All Films

Shows that poems can be written about many subjects. Points out that choral speaking and impromptu composition can increase the enjoyment of poems.

Demonstrates that man has devised ways of making work easy with the aid of simple tools, engines and motors, and by harnessing such natural forces as wind and water.

The authors of the animated film devoted it to the eternal theme - the dangers of drunkenness. The main anti-hero is a half-liter bottle that creates trouble everywhere and brings evil to everyone who seeks a meeting with it. The plot in the style of silent films is accompanied by music and interspersed with propaganda rhymes.

Follows the journey of a tiny puppy named Terry, raised by Don and Doug Dow alongside her mother, Mack. Initially struggling to nurse due to Mack's illness, Terry learns to drink from a bottle and eventually transitions to eating solid food. The boys are taught how to handle her gently and are patient as she learns to walk and explore. They also learn the importance of proper care, including hygiene and regular vet visits. As Terry grows, she becomes more active and playful, developing good manners and a strong bond with her family.

Documentary produced by the INS in the 1950s regarding the internment camp in Crystal City, showing footage c. 1942-1943.

The Na-khi people of Yunnan demonstrate the ritual dance for the propitiation of suicide, expressly for Rock to film. The ceremony features dancers moving around an altar containing paper dolls representing suicides and doing ritual battle with demons. Title cards explain the steps of the ceremony. Produced in 1954 using footage filmed by Rock in 1928.

Susan and Jack visiting their aunt and uncle's farm while the narrator explains how they can learn to be good citizens while visting.

"Fighting the Snow", which was subsequently also known as "Blizzard" represents a double feature, 6&7, of the "Actualitatea în Imagini" series. Directed by Mirel Ilieșu, it was filmed during the rough days of February 1954, when Romania faced a massive blizzard which targeted the capital city, eastern and south-eastern parts of the country, in three waves: 1-14, 17-19 and 22-24 of February. Part of the series made at "Alexandru Sahia" Studios. Awarded newsreel at Karlovy-Vary in 1954.

Ho Hua-tʹing, a Na-khi dto-mba (shaman) from west of the Lijiang snow range in Kunming, demonstrates dances of the various Na-khi deities during which the particular enemy of each god is vanquished. Produced in 1954 using footage filmed by Rock in 1932.

A short promotional film containing time-lapse photography for Swift & Company's commercial lawn fertilizer, Vigoro.

How "Milady Chocolates" are made at Birrell's factory, Glasgow.

Documentary film showing Bosnia and Herzegovina, provinces that were considered backward and underdeveloped for centuries. The Second World War, i.e. the occupation, turned Bosnia into a land of ruins and incinerators. The film shows everything that was built in Bosnia and Herzegovina in less than ten years after the end of the Second World War.

Oslo Sentrum as it looked like in the 1950s.

Classroom training film that promotes the benefits of "healthy" eating for children.

Directed by eventual Bolivian president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, who ran the production company of this film, Telecina Ltd. from 1953-1957. Follows a young boy from a Bolivian mountain village who learns to read and supports his community. "Filmed in Warisata, Bolivia, produced by Telecine Limitada, narrated by Oscar Soria, and produced and directed by Gonzalo de Lozada" (US National Archives). Also produced and distributed by the US Information Service.

"USIA Director Theodore C. Streibert speaks on the purposes of the agency. Maps and charts show the range of Soviet influence and propaganda campaign. A Soviet newsreel shows biased scenes of the U.S. Communist posters and agitators incite anti-American demonstrations. A still picture shows President Eisenhower watching as Director Streibert takes oath of office. USIA gives worldwide distribution by radio and printed media of President Eisenhower's address to leaders of the American press, and information centers sponsor libraries, lectures, concerts, motion pictures, and discussions. American aircraft combat a locust plague in Iran, the Coast Guard Cutter Courier operates as a radio relay station, a Polish refugee explains the effectiveness of the Voice of America, and Russian Army tanks quell an East Berlin riot. USIS films show Milton Eisenhower's tour of Latin America, a music festival in Tanglewood, MA, and charts summarize USIA activities and purposes" (US National Archives).

Sort of a cartoon version of "All About Eve" or people-using-people themes. It opens with a man singing the title song, accompanied by a pianist, a trumpeter and a trombonist. A flashback to the story of Fifi who leaves Waldo for Alonzo, and then leaves Alonzo for the circus owner. Back in the present it is shown that all three men are the musicians and they are almost run down by a limousine, occupied by Fifi, now a stage star.

The movie sings the praises of eight portraits of fifteenth and sixteenth century masters at the pinnacle of Flemish painting.

A sermon recorded Thursday, June 24, 1954, at the Constitution Hall in Washington DC, U.S.A., where Brother William Marrion Branham delivered a message entitled "The Deep Calleth To The Deep". Branham (1909 - 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come to prelude Christ's second coming; some of his followers have been labeled a "doomsday cult".

It's springtime and love is in the air particularly for Mr. Magoo. Magoo is disappointed to learn his nephew, Waldo, had a fight with his girlfriend, Juliette. Magoo plans to have Waldo and Juliette reunited but instead of going to Juliette's apartment, he goes instead to a boxing ring where a boxing female kangaroo is sparring. Magoo mistakes the kangaroo for Juliette and invites her home to meet Waldo. Unfortunately, the kangaroo is trained to throw punches every time she hears a bell and Waldo is usually at the receiving end of the blows.

A Scots boy describes in a letter his home, his school, local industries and Burn's cottage and Prestwick Airport.

Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club.

1954 Jim Davis short

A short film for tourism promotion and dissemination produced by the State through the National Film Institute, showing the city of Bariloche in spring.