All Films

Head in Shadow

1952 • 19 min • United Kingdom

A highly impressionistic film in which a blind man (Lacey) drifts through the war-damaged streets of Camden and Islington.

Oslofilm: Renholdsverket

1952 • 14 min • Norway

Oslo has its own sanitation. This film shows what tasks workers in the sanitation have.

Thar She Blows!

1952 • 20 min • United States of America

Thar She Blows! is a 1952 short documentary directed by Richard Statile, composed of color footage of a whale hunt, filmed in a five month period near Antarctica. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.

Thundering Caravans

1952 • 54 min • United States of America

Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose ore wagons are disappearing and the newspaper editor for not catching the outlaws. But the editor is actually the leader of the gang and with the election forthcoming, she has a plan to make the Sheriff look bad so her son will be elected Sheriff thereby making it easy for them to continue with their robberies.

The Open Window

1952 • 18 min • Belgium

One of the first European films commissioned by the countries that signes the Brussels treaty and filmed in the museums of Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Ghent and The Hague. The film shows, by means of 59 works of art, how painting discovered the landscape once it left the strictly religious context behind. Henri storck wrote, "We have tried to eliminate the artificiality of filming. We have tried to hide the camera in order to immerse the audience in the world of the painting and the landscape that it depicts. We want the viewer to discover the feeling of nature for himself, through the artists.... It is not our ambition to make a critical or informative work." This iconic journey from Bosch to Manet and Turner is accompanied by music by Georges Auric.

Animated Genesis

1952 • 22 min • United Kingdom

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

The Foggy, Foggy Dew

1952 • 30 min

From Lux Video Theater

Hotsy Footsy

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

Magoo's at a Rutgers alumni dance and winds up squaring off with a pro wrestler at the arena across the alley, thinking he's dancing with the wife of an old friend.

A Fool and His Honey

1952 • 16 min • United States of America

Wally suspects Eddie of having more than a friendly interest in Wally's wife, and his suspicions, he thinks, are confirmed when he finds Eddie in his apartment. Eddie has a logical reason for being there, but Wally won't listen and the chase is on.

Caballero Droopy

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

Droopy is on his way to woo his lovely señorita when he is waylayed by Slick the Wolf intent on winning the fair lass. But Slick wasn't counting on Droopy's uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time.

Nakdong River

1952 • 45 min • South Korea

After graduating from university, Il-ryeong goes back to his hometown, a small village beside the Nakdong River. Ok-nam is his lover and a teacher in his hometown. He cooperates with her in order to enlighten the people and to improve the village. Nakdong River is, along with The Street of Sun (1952) and A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (1951), one of the important films made during the Korean War that the Korean Film Archive has rediscovered and made available to the public.

Study I Awakening

1952 • 6 min • Sweden

The day begins for an avant-garde artist. We see him waking up amid empty bottles, easels, and silk stockings.

Pig-a-Boo

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Casper befriends Junior Pig and confronts the Wolf.

H.C. Andersens sagor

1952 • 46 min • Sweden

It's evening and mother Alice read bedtime stories for her three children.

More Than Meets the Eye

1952 • 14 min

Promotional film extoling the virutes of radio advertising, even in a new era of televison.

The Papermakers

1952 • 32 min • United Kingdom

A brief history of paper followed by a look at the manufacturing process in a paper mill in Markinch, Scotland.

Paradise for Buster

1952 • 37 min • United States of America

Buster leaves his job after learning that he inherited a farm from an old relative.

Fit to Be Tied

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Jerry removes a tack from Spike's paw. In gratitude, Spike gives Jerry a bell to ring when he's in trouble.

Image in the Snow

1952 • 26 min • United States of America

A young male protagonist dreams of a muscleman hero, a black dancer, and a princess who gives him a magic urn. When he wakes he rejects his mother (Menken) and wanders the cold streets, where he finds his dream characters corrupted or dying.

Cruise Cat

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom is the official cat on the cruise ship S.S. Aloha, but he'll be kicked off if the captain finds even one mouse. That one, of course, is Jerry, who sneaks on board just before sailing.

Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

A live action pageant of mechanical toys, animals, puppets, cars, lead soldiers, and dolls—all set in motion. Toy buildings and photographic or painted images of city streets serve as backdrops. Festive elements from circuses, carnivals, and holiday parades are combined into an exuberant procession set to the music of John Philip Sousa. As the film ends, and the last puppet looks up at the sky, a red balloon drifts upward and the music fades out. 
Edinburgh International Film Festival award winner, 1954.

The Dog House

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

Spike is building the doghouse of his dreams. However, Tom chases Jerry through the chassis of the house and also pulls a board off it to attack the mouse with. When Jerry perches on Spike's head, even lying on top of his dream house does not stop it from being smashed. Tom bolts, but Spike stomps on his tail, then dusts himself off and wrenches the cat facing in his direction. He issues Tom an ultimatum: leave his dream house alone or suffer the consequences ("Wait a minute pussycat! Ever since I was a pup I've wanted a place of my own and I still want it! But if one thing happens to my little dreamhouse...there's goin' to be moider!").

Father's Lion

1952 • 6 min

George Geef takes his son camping. His son thinks he sees lions everywhere; George can't see them even when they are right next to him. Lucky for George, his son's got his trusty pop-gun.

Love Moods

1952 • 16 min • United States of America

Reclining on her chaise lounge in a see-through robe, Lili St. Cyr decides she needs a bubble bath. In a gilded tub fit for Marie Antoinette, she bares all that the law will allow. Then she squeezes into an evening gown and mink coat to paint the town red.