All Films

Two Weeks Vacation

1952 • 6 min

After several long days at work, Goofy finally takes a much needed vacation. However, his trip never quite gets off the ground mainly because he spends most of it stuck behind a slow moving trailer. When he gets a flat tire, the mechanic inspects every part of his car except the tire. The only motel he can find is a little shack too close to a railroad track. On the road once more, he gets stuck behind said trailer again only to pass it and discover no one is driving it.

The Owl And The Pussycat

1952 • 6 min • United Kingdom

A short animation based on the Edward Lear poem

Black Hills Ambush

1952 • 53 min • United States of America

U.S. Marshal Rocky Lane arrives to help his friend Nugget whose shipments are being robbed. Learning the gang only goes for incoming shipments, he figures they are repacking the loot and having Nugget ship it out. So he hijacks the next outgoing shipment finding a box labeled tools contains gold bars. Then posing as an outlaw he makes a deal with the gang hoping to round them up. But the boss learns he is a Marshal and he is made a prisoner.

Pioneerism No. 3

1952 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The newsreel "Pioneerism" is dedicated to the theme of youth and childhood.

The Yellow Haired Kid

1952 • 52 min • United States of America

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.

The Figurehead

1952 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.

The Riddle of Robin Hood

1952 • 15 min • United States of America

Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.

Cage Fright

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Casper, the friendly ghost, likes people but people are afraid of him. So Casper goes to the zoo looking for a friend, which he quickly makes with a baby elephant, and, together, they go out playing in the night.

Land of the Long Day

1952 • 37 min • Canada

This short documentary journeys to Baffin Island. For four months in the summer, the Arctic has continuous daylight. During this time, provisions must be made for the long dark winter ahead. Idlouk, an Inuit hunter, recounts his experiences living in this northern land, where he hunts seal, walrus, whales and polar bears, among other animals. His wife, children and elderly parents each have their own work to do in their unending struggle to survive in this harsh land.

The Lady and the Rocket

1952 • 39 min • United States of America

Romance, music, and 1952 Oldsmobiles.

Man Alive!

1952 • 12 min

This Oscar-nominated documentary short is from the American Cancer Society. Ed ignores his car problems and then fixes it without using a good mechanic. He also ignores stomach problems. Will he go to a doctor? Is it cancer?

How to Be a Detective

1952 • 7 min

Goofy is "Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye" who gets mixed up in a surreal whodunnit involving a classy dame, a cop, weasels, and the mysterious missing Al.

Hôtel des Invalides

1952 • 23 min

A tour of the Hotel des Invalides, and more particularly of the Army Museum and the Saint Louis Chapel. From François I's armor to Guynemer's airplane, to Napoleon's and Marshall Foch's tombs. But this is no ordinary tour,it is rather a chilling visit guided by Georges Franju and narrated by Michel Simon emphasizing - at times through biting humor -not the glory but the nonsense of wars, but their tragic aftermath.

Audrey Hepburn Test

1952 • 6 min • United Kingdom

These are probably the earliest colour pictures of Audrey Hepburn, seen here in three different screen-test situations, playing an assistant in a draper's shop. Although she had already appeared in a small number of films, these tests were taken before she went to Hollywood and rocketed to fame in Roman Holiday. Her personality shines through, even though we cannot hear her voice.

A Missed Fortune

1952 • 17 min • United States of America

Shemp wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente where they live it up and wreck their fancy suite. While they wait for the prize money to arrive, the boys are pursued by three gold-digging dames after their winnings. When the check arrives however, it's only for $4.85 after tax deductions.

Peasant Diaries

1952 • 13 min • Poland

A film meant to show what people were told to believe about the wonderful lives that Polish peasants led in post-war Poland.

Swimmer Take All

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Popeye and Bluto are in a swimming race across the English Channel. As usual, Bluto has a million ways to cheat, and Popeye overcomes all of them to win. Some of the bits: Popeye's suit is connected to a fish hook; the fish unravels it and Popeye knits it back together. Bluto is on a raft and blows sneezing powder at Popeye. Bluto attaches a magnet to Popeye which attracts a mine (which ends up blowing Popeye much closer to the line). Bluto dumps a load of cement on Popeye.

Train Time

1952 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A short documentary about the transportation of goods and livestock by train around the UK.

Sarmiko

1952 • 20 min • Soviet Union

The story of a brave Chukchi boy Sarmiko which was carried away on an ice floe into the open sea.

So You Never Tell a Lie

1952 • 10 min • United States of America

When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.

Foxy by Proxy

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

Bugs is provoked by a pack of foxhounds and their hunters stampeding over his hole, so he gets out his Halloween costume from last year (a fox suit) and sets out to lead the dogs on a merry chase. The stupidest of the dogs, whose objective is to cut a fox's tail off, becomes his main victim; Bugs tricks him into chasing a train instead. He eventually tricks the dog pack into running off a cliff, but the stupid dog ends up with Bugs' tail.

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

1952 • 59 min • Japan

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.

10,000 Horses Singing

1952 • 60 min

James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has been stowed there.

The Happy Cobblers

1952 • 7 min • United States of America

In a little village in a far-away mythical country lives an old cobble and his dog. The old man can no longer make good shoes and they have fallen upon hard times until, one night, the dog hears noise in the workshop. He finds a band of merry elves making a beautiful pair of shoes. The cobbler believes his dog made them and spreads the news. The King hears about it and orders the cobble to have the dog make 500 pairs of shoes, as the King is as fond of shoes as a former first lady of the Philippines was. The elves come to the rescue, make the shoes, and the shoe-loving King is highly pleased and makes the old cobbler a rich man.