All Films

Glasgow Orpheus Choir

1951 • 13 min • United Kingdom

Short about the titular choir, made after the announcement of the retirement of the choir's conductor, Sir Hugh Roberton

Around Is Around

1951 • 10 min • United Kingdom, Canada

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

The Mazovia

1951 • 27 min • Poland

A treasure of Polish culture. A concert film that presents the performance of Mazowsze Song and Dance Ensemble recorded at its headquarters – the palace in Karolina (a part of the village of Otrębusy near Warsaw). The repertoire includes: Bandoska, Kukułeczka, Pod borem and dances such as: oberek, olender.

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951 • 60 min • United States of America

The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.

On the Steppe

1951 • 44 min • Soviet Union

Pioneer Seryozha Emelyanov, who had never been to the steppe before, comes with his father, a chauffeur, for the harvest. The boy's preconceived ideas about farm life being terribly boring, change into love for nature.

Destination Nowa Huta!

1951 • 12 min • Poland

This documentary describes the process of building and the first days of the combine and the city of Nowa Huta. Andrzej Munk realizes the postulates of socialist realism decreed in Polish cinematography in 1949.

A Hound for Trouble

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Kicked off the boat in Italy, Charlie forces himself upon a pizzeria owner. Donning his best Italian accent and garb, Charlie sets to work as a waiter, astonishing and horrifying the customers with his barefoot grape-stomping and musical rendition of "Atsa Matta for You?"

Now Is the Time

1951 • 3 min • United Kingdom, Canada

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Cock-a-Doodle Dog

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

Collection of classic Tex Avery visual gags, set up as a battle between a sleep-deprived bulldog who just wants some shut-eye and a rooster driven by his natural instincts to crow all night long.

Nature's Half Acre

1951 • 33 min • United States of America

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures. Released theatrically alongside Alice In Wonderland.

Border Fence

1951 • 59 min • United States of America

Produced in Arizona, this very low-budget Western starred Walter Wayne as a law-abiding citizen helping to get his neighbor (Steve Raines) out of the hoosegow. The latter, however, repays the gesture by giving shelter to Lee Morgan and his gang of rustlers.

Injun Trouble

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 May 1951.

The Wonder Gloves

1951 • 6 min • United States of America

Uncle George is showing Little Johnny, his nephew, the pair of boxing gloves he claims enabled him, when he was the janitor at a training-gym, to beat up the bullying prizefighting champion. Little Johnny scoffs at the tale until the 'wonder gloves' gives him a spanking.

The Heart of the Brave

1951 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Indiga needs to overcome her fears in order to save her brother.

Going Steady?

1951 • 10 min

In the 1950s, Jeff and Marie ponder "going steady." What it means, whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and whether or not they've actually been doing it for some time without realizing it.

Chicken in the Rough

1951 • 7 min • United States of America

Chip 'n' Dale wander into a farmyard to collect acorns. Dale mistakes an egg for a nut, but when he tries to demonstrate to a newly hatched chick how to get back into the egg, a rooster mistakes him for one of his chicks.

Man on the Land

1951 • 15 min • United States of America

Oil Industry PR film from UPA. The story of man's conquest of the soil through the ages with background of narration and ballads. Starts with prehistoric times and ends in the present, showing how oil-powered machines have banished the threat of famine.

The Merry Circus

1951 • 12 min • Czechoslovakia

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.

Heart of the Rockies

1951 • 56 min • United States of America

Roy is put in charge of a highway construction project. A rancher tries to stop Roy from putting a highway across his land because he fears that the authorities are going to discover the unscrupulous manner in which he got it.

Not Everyone Sleeps at Night

1951 • 14 min • Yugoslavia

Not everyone sleeps at night in Zagreb. An exploration of various night-time jobs.

Let's Go Crazy

1951 • 33 min • United Kingdom

Let's Go Crazy is a 1951 comedy film marking an early appearance of Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers playing multiple roles.

Mary's Birthday

1951 • 10 min • United Kingdom

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs.

Night Riders of Montana

1951 • 60 min • United States of America

After being hit by rustlers, a group of Montana ranchers asks the governor to send state rangers for protection. State Ranger Rocky Lane becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a gang of horse rustlers and a young rancher who is blamed falsely for a killing. Lane helps uncover the real killers and unmasks the ringleader of the rustlers.

Gold Raiders

1951 • 56 min • United States of America

The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.