All Films

Galashiels and Braw Lads' Gathering

1951 • 8 min • United Kingdom

A big day in the Scottish Borders is captured with astonishing clarity in this remarkable film commissioned by the local cinema.

The Clean Look

1951 • 27 min • United States of America

Good-grooming film for women that was funded by the meatpacking and consumer products giant to showcase the company's Dial soap. The Clean Look teaches how to apply makeup, bathe, develop proper posture, apply shampoo, and comb one's hair.

Gre-No-Li, Nacka & Co.

1951 • 48 min • Sweden

Documentary showing the lives of the Swedish footballers who have moved to Italian clubs.

Destination Meat Ball

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

The cartoon opens with a line of people (including Woody) drooling at the window of a market butcher's shop (Buzz Buzzard). What ensues is a short series of gags about how Buzz dishonestly (and literally) "jacks" up all his prices. Since Woody is broke as usual, he sneaks in and gets thrown out by Buzz. On the way out, Woody collides with a bottle of invisible ink and turns partially invisible. Buzz can only see parts of Woody's body and thinks he's been dismembered, (this scene is actually kind of gruesome) so he sweeps him into a trap door to get rid of him. When Woody awakes, he realizes what is happening, and douses himself with the rest of the ink...

Old Market Square

1951 • 14 min • United Kingdom

A celebration of one of Britain's great civic squares. A ceaseless flow of buses and people crisscross the beating heart of the city.

Birthright

1951 • 51 min • United States of America

Chicken farmer John Lloyd learns the importance of blood tests when he gives his pregnant wife a dose of the clap after a one-night fling with a lonely waitress.

The Pottery at Ilza

1951 • 10 min • Poland

Andrzej Wajda's first movie looks at the pottery in the town of Iłża, Poland. Much of it shows the actual process of creating all the objects out of clay.

Return Of Teaser Girl

1951 • 3 min

Betty Page dances teasingly.

Newfoundland Scene

1951 • 45 min • Canada

A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.

Folksong Fantasy

1951 • 7 min • Canada

This short puppet animation gives life to 3 traditional folk songs: The Riddle Song, Who Killed Cock Robin? and The Cooper of Fife.

The Cockerel's Diamond Coin

1951 • 15 min • Hungary

The Roads of Quebec

1951 • 31 min • Canada

Documentary highlighting the importance of the province's road network which, in addition to allowing the population to enjoy beautiful hikes, is a considerable asset for commercial and industrial activities.

Tre tempi di cinema astratto

1951 • 11 min • Italy

Visual poem based on the analogical fusion of plastic musical rhythms and color on a single plane: the screen.

Money Talks!

1951 • 12 min • United States of America

An informative short about the importance of finance.

Double Trouble

1951 • 10 min • Australia

Can't find what you are looking for? All you have to do is ask. Such advice is not so straightforward when you can't speak the language. By 1951, Australian postwar migration programmes were geared to receiving large numbers of non-British migrants. Considerable efforts were made to overcome prejudice on the part of the predominantly British-derived community towards the newcomers. Double Trouble was an attempt to make the point with humour. Bob and Stan, two Aussie blokes, are magically transported to the streets of a foreign country, where their inability to communicate gets them into a tight spot. They discover that it's not easy being a foreigner in a strange land. The central message in this film is that Australia needs migrants so Australians should make them feel welcome and offer assistance, not complaints.

David

1951 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.

Soapy the Germ Fighter

1951 • 10 min • United States of America

Young Billy Martin has a vision of Soapy, a giant bar of soap, that teaches him the importance of being clean.

Flop Secret

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

Litle Rocquefort, the mouse named after a cheese, is reading a horror book to his cat pal. A Dr. Jekyll/Mr.Hyde-type character is mixing his evil potion, and needs the tail of a black cat and chooses the one on Roquefort's buddy. The mouse comes to his rescue, and when Dr. Silvana ropes the cat's tail, Roquefort uses his tail to make an electrical short-circuit. After a few more harrowing chases, the mouse finally rescues the cat. The cat's finale act if to make Little Roquefort eat the book.

Nous, les Gitans

1951 • 25 min • France

Alberto Spadolini, filmmaker and choreographer, dances to traditional Andalusian music. He pays tribute to the gypsy culture.

Rural Youth

1951 • 30 min • Canada

This film, with an autobiographical flavor, was shot in part on the very premises where Father Proulx grew up and highlights the importance of agriculture and the very special attention given to rural youth in the from the Government of Quebec. The farm and its little world are presented during the four seasons: the introduction of children to agricultural work, the holidays, the return to school. From November to the end of April, the older ones take courses in the various agricultural schools scattered across Quebec. In addition to studying the methods of cultivation and breeding, they receive notions of carpentry, blacksmithing and other lessons likely to be useful in their future work as farmers. In the spring, the young girls go to secondary schools of agriculture to learn domestic art, beekeeping, weaving, sewing, etc.

American Harvest

1951 • 30 min • United States of America

Shows the interdependence of all workers, jobs, and mechanization in the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished product, focusing on the car industry, and argues that this leads to greater personal independence and freedom.

Silk Thread

1951 • 17 min • Yugoslavia

A documentary showing the cultivation and industrial processing of silk cocoons.

Hurly Burly

1951 • 38 min • United States of America

The opening title card of the viewed print film reads, Hurly Burly, A Star Studded Cavalcade of Burlesque, Glorified Burlesque, Glorified Burlesque;" the print contained no credits. Credits in the record were taken from a 24 Oct 1951 Exh review of the film. The viewed print may have been incomplete and several of the comedy routines may have previously appeared in other films. According to the New York State Archives, the film was 7,645 feet in length when it was released in New York state in 1952, however, the viewed print was just under 40 minutes.

The Gentleman in Room 6

1951 • 10 min

About a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.