All Films

Betty's Clown Dance Part Two

1954 • 3 min

Betty Page's dance with a clown doll continues.

The Will To Live

1954 • 28 min

This film tells the story of a young man (Donald) torn between his "mind", "body" and "soul". Donald, a student doctor, receives news of his mother's death and leaves his studies to rescue his fiancee, Mary, who has become injured while hillwalking. He knocks himself unconscious, meanwhile the film acts out his moral dilemmas, but there is a happy ending.

My Latvia

1954 • 18 min • United States of America

Made by Albert Jekste, "My Latvia" is a haunting propaganda film about the illegal Soviet military occupation of three Baltic States in the 1940's

Celebration of the Feast of Tsong-Kha-Pa

1954 • 9 min

A record of Tibetan religious dances performed at Yung-ning Monastery in Yunnan. The footage depicts scenes including the assassination of Langdarma, the last non-Buddhist king of Tibet and a persecutor of Buddhism, alongside representations of Palden Lhamo, Mahakala, and Yama. It also features a procession of Maitreya, the future Buddha, and showcases a large thangka tapestry, depicting Je Tsongkhapa. Produced in 1954 using footage filmed by Rock in 1929.

Now You Can Dial

1954 • 10 min • United States of America

A lady from the Bell System explains how to use a rotary dial telephone.

Tri meshka khitrostey

1954 • 10 min • Soviet Union

Animatad adaptation of Ukrainian folk tale about crafty Fox and credulous Hedgehog.

Buses de Bogotá

1954 • 6 min • Colombia

A documentary short film about Bogotá’s newly inaugurated municipal bus system. The city center—with its iconic buildings, queues, and chaos—becomes the stage for an urban choreography.

Each Child is Different

1954 • 16 min

Glimpses into the lives of five fifth grade children show that each is a complex and unique pattern. Emphasizes that the teacher must discover how she can best meet the needs of each child.

Higiene Rural

1954 • 11 min • Brazil

Pomo Shaman

1954 • 22 min • United States of America

A female Pomo shaman conducting a ritual healing ceremony over a man with body pains.

This Is Color

1954 • 25 min

Educational video on the science of color in art and industry, or how things are made.

Puna

1954 • 2 min • Argentina

An animated short film by Víctor Iturralde.

Good Manners

1954 • 11 min • India

A nation's culture is a measure of its maturity. Culture, however is a living reality and our daily lives reflect in how we behave towards one another. This film approaches this subject and emphasises the need for consideration of others, which is the best foundation for good manners.

It was four years ago

1954 • 10 min

The nostalgia of an African student in Paris for Africa. Graduation film by Paulin Soumanou VIEYRA, one of the pioneers of African cinemas.

Nocturne

1954 • 1 min • France

An abstract animation made for Ultra Therma.

Salvador Dalí Home Movie

1954 • 2 min

In Salvador Dalí’s home movies, the 50-year-old Surrealist artist plays with a kitten, an animal skull, and a rake to entertain a friend filming him on the terrace of his villa in Port Lligat, Costa Brava, Spain.

Manrunq

1954 • 29 min • Soviet Union

Մանրունք (Manrunq) means trifles or small inconveniences. This story is aboutt a new building finishing construction in Soviet Armenia by an architect and the troubles which begin once people are settled inside the building.

The Braggart Frog

1954 • 11 min • China

One day, a frog saw a group of wild geese flying by, and suddenly thought of it, so he begged the wild geese to take him to the sky.

On the track to the midnight sun

1954 • 26 min • Sweden

American tourists explore Sweden by train

New Year

1954 • 27 min • Mongolia

When the young man foreman fulfilled his plan ahead of time and told his mother that he had celebrated the New Year in advance with his friends, the young man's mother mistakenly thought that he and the lady from the neighboring family were going to get married. works are reflected.

Misa en Compostela

1954 • 23 min • Spain

Filmed during Ana Mariscal's tour of various locations in the north of the peninsula to present her first feature film, "Segundo López, aventurero urbano", shows a day in the life of the city of Santiago de Compostela, with special attention to a liturgy celebrated in its cathedral and following its very young and wild altar boy, although also showing part of the daily practice of a disenchanted Pharmacy student and configuring the physiognomy of a city marked by rain, the University and the power of the Catholic Church.

Easter Customs

1954 • 19 min • Yugoslavia

Traditions during Easter holidays in the remote village of Grešnica. The film was a research project of the newly opened Ethnological Museum to preserve the disappearing customs at least on film for future generations.

Don Segundo Sombra

1954 • 10 min • Argentina

Tribute to Ricardo Guiraldes, the writer who knew how to find the best human excellences in a man of the people.

Travel in Sweden

1954 • 12 min • Sweden

Images from places around Sweden, among them Gothenburg, Gotland, Mårbacka mansion and Norrland.