All Films

Young Woman

1954 • 2 min

An art film contrasting a cat and broken glass with a masked naked woman and her lover.

Oslofilm: Oslo: Sommer på idrettsplassene

1954 • 12 min • Norway

Oslo has many sports fields, including Voldsløkka, Dælenenga, Ekebergsletta and Bislett.

Ageless iraq

1954 • 20 min • United Kingdom, Iraq

about life in Iraq - political history, religion, traditions, industry etc.

New Year's Eve at the Kremlin

1954 • 11 min • Soviet Union

As many as 700,000 Soviet schoolchildren attend New Year's Eve celebrations at the Moscow Kremlin in 1953.

Танюша, Тявка, Топ и Нюша

1954 • 16 min • Soviet Union

Läppli am Zoll

1954 • 19 min • Switzerland

The Flower and the Butterfly

1954 • 9 min • Japan

An early color animation which uses the color to help tell the story. Three butterflies save a bird that falls out of it's nest during a rainstorm. The butterflies decide to ask the flowers for cover, but the red rose will only help the red butterfly since they are the same color.

Captação da Água

1954 • 11 min • Brazil

The need for water in human life.

The Dream of the Little Ballerina

1954 • 8 min • Yugoslavia

A ballerina has a dream dance with an octopus woman.

Quinta Normal

1954 • 7 min • Chile

A documentary film that registers a regular Sunday on Chilean park Quinta Normal.

Das Stacheltier - Der Wintermantel

1954 • 6 min • East Germany

A little man wants to order a warm coat from a fabric he has brought with him to a tailor's workshop in winter. He is laughed at and told that orders for this type of garment are only accepted in the summer - after all, they work to a schedule. When the customer continues to insist on his request, he is declared insane by the employees of the atelier - they are not a capitalist company after all. This infuriates him so much that a neurologist, the fire department and an ambulance are called. The doctor clarifies the situation and advises the first tailor to have a word with his assistant. "I'm normal," he claims. "I believe it," replies the doctor, "but will the others believe it...?"

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

1954 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Tod Slaughter’s last big screen appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue.

The Border

1954 • 21 min • Bulgaria

The boy Stefan brings the supper to his father in village council office. From the frontier post comes the news that bandits have crossed the border. The boy goes back home. He and his sister prepare to go to bed. A blizzard is raging outside. A wounded stranger comes to the house in search of shelter. The mother dresses his wounds and gives him food. It becomes clear that he is not the lieutenant from the frontier post that he claims to be. Stefan jumps from the window and dashes to the frontier post. The mother tries to keep the saboteur as long as possible. The two quarrels. He hits her with the submachine gun. He attempts to escape, but the border guards have already surrounded the house.

Andy Benson Orchid

1954 • 1 min

A short film that documents horticulturalist Andrew Benson, owner of Andrew Benson, Inc., working at his greenhouse located in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Playmates

1954 • 30 min

Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen and his housekeeper. When Monica talks about her new playmates Mary and Elsie, her Uncle believes she is just imagining things. He grows more concerned when he himself begins to hear Monica's playmates throughout the house.

Mozart and His Music

1954 • 12 min • United States of America

Mozart's life and music are described against a background of the 18th century and of the European cities which influenced his career. Stresses the classic character of his compositions.

The Oil Field

1954 • 19 min • Netherlands

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait

1954 • 26 min

Paintings and etchings of Rembrandt are used in revealing his life and career. Describes Rembrandt's early success as a fashionable portrait painter in Amsterdam and explains how his uncompromising devotion to realism cost him his reputation. Discusses the many personal disappointments of Rembrandt's later years, including failure of his contemporaries to acclaim his greatest masterpieces.

Tomorrow's Drivers

1954 • 11 min

A look at an American town's efforts to help their children become better drivers.

Autumn in Badacsony

1954 • 18 min • Hungary

A celebration of the culture and the ancient traditions in Badacsony.

Mystery at Monstein

1954 • 32 min

A ski champion uncle tries to kill his nephew in order to gain his inheritance in this British crime mystery short film.

Jets Over Turkey

1954 • 17 min

Flying jets over Turkey's fields.

The Secret of Selling the Negro

1954 • 21 min • United States of America

Film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, Tan, and Jet to encourage advertisers to reach out to African American consumers. The Secret of Selling the Negro depicts the lives, activities, and consumer behavior of African American professionals, students, and housewives. A Business Screen reviewer noted that the film focused on the “bright positive” aspects of the “new Negro family.” The sponsor issued a companion booklet offering the “do’s and don’ts of selling to the Negro.”

Pénélope

1954 • 13 min • France

An abstract film