All Films

World Assembly of Youth

1952 • 34 min • United States of America

World Assembly of Youth is a documentary film released on July 1, 1952, by the Young Adult Council, a member of the World Assembly of Youth. The film was produced by News of the Day, formerly known as Hearst Metrotone News. The film has supposed links to Stanley Kubrick.

Early Human Fetal Activity

1952 • 17 min

A selection of cineradiography films from a physiological study which show characteristic reflex activity in response to 'tactile' stimulation using a probe from six human foetuses.

Tolmin Avalanches

1952 • 10 min • Yugoslavia

White jeopardy. Avalanche buried the village of Borjane and caused its inhabitants inestimable damage.

USSR Air Fleet Day

1952 • 47 min • Soviet Union

A documentary about the aviation holiday in Tushino on July 27, 1952.

London to Brighton in Four Minutes

1952 • 4 min • United Kingdom

London to Brighton in Four Minutes is a short film produced by the BBC Film Unit. The camera was manually undercranked to produce a 'fast-motion' film-- the journey lasted only four minutes instead of the actual time the trip took, around an hour.

Captains Outrageous

1952 • 7 min

The near-sighted, and obviously rich, Mr. MaGoo and his nephew, Waldo, set sail on their well-rigged boat to catch Mighty Moe, the elusive giant marlin. Walso falls overboard and Magoo rescues a seal by mistake. Thinking he is giving brandy to Waldo, Magoo serves the seal with cod-liver oil, making the seal very happy. MaGoon ties the cod-liver oil to the anchor, sinks it and promptly catches Mighty Moe. He then sails for port with his prize catch, leaving Waldo, at sea, hanging onto a buoy.

The Garden Spider

1952 • 10 min

A close-up study of a spider at work.

Stable Rivals

1952 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Competition between Dick, whose father runs a riding school, and expects to win the local gymkhana, and the baker's children who teach their van pony to jump.

Night Club

1952 • 55 min

This B&W film is set in the early 1950s. It is about a father who fears his son is involved with an untrustworthy women. His fears are confirmed when he brings in a private investigator. It ends with a twist.

Romanian Farmer

1952 • 6 min • Romania

Brightest Night

1952 • 15 min

Using their own nativity scene, a mother and father tell their children the story of Jesus' birth.

Curious George Rides a Bike

1952 • 16 min • United States of America

Fan of the ingenious little monkey will not be disappointed as he embarks on a wild series of adventures in a traveling circus.

The Toymaker

1952 • 14 min

A Toymaker uses puppets to teach unity.

L'Invention du monde

1952 • 25 min

Reflection on myths.

Our Community

1952 • 12 min

Illustrates the interdependence of people in a community by showing shared community functions and services.

The Black Swan

1952 • 13 min

An early 3D ballet short from UK

Backfire

1952 • 15 min

Discusses the question--should a man receive reward according to his endeavor or was Karl Marx right in his theory of "From each according to his ability and to each according to his need".

Canadian Headlines of 1952

1952 • 11 min • Canada

Canadian Headlines from 1952

Japanese Bride in America

1952 • 31 min • United States of America

This United States Army film tells the story of a Japanese woman who marries an American serviceman and moves with him to the United States.

Peace Race 1952

1952 • 50 min • East Germany, Poland

This colour documentary reports about the 5th international peace journey which took place from 30 April to 13 May 1952 and in which 94 drivers from 16 nations took part. Twelve individual stages from Warsaw via Berlin to Prague had to be mastered. The total length was 2135 kilometres, and for the first time the Peace Journey was also held on GDR soil. The individual stages are reported with gripping film shots, short portraits of the cities and regions complete the itinerary. Exciting duels, crashes, winners, but also enthusiastic spectators and cheering workers at the roadsides show the sport from different perspectives. Intermediate cuts and reviews of the expansion and reconstruction of the cities of Warsaw, Berlin and Dresden are also part of this documentary film, as is a critical report on Bloody Sunday in Essen and the police's action against opponents of rearmament in West Germany.

Triangeldrama

1952 • 3 min • Sweden

A film about the sculpture "Belt Buckles" by J.P. Molin.

Anywhere – In Our Time

1952 • 12 min • Germany

This experimental short film was made as part of a film workshop at the University of Munich and premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1952. The plot focuses on a young painter who, absorbed in his own thoughts, is unable to communicate with those around him.

Gazell Club

1952 • 14 min

An evening at the jazz club Gazell in Stockholm. The place to be for the young jazz loving crowd.

Say Abracadabra

1952 • 28 min • United Kingdom

Enter The Magic Circle and enjoy a spectacular show with performances from a brilliant selection of professional magicians circa 1952.