All Films

Little Beau Pepé

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

After driving the Foreign Legionnaires from their fort with his aroma, lovesick skunk Pepe falls for the camp mascot, a cat who's accidentally gotten a white stripe painted down her back.

Woman in the Dark

1952 • 60 min • United States of America

A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) brother take part in a jewel heist.

Two Chips and a Miss

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Chip 'n Dale pretend not to care about nightclubs, but both sneak out to the Acorn Club after pretending to fall asleep, to meet Clarice. They fight over her, pausing to catch her stage show. Chip plays the piano; Dale the bass. She manages not to choose...

The Million Dollar Nickel

1952 • 10 min • United States of America

Short subject anti-communist 'documentary' in which foreign-born movie stars such as Leslie Caron and Ricardo Montalban urge the audience (in their native tongues, subtitled) to write letters home speaking of how wonderful life in the United States is.

Pretoria to Durban

1952 • 9 min • United States of America

This Traveltalk series short gives a glimpse into South African history, albeit from a white person's viewpoint. South Africa is a union of four separate states: the Transvaal, the Orange Free State, Natal, and the Cape Provence.

Validoob - Fell Oak

1952 • 20 min • Soviet Union

A young man out of parental care is messing around in nearby villages.

Plan for Coal

1952 • 19 min

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

Ghost of the Town

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

In this pun-title cartoon (from Toast of the Town) Casper, the friendly ghost, is banished from Ghost Town/Heaven/Territory, because he refuses to frighten living people.

The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus

1952 • 60 min

The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

Hello Aloha

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

In the city, Goofy finds his daily job much too stressful so he decides to leave this hustle and bustle for a more peaceful life in the tropics. He finds life there most enjoyable collecting shells from the beach, making a hut in which to live, getting back to nature, and even joining in the big luau feast (with meals such as shark fin soup). Yes, Goofy thinks nothing can go wrong in this paradise...until the natives need to sacrifice someone to their volcano.

Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

1952 • 15 min • United States of America

A satirization of the Oscar winning film A Street Car Named Desire (1951). Larry mimics Brando in the story which takes place on a train car named Schmow. The most controversial Stooge short. While it is considered by some to be the most daring, contemporary and innovative of all Stooge shorts, others contend it is the worst Stooge short ever made.

14 Carrot Rabbit

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Yosemite Sam (as Chilikoot Sam) tries unsuccessfully to steal gold from Bugs Bunny during the Yukon gold rush.

The Turn-Tale Wolf

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

The Big Bad Wolf's proper little nephew has learned at school that his uncle was the fiend who blew the Three Little Pigs' houses down and is ashamed that his uncle could have committed such a deed, so his uncle tells him what REALLY happened.

Little Runaway

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

A baby seal escapes from the circus and ends up in Jerry's backyard pool. Tom finds out soon enough, and when the circus offers a $10,000 reward, his goal is clear.

Vows

1952 • 42 min • Poland

A poetic piece of reportage focusing on a convention of young shock workers in Warsaw. The climax of the event was the solemn oath of the youth of the Polish People's Republic. It took place on the 22nd of July 1952 – the day of the adoption of the constitution of the Polish People's Republic.

Vara eller inte vara

1952 • 15 min

"Be Or Not To Be" - The devil and his grandmother pose a problem for humanity by making it forget the word "wholesale". Chaos arises until a newspaper editor remembers the word.

Push-Button Kitty

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Tom's being especially lazy, which makes it even easier for Mammy to toss him out when her new mouse-catching robot cat, Mechano, arrives. Mechano is frighteningly efficient, foiling several attempts by Jerry. Jerry turns this efficiency against him by unleashing several mechanical mice; the zealous robot makes a shambles of the house, and finally itself, in the process of chasing them down. Tom is welcomed back, but at the last moment, a key part of the robot had gone down Tom's throat; Jerry activates it, and sends Tom chasing after one of the wind-up mice.

Lismer

1952 • 19 min • Canada

A short look at the world of artist Arthur Lismer.

Smitten Kitten

1952 • 8 min • United States of America

Tom's in love again, and Jerry's devil conscience reminds him of times this has happened in the past (which, of course, we see, in the form of clips from earlier shorts), and how that's been nothing but trouble for Jerry.

Terrier-Stricken

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Frisky Puppy's sudden barking and playful antics send Claude Cat on wild rides through their house, down the chimney, in and out of faucets, out the door, and eventually diving into an empty swimming pool.

Feast and Furious

1952 • 6 min • United States of America

Katnip, the hungry Kat, thinks Finny, the little goldfish, would make a good meal but all his strong-arm methods to capture Finny fail. Katnip cats a worm-baited hook into the fishbowl, but Finny puts on a napkin and eats the bait with a knife-and-fork. The cat-vs.-fish chase continues until Finny ends up in a bottle of wine, and Katnip quickly drinks the contents of the bottle, including little Finny. Katnip burps up Finny, and both the cat and fish end up as intoxicated buddies.

Who's Kitten Who?

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

A baby kangaroo, Hippety Hopper, breaks free from a crate at the Zoo Office and hops into the house of Sylvester Cat and his son, Junior. They mistake Hippety for a giant mouse, and Sylvester is pummelled again and again by the playful kangaroo, causing Junior to put a paper bag over his head in shame for his father.

Y la Argentina detuvo su corazón

1952 • 19 min • Argentina

Documentary depicting the funeral of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón in 1952.

Our Life and Water

1952 • 20 min • Japan

An educative film about the water supply and watersystems in small towns and villages in Japan. It captures the unsanitary and inconvenient lifestyles without water supply through examples from various places, and shows how life can be brighter if a small but managed water supply is installed. The first film directed by Susumu Hani, produced under the auspices of the Ministry of Health.