All Films - Short Movie Database

The Griper

1954 • 13 min • United States of America

Betty Ann, a perky high school student, is friends with George, a dour sort who is always complaining about life. Betty Ann's friends can't see how she can hang with a "wet blanket" like George, and eventually Betty finds herself more and more taking on George's attitude.

The Miracle Table

1954 • 10 min

Short film about filmmaking.

The Passenger Train

1954 • 11 min • United States of America

A documentary on the railroad's role in public transportaitons. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films.

Let's Face It

1954 • 14 min • United States of America

1954 civil defense short film describing the threat of an impending nuclear attack.

Buenos Aires in Relief

1954 • 26 min • Argentina

First Argentine film in 3D, which includes various aerial and panoramic shots, where you can see the most emblematic neighborhoods and monuments.

Iris

1954 • 5 min • Sweden

Poetic film about Iris in different meanings.

Getting Along With Parents

1954 • 14 min • United States of America

Shows the conflict between six teenagers and their respective parents in a situation designed to provoke discussion. Emphasizes that each generation must recognize the other's differences in upbringing, thinking and feeling and be willing to compromise.

Pure Beauty

1954 • 1 min • France

A lyrical composition of sculptural fragments of the body is celebrated for its precise framing, editing and animation techniques that explores the connections between abstract shapes, sensuality, and erotic attraction.

Walter Sickert

1954 • 28 min

The life and work of British Impressionist painter, Walter Sickert (1860-1942).

Suite Tempirouette

1954 • 8 min

A poetic journey through the history of menkind.

The Show-Off

1954 • 12 min • United States of America

The high school junior class is being plagued by the antics of Jim, the class show-off.

The Clothes We Wear

1954 • 11 min

Discusses the animal, plant, and synthetic fibers; contrasts primitive and modern methods of spinning thread and weaving cloth; and points out the abundance and value of the clothes we wear. Can you make milk, straw & coal into fibers? You bet.

Can We Immunize Against Prejudice?

1954 • 6 min

Animated. Demonstrates how three sets of parents try to 'IMMUNIZE' their children against prejudice by using three different methods.

Personality And Emotions

1954 • 13 min

Presents the various emotions that are exhibited by children at different ages. Suggests recognizing emotions for what they are and using them to build happier and richer personalities.

Rhymes

1954 • 1 min • France

An abstract animation for Brun.

The Last Prom

1954 • 25 min

An anti speeding scare film from the 1950's.

Change the Music

1954 • 6 min • Mexico

S-73 (Sofa Compact)

1954 • 11 min

This film traces the design development of the Eames Sofa Compact, which folds for easy flat-pack shipping. The film, one of the first Charles and Ray made for Herman Miller, starts in a rail yard, where we discover that volume is more expensive than weight. This fact led to the Eames’s firm resolve to flat pack their sofa. The film highlights the ease of unpacking and setting up the sofa, as well as the sofa’s comfort and practicality with regard to the life of service.

Look Before You Leap

1954 • 2 min • Canada

A boy is making the difficult bicycle ride up a steep hill for the goal of being able to dive off the top of the cliff into the water below. The water looks even more enticing as he views it at that long distance from the top. As he jumps indiscriminately toward the water without surveying his surroundings, he may find that the water below is a little less enticing the closer and closer he gets to it, which may be, by that time, too late. The moral: look before you leap.