All Films

Tomas and the Huks

1952 • 12 min • United States of America, Philippines

"This film tells the story of Tomas, a young boy living in the Philippines who becomes a Hukbalahap, or "Huk" — a member of a communist guerrilla movement formed by Filipino peasant farmers, originally to resist the Japanese Army. After Tomas helps a farmer reload his overturned rice cart, he is targeted by the communist Huks for recruitment to their cause. The Huks indoctrinate Tomas, talking to him for hours until he decides to leave his home and join them. The Huks send Tomas to speak with the farmer about sharing his rice, but this turns out to be a diversion. When the farmer stands up for his rights, one of the Huks stabs him with a machete and takes his rice. As the film ends, Tomas realizes that he has become a murderer and will be trapped in a miserable existence as a Huk forever. The film is presented in the form of a puppet show" (US National Archives).

Form Phases I

1952 • 2 min • United States of America

Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film Archive

Devil Take Us

1952 • 21 min • United States of America

A motorcycle cop buys a used car to take his family on vacation to the East Coast. Minor car trouble along the way causes him to meet first a reckless driver, and then a highway patrolman who shares stories of bad drivers with him. Various dangers of careless driving - both fictional and real - are depicted as the patrolman continues on the job, later crossing paths with the reckless driver again. When the police officer makes the return trip from his vacation, he finds that the situation has changed in a surprising way.

Our Magazine No. 4

1952 • 10 min • United Kingdom

A Saturday matinee cine-magazine for the boys and girls' cinema clubs. Sections include, Look Out!, Making Iron in Africa, Great Danes, and Wild West in Britain.

Skipper Learns A Lesson

1952 • 10 min

Susan, a little white girl, moves into a racially mixed neighborhood. Soon some of the local kids come over and ask her to play with them. She does, but her dog, Skipper, will have nothing to do with such funny-looking children (he says, via the narrator). Soon, however, Skipper accidentally gets some paint spilled on him, and the neighborhood dogs attack him, as they don't want somebody who's "funny looking" in their neighborhood, either. Skipper realizes that his intolerant attitude toward the children was just as bad as his fellow dogs' attitude toward him, and vows to change his ways.

Every Evening at 8 O'Clock

1952 • 10 min • Norway

Theater and concert are offered in Oslo a fall night. For the evening, Norwegian actors go to work and prepare for the performance.

La Femme au portrait

1952 • 14 min

A couple brings home a painting of a flamenco dancer . At night the young woman gets out of the painting. And this is the beginning of a great orgy .

Ranting Kid

1952 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated film about a kid goat who ignores his mother's advice and runs away from home. But he has no idea that a wolf is about to find him and eat him! At the very last minute, the kid goat's mother learns of the wolf's intentions and asks a brave dog for help. Will they manage to save the kid goat?

Mark Tobey

1952 • 18 min

This short documentary was made while the painter lived in Seattle, Washington, early in the 1950s. It is only the second film made by Robert Gardner and tries to show in cinematic language how this man looked at the world; Mark Tobey himself both performs and is observed. A unique film in the Gardner ouvre, the film not only presents an experimental portrait of Tobey but serves as a window into the American art, avant garde film and poetic movements of this period.

Oskar Kulicke und der Pazifist

1952 • 3 min • East Germany

Anti-pacifist propaganda short produced by the FDJ section in Berlin.

Caravan

1952 • 4 min • United States of America

Experimental short by Jordan Belson.

Brasil - FEB na Itália

1952 • 19 min • Brazil

The brazilian military campaign in Italy during the Second World War.

The Water We Drink

1952 • 10 min

Two brothers are educated about water purity and municipal waterworks.

Opuscula

1952 • 5 min

Short by Franz Schömbs.

Greed

1952 • 35 min

A precious pearl necklace is stolen from a dying widow and repeatedly changes hands because many covet it, leaving behind a long trail of blood.

La pêche infernale

1952 • 2 min • France

Mish Mish, the egyptian cartoon star, is now Mimiche, a french beret wearing young boy.

Smoked

1952 • 1 min • France

An abstract animation made for Van der Elst.

Kitty Goes Fishing

1952 • 14 min • China

Kitten Miaomiao and Mimi are a pair of siblings with opposite personalities, one is hardworking and obedient, and the other is playful and lazy. When the sun came out, mother wanted them to get up, and Miaomiao got up, but Mimi had to stay in bed.

The Diesel Story

1952 • 18 min • United States of America

A movie by the Shell Oil Company traces the history of the development of the diesel engine from the Otto 'SILENT' gas engine of 1877.

The History of the Helicopter

1952 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951.

Nascita Di Un Quadro

1952 • 8 min

Experimental film by Gianni Bertini.

Going Places

1952 • 15 min • United States of America

An Academy Productions documentary on public transport in 1952.

Let's Draw With Crayons

1952 • 10 min • United States of America

Shows how to use and care for crayons and some of the crayon techniques. Explains creative drawing, poster making, imprinting a design on cloth and other crafts.

High School: Your Challenge

1952 • 9 min • United States of America

Explains the importance of a high school education and the advantages of taking part in extracurricular activities. Designed to combat drop-out problems.