All Films

Halloween Party

1953 • 6 min • United States of America

This movie starts with a Mother and her two children nonchalantly going to the window when someone knocks on the window. Shouldn't they be on their guard? And what good is their huge German Shepherd Shep? But wait! It's only Dad! Silly man! He's brought home Halloween stuff! Junior makes a truly hideous mask from a paper bag and sets it in the lamp to make it look more ominous. (archive.org)

Dollars for Sale

1953 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Account of how Anglo-American police co-operation succeeds in tracking down forgers of $100 bills.

Artists Must Live

1953 • 28 min

Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

Strange Harvest

1953 • 30 min

A sailor on leave gives a lift to two men who steal his money and car, leaving him for dead in a cornfield, which they don't know is to be cut the following morning. As the combine harvester begins its work the two men unwillingly return to move the body before it's discovered.

Nommé à Majunga

1953 • 26 min • France

A student of the Ecole de France d'Outre-Mer has just been appointed assistant administrator in Majunga, Madagascar. During a study trip, he discovers the most different aspects of the province where he will serve. He crossed the island and discovered its various agricultural productions, local life and industry.

They Had an Idea

1953 • 14 min • United Kingdom

In every industry men still need skill and knowledge, but the addition of a dash of imagination will often mean more pleasure from the job as well as greater efficiency. The film presents four examples: the invention of a ratchet device for turning rails; reshaping worn spanners at a locomotive works; speeding up the replacement of old escalator slats by means of an attachment to a drill; and finally, the thoughtful porter working at a country station who goes out of his way to warn a regular passenger of a change in the timetable.

The Candlelight Murder

1953 • 30 min

A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an old recluse.

Oslofilm: Oss fotgjengere imellom

1953 • 10 min • Norway

In Oslo, traffic accidents have increased sharply, and pedestrians' behavior are the cause of many of these accidents. Both the Traffic Police and Oslo Kinematografer have made this film to convince their audience to be more aware of the traffic, so the number of accidents could be reduced.

Eilat

1953 • 15 min • Israel

A short documentary, produced by United Israel Appeal. Its residents number only 500, its fishermen use primitive methods, and its industry is in its infancy. But Eilat’s planners, including architect Theodor Kisselov, are already dreaming of the small village becoming one of Israel’s major port cities. This film documents the early days of Israel’s southmost settlement and Kisselov’s visit to it.

Age of Turmoil

1953 • 19 min • Canada

An afternoon and evening in the complicated lives of six teenagers.

Oslofilm: Vann og kloakk

1953 • 14 min • Norway

Water is very important for Oslo, both for business and private individuals. Where the water comes from, and what happens to it, are shown in this film. Both the city's water supply and sewage system are presented as well.

Mina de Vanghel

1953 • 47 min • France

A romantic German girl is brought to France. After an interlude with an old roue, she falls in love with a simple, but married, man. She goes to work for him as a servant, but after a night of love with him, she commits suicide.

The Monster

1953 • 3 min • United States of America

Two scientists awake an creature in their private laboratory.

I'll Sell My Shirt

1953 • 10 min • United States of America

A short burlesque act with comedians and strippers, shot in 3D

Oslofilm: Friluftsskulptur i Oslo

1953 • 12 min • Norway

Here, on a continuous basis, the city's sculptures are displayed, while a narrator tells us everything we need to know about it.

Oss Oss Wee Oss

1953 • 12 min • United Kingdom

Padstow, a fishing village on the coast of Cornwall, celebrates May Day with an ancient custom: two osses (hobby-horses) dance through the town streets accompanied by drums and accordions. All Padstownians participate in the event, which has now become a tourist attraction drawing over tens of thousands of annual visitors. Folklorists Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy and filmmaker George Pickow collected footage at the festival in 1951, producing a pioneering work in the use of sound, low-light photography, and conversational presentation of narrative. A favorite of Margaret Mead, who used it in her classes, the film circulated widely and continues to have influence today, especially in the neo-Pagan community.

Ein Mann wirbt für sein Volk

1953 • 30 min • Germany

Chancellor Adenauer is accompanied on a tour of the United States and Canada.

Oslofilm: Jordal Amfi

1953 • 8 min • Norway

Jordal Amfi was an indoor ice hockey stadium that was built in Oslo, to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. This film shows how the arena was being prepared, to it was finished and opened in 1951 for said Olympics.

Rex Newman

1953 • 30 min

Rex Newman, Reporter for the Globe and News.

From Time to Time

1953 • 20 min • Ireland

A young woman on a bike ride suffers a head injury and is transported back in time to an event which occurred on the same spot years before during the Irish War of Independence when an informer was captured by the IRA.

Betty's Hat Dance

1953 • 3 min

Betty Page dances in a hat.

Su obra de amor

1953 • 6 min • Argentina

Institutional documentary short film made in 1953 by the Pan-American Newscast of the Argentina Sono Film company, under the direction of Carlos Borcosque for the Eva Perón Foundation on the 5th anniversary of its creation.

Lumière, la naissance du cinéma

1953 • 30 min

Pittori di provincia (I Macchiaioli)

1953 • 7 min • Italy

Documentary on the 'Macchiaioli', a painting school developed in the second half of the nineteenth century.