All Films

The Donald Duck Story

1954 • 60 min • United States of America

Walt Disney takes a look at the story of the creation of Donald Duck and his later career.

The Saga of the First and Last

1954 • 3 min

Margaret Conneely was active in amateur filmmaking locally and internationally for nearly half a century, first joining a local Chicago camera club in 1949. Her son, John, stars in Saga of the First and Last, a short film about a boy, a gun and his first (and last) cigarette.

Abducted Land

1954 • 12 min • Yugoslavia

The life of people from the delta of Neretva and their struggle for the land. The attempts of the community to help them in the transformation of the swamps into useful land.

Animal Homes

1954 • 11 min

Shows where various wood and field animals live - above the ground, in the ground and in the water.

Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat

1954 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Because of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.

Guida per camminare all'ombra

1954 • 11 min • Italy

The documentary illustrates the history of the birth and development of the porticoes module in Bologna, starting from the Middle Ages. After a brief historical investigation on the origin of the arcades and on the revolution that affected urban architecture following their introduction, we analyze the social impact that these had, and still have, on the lives of Bolognese citizens. The porch, among other things, is presented as an architectural solution capable of facilitating meeting and communication.

The Selling Wizard

1954 • 12 min • United States of America

A commercial short film presented by Anheuser-Busch to showcase large modern freezers that make it easier for grocers to sell their goods and make higher profits. It is aimed at businesses that require display freezers for their products.

The Frog Prince

1954 • 11 min • United Kingdom

"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others include "The Gallant Little Tailor", "Hänsel and Gretel", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White and Rose Red" and "The Three Wishes".

Bathing Babies in Three Cultures

1954 • 10 min • Indonesia, United States of America

Compares treatment of Balinese and Iatmul (New Guinea) babies with American practices. The different methods of bathing children is seen in three contrasting cultures. "New Guinea". A native mother is seen washing her own and a neighbour's children in a river. "U.S.A.". "The 1930's". In a small bathroom, the mother first carefully wipes the child's face with a flannel, before putting him into the bath-tub. "U.S.A.". the 1940's: Similar setting, similar routine, but mother is less protective, child more independent and interested in outside objects. "Bali": In a mountain village, a mother bathes her child in a small tub on a raised platform.

Destination Magoo

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

The title of this short is a play on the title of the feature film Destination Moon (which itself has an animated sequence made by Walter Lantz and starring Woody Woodpecker) and once again Magoo and his myopia take an adventure, hand in hand, off to the "Moon". The life that man leads!

Nomads of the Sun

1954 • 44 min • Switzerland

Record of the life of the Peulh Bororo people who live a nomadic life between the Sahara and the Niger River.

Yankee Doodle Bugs

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs lectures his nephew Clyde about early America, inserting himself into events wherever possible.

La Belle au bois dormant

1954 • 42 min • France

The Dirty Look

1954 • 22 min • United States of America

The Dirty Look is a 1954 comedy-short film, directed by Robert Altman, with Leonard Belove and William Frawley. Duration 24 minutes. This 1954 film was used by the Gulf Oil Company as a training film on keeping your Gulf Oil filling station clean.

A Nativa Solitária

1954 • 31 min • Brazil

The life of Luz del Fuego, her artistic performances and involvement with naturism. One of the great Brazilian feminists and precursor of the Brazilian naturist movement.

How to Go Places

1954 • 11 min • United States of America

Actress Gale Storm and family take a road trip in their Chevrolet and review the do's and don'ts of auto traveling.

Hot Rod Huckster

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Woody is driving down the city street singing a "screwy" driving song. Used car owner Buzz Buzzard tries to interest Woody in buying a new car (after sabotaging the one he has, natch). He shows him various cars but they all are utterly lacking in quality and leave a lot to be desired...

Satisfied Customers

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Heckle and Jeckle, the talking Magpies, are running rampant and causing much havoc in a supermarket mush to the dismay of the proprietor. Seveal wild chase ensue, with the store owner on the short end of most of them, until all three are caught inside of a giant soap bubble and carried skyward. The bubble bursts, and H & J are returned to the cartoonist's inkwell.

The Missing Scientists

1954 • 45 min • Germany

A group of nuclear scientists try to make sure top secret information about atomic weapons does not fall into the wrong hands.

Bird-Brain Bird Dog

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

It's quail-hunting season and Barney goes out to buy a bird dog. He unexpectedly winds up with one that love birds. Barney insists, nonetheless, that the dog find him some game. It comes across a quail and confides in it that he doesn't mean any harm but that Barney does. The dog and bird team up to outfox Barney.

Security Risk

1954 • 58 min • United States of America

An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.

Drag-A-Long Droopy

1954 • 8 min • United States of America

An "absolutely authentic account of the grazing land battles of the sheep and cattle wars of the early west," pitting sheep rancher Droopy against a cattle ranching wolf.

The Peak District

1954 • 20 min • United Kingdom

The Peak District waits invitingly within a sixty-mile reach of half the population of England. To this green centre of a great industrial area, the first of the National Parks, holidaymakers come throughout the year to enjoy a wide variety of scenery and of pastimes. Some visitors come to glide, others to go ‘caving’ or climbing, boating or fishing. The lovely surroundings vary from the windy flat tops of heath with their rocky outcrops to the lush, sheltered dales of the Manifold, the Derwent and the Dove; from the simple stone cottages of the quiet villages to the historic architecture of Ashbourne, Bakewell and Buxton, and the great houses of the past like Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.

Pals and Gals

1954 • 17 min • United States of America

The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to rescue them and save the day.