All Films

The Freight Train

1954 • 11 min • United States of America

EB Films presents a documentary on the life of the freight train in America.

The First Piano Quartette

1954 • 10 min • United States of America

The First Piano Quartette is a 1954 short documentary film directed by Otto Lang. It shows the First Piano Quartette composed of Adan Garner, Edward Edson, Frank Mittler and Glauco D'Attilli as they play Lecuona's "Malaguena," Debussy's "Clair de Lune," and John Phillip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952

1954 • 50 min • Finland

Documentary footage from the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

Jet Carrier

1954 • 17 min • United States of America

Jet Carrier is a 1954 American short documentary film produced by Otto Lang as a CinemaScope Special. It was nominated for two Academy Awards - one for Best Documentary Short, and the other for Best Two-Reel Short. It was filmed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown.

Christmas Through the Ages

1954 • 13 min • United States of America

The film narrator describes the assimilation and merging of ancient customs into the 20th century celebration of Christmas as portrayed with well-crafted reenactments.

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

1954 • 14 min • United Kingdom

Aladdin, a poor tailor in Baghdad, discovers a magic lamp with a genie inside. After he uses it to gain wealth and the hand of the caliph's daughter, he must fend off an evil sorcerer who wants the lamp for himself.

Nus Masculins

1954 • 25 min • France

Travel journal under the form of a portrait series, silent intimate images filmed by François Reichenbach in 1954.

The Caliph Stork

1954 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Wishing to take power for himself, a magician tricks his nephew, The Caliph of Baghdad, into sniffing a powder which turns him into a stork.

Passenger to Tokyo

1954 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A murderer attempts to escape justice by shipping his victims body to Tokyo in a trunk.

On Three Rivers

1954 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

A historical overview of Sisak, the city on three rivers, from the Roman era to the post-WWII industrialization.

Blue Plate Symphony

1954 • 7 min

This short has Heckle and Jeckle running a diner.

Darling Friends

1954 • 22 min • Soviet Union

The story of a young Stakhanovite who was appointed a foreman in a women's team.

East Anglian Holiday

1954 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A tour of East Anglia, with its waterways and low-lying country.

Railplan 68

1954 • 14 min

Short documentary about the construction of tramlines in the centre of Amsterdam

Arthur Godfrey

1954 • 10 min • United States of America

"America's Number One Salesman", Arthur Godfrey, sits down and rambles on how proud you must be to be a Frigidaire salesperson. ESPECIALLY with the new line of fridges coming out for 1954!

Trouble on the Trail

1954 • 54 min • United States of America

"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists.

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

1954 • 30 min • United States of America

In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.

Summer Paradise

1954 • 10 min • Norway

At Slagen, Hudøy and several other places, Oslo Municipality drove holiday colonies where children from the city could vacation in the summer. At Dal there was a separate holiday colony for tuberculosis-infested children. Some children were also sent for holiday stays on farms. More than 5,000 children received a stay at municipal or private holiday colonies every summer.

Dog Pounded

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Sylvester Cat tries to catch Tweety Bird, who is up in a tree in the middle of the city dog pound.

Who's Right?

1954 • 18 min

Dramatization of the experience of a young married couple whose quarrels undermine their happiness and prevent the development of adult love based on mutual understanding.

Mountaineers

1954 • 11 min • Yugoslavia

Attempts of cattlemen from Vlašić mountain to maintain their cattle during the winter. In spring, when the first lambs appear, they seek new meadows.

Alley to Bali

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

An angry volcano god in the South Pacific demands a sacrifice, and a lovely young woman in the god's service finds the perfect candidates in the form of two American sailors: Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard.

The Impossible Possum

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Barney Bear sets out to trap a possum for his dinner - which proves difficult.

Salute to A.P.

1954 • 45 min • United Kingdom

A BBC Television film recalling the part Alexandra Palace has played in British television between 1935 and 1954. It shows the erection of the first transmitter, the building of 'A' and 'B' studios, and introduces scenes and excerpts from early television productions and outside broadcasts.