All Films

Corral

1954 • 12 min • Canada

Corral is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary by Colin Low, partly shot in the Cochrane Ranch in what is now Cochrane, Alberta. In the film, a cowboy rounds up wild horses, lassoing one of the high-spirited animals in the corral, then going on a ride across the Rocky Mountain Foothills of Alberta.

Children in the Classroom

1954 • 30 min • Japan

A short documentary about the behaviour of Japanese primary school students.

Son of Man

1954 • 29 min • United States of America

Artist Warner Sallman re-creates his world-famous drawing of the head of Christ. The inspiration of his life and talent is woven into the true-to-life story of Jim Powell and Karen. Jim was a medical student who was going to specialize. In that way he figured a young doctor could avoid getting mixed up in the personal lives of his patients. He had styled himself as a cynic, was going to stay away from pitfalls of ideals. God, and the eternal and humanitarian needs of the world, until he met Karen, a young, attractive Christian nurse who had dedicated herself to the mission field and the service of her Lord. Her desire to tell Jim about Christ and to make him see the meaning, purpose, and the happiness of a Christ-centered life brings her own objectives into a stronger focus.

Late Night Final

1954 • 30 min

Scotland Yard detectives race to find a crippled man, the only witness to crime, who has mysteriously disappeared.

By Word of Mouse

1954 • 8 min • United States of America

Hans, a mouse from Germany, comes to America to visit his cousin Willie, and learns about the wonders of the capitalist system.

Neapolitan Mouse

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom chases Jerry through the streets of Naples; they meet a local mouse who recognizes them from their cartoons and shows them around. Meanwhile, some local dogs are shadowing them.

The Troubled Mind

1954 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A dramatised documentary featuring Adrienne Corri, made to recruit women for training as nurses in ‘mental hospitals.’ It takes a deeply humane and stylistically vivid approach. Some of the treatments shown would be considered unsuitable today.

Casino Royale

1954 • 52 min • United States of America

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.

Dark Possession

1954 • 53 min

A woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.

Sleepy-Time Squirrel

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Barney Bear is forced to give hibernation lodgings in his home to his neighbor Jimmy Squirrel, who makes it impossible to get any sleep.

With This Ring

1954 • 41 min • United States of America

Dramatised promotional film for the Miller Brewing Company.

At This Moment

1954 • 26 min • United States of America

The story of America's railroads and the conglomeration of lines that comes together to connect the cities across the land.

La République nous appelle

1954 • 20 min • France

The story of the ascent of the Aiguille de la République by mountaineers Jacques Fromentin and Michel Bastien. The Aiguille de la République, in the Mont-Blanc massif, culminates at an altitude of 3,305 meters among the Aiguilles de Chamonix group of summits. In the Fontainebleau forest, children learn mountaineering techniques on the bouldering climbing site. In 1954, rock climbing was also practiced in the Chamonix valley. The Montenvers train crosses the viaduct taking tourists or athletes to the Mer de Glace viewpoint. The two climbers take an approach step and reach the Envers des Aiguilles refuge. They then climb this steep and smooth wall, progressing along the ridge. On the platform, a rope throw allows them to climb up and sit at the top to dominate the panorama. Then the return: abseiling from the summit block.

Adelaide Advances

1954 • 11 min • Australia

Made by The National Film Board 1954, this film captures the delightful city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. The city set against a background of hills, owes a lot to its original plan by Colonel Light. The film displays the beauty of its wide streets and impressive public buildings and also features landscape painter Hans Heysen.

Satan's Waitin'

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Sylvester's carnivorous pursuit of Tweety Bird continues, winding up the cat's spirit in Hell, where he meets a satanic bulldog.

The Orange Neck

1954 • 20 min • Soviet Union

Two pairs of partridges, Brovkins and Podkovkins, hatch by twelve chicks. Podkovkins get acquainted with the lark, and both the Brovkins family are killed by a falcon. Podkovkin's wife, the Orange Neck, decides to adopt chicks as their own. In the autumn, she brings twenty-four chicks to a meeting of partridges, and she is chosen as the main chicken.

Pig in a Pickle

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

Milford, the family pig, is being given a birthday party, on the farm, by Maw and Paw and all the kids, but he is kidnapped by one of the 39 Boomer Brothers on the neighboring farm, who want to make bar-b-que out of Milford. Maw and Paw set out to rescue Milford, but they are thwarted by the red-bearded brothers. But victory finally comes and Milford comes home to celebrate his birthday.

The Blue Lobster

1954 • 29 min • Colombia

Surrealist experimental film in which a foreign secret agent called "El Gringo", investigates the presence of radioactivity in some lobsters caught in a fishing village in the Caribbean. While taking a break at the hotel, a cat steals his lobster.

La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo

1954 • 14 min • Italy

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows these men to the place of intervention, dwelling on the beautiful snow-capped landscapes and the local inhabitants engaged in their daily activities.

Boo Ribbon Winner

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Molasses, an overweight greyhound, is racing right for the dog pound until Casper the Friendly Ghost lends a paw.

Feline Frame-Up

1954 • 6 min • United States of America

After Claude frames Marc Antony, making it look like the bulldog ate the kitty, Marc must try various methods of getting back at Claude from outside the yard.

Claws for Alarm

1954 • 7 min • United States of America

Porky and Sylvester stay overnight in what Sylvester realizes is a terrifying hotel filled with endless imminent danger.

Meenar

1954 • 2 min

A murder had taken place. The suspect ran away and jumped into the water . When he was dragged out of waters, he was unconscious. A story of mystery and of breath-taking suspense.

Jazz Dance

1954 • 22 min • United States of America

Few films wield the awesome spiritual power of Jazz Dance, on which Leacock was one of two cameramen charting the slow, smoldering build of a Manhattan dance club from idle space to explosive, carnal bacchanal. Employing handheld cameras, limited light and sheer proximity, the film achieved an intimacy never before witnessed in a documentary.