 3 min

Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's efforts to help blind babies and their families.

Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

1955 • 54 min • United States of America

Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the self-proclaimed "King of the River", Mike Fink, and a band of renegade Indians that have been notorious for attacking passing boats.

Song of Khartoum

1955 • 18 min • Sudan

Gubara was proud of the first color film in African cinema, which attempts to give an African response to the city symphony genre by capturing disparate images of daily life in Khartoum and setting it to music, particularly romantic Arabic songs.

Why is the Crow Black-Coated

1955 • 10 min • China

A gorgeous bird entranced by its own beauty sings and dances all day long in the forest, not caring enough to prepare for the winter. When winter finally comes, the bird has no place to go. After a while, there is a fire, and the freezing animal wants to limber up but in the end all his colorful feathers are singed and turn black as coal. And thus the once so beautiful bird has transformed into a black crow.

Elvira

1955 • 40 min • Costa Rica

Because of his lower class status, Alberto is rejected by Elvira. He then travels to the capital city to study Philosophy and return worthy of Elvira's love and approval.

A Visit

1955 • 8 min • France

A timid young man searches for a room through newspaper ads and encounters a young woman caring for a baby. When a confident man arrives, the two begin competing for her attention, using various charms, including a playful trick. Ultimately, both men leave, leaving the young woman feeling both relieved and disappointed.

El proceso

1955 • 20 min • Spain

Taking Franz Kafka's "The Process" as a source of inspiration, a poetic approach is made to his plot, to his characters and sets turned into icons, a meta-theatrical reflection where the gestural language and the surrealist elements imply a very personal reading of the Czech author.

A Rite of Spring

1955 • 16 min • United States of America

A modern dance solo interpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring created by dancer/choreographer Jim Huntley and filmed and edited by Pieter Van Deusen.

Everything for Everybody

1955 • 4 min

Animated commercial which perplexes and enchants through its jazzy mix of styles and tones.

Rabies in Man

1955 • 9 min • Iran, United States of America

This program presents filmed sequences of a group of twenty-nine villagers from Sahneh who had been attacked by a rabid wolf. Filmed sequences of one villager taken at various times during his disease, are presented to illustrate the clinical course and manifestations of the disease in this man. The man is seen after he is bitten but before he manifests symptoms overtly, the third day of his disease, and the fifth day of the disease. Scenes taken as the patient dies are also included. A doctor is also shown as he apparently examined the man to verify that death has occurred.

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

1955 • 10 min • United States of America

Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the lyre for King Nero.

The Aviary

1955 • 14 min • United States of America

A collaboration between Joseph Cornell and Rudy Burckhardt, Aviary is an impression of Union Square. The location held a particular fascination for Cornell who wanted to establish a foundation for artists and art therapy there. In the film, he treats the park as an outdoor aviary.

The Perfect Crime

1955 • 20 min • United States of America

In this short National Safety Council film, the perfect crime is presented as excess speed. Accidents at high speed often results in deaths and are rarely investigated like the robbery of a corner grocery shown at the beginning of the film. The film ends with a plea to support the costs of new modern roads.

Yula is Capricious

1955 • 9 min • Soviet Union

Children play in the park together. Only little girl Yula is bored. She starts to cry and threatens to flood all around.

Flirtatious Dance By Betty

1955 • 3 min

Betty Page dances flirtatiously.

Bosque de Chapultepec

1955 • 17 min • Mexico

An emblematic site of Mexico City, this is a journey through the history of Chapultepec, inextricably linked to the history of Mexico from its origins, emphasizing its historical, political and cultural significance.

Red White and Boo

1955 • 6 min • United States of America

Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age, Casper frightens cave-men and women. Robert Fulton's steamboat makes a successful first trip when Casper's ghostly form frightens it into action. Casper assists Paul Revere on his famous ride when Revere's horse, frightened by Casper, ceases to balk and breaks into a gallop. George Washington, crossing the Delaware River, is sped up by Casper's appearance, and Casper becomes a hero by besting the British Redcoats.

Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid

1955 • 26 min • United States of America

While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.

The Little Chimney Sweep

1955 • 10 min