All Films

Visual documentary about mountains, filmed in Alberta's Canadian Rockies.

Battered Warsaw is getting back to life after the WW2 destruction. The ruins of the Old Town become homes once again.

On the role of cotton in the national economy.

Film on the movement of material from the Chicago and Northwestern System.

In a gym, a girl is pulling some pulleys, to gain arm strength, while three men and three girls watch a judo demonstration in the middle of the room. A girl wearing a sweater and shorts applies a succession of holds to a young man in a sleeveless undershirt and a black trunks: over the shoulder projection, arm lock, over the hip projection, sideways headlock and knee to the face, sacrifice fall followed by school-girl pin, kidney punching followed by a groin kick, sideways kick to the knee and arm-lock, eye-gouge and kick to the ribs, attack to both legs with arms and legs, arm-lock and tripping followed by a leg blow to the throat, disarming a knife attack from above, and then an up-thrust with the knife, disarming a revolver menace from the back, usage of a leather belt to strangle and throw an attacker, usage of hair holds for control and throw of the opponent, and KO punching. The man simulates different forms of attack and stands gamely every time - except the last.

How young children must behave to avoid transmitting germs to one another.

Midsummer celebration with dance and courtship in the idyllic Swedish landscape.

Salesmanship and psychology instruction for gun dealers.

Visiting the fairyland with King Tingeling. There is a guard parade and the king plays with fun things and eats a lot of cakes. Finally, there are party fireworks.

A walk through Dyrehaven near Copenhagen, full of lyrical and humorous details, which give an impression of typical Danish summer life and of Danish landscapes. The film is based on Knud Åge Riisager's piece "Summer Rhapsody" played by the Radio Orchestra with Erik Tuxen as conductor.

This outstanding cartoon successfully combines a social message with unique color animation, provocative commentary and a distinguished musical score.

A Soundie featuring Noble Sissle and His Orchestra with Mabel Lee.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

Adventures on a fishing boat as told by two young boys who experience what it takes to be a fisherman at sea.

Billy Martin, whose band is rebelling against him for lack of paying gigs, scores an important audition with Joe Corwin, who is opening a new club and needs a premier act.

A love story grows between Aliya and Eesaam, as Aliya is drawn to Eesaam and keeps her love secret. Eesaam reciprocates the same feelings, with members of the tribe recognizing the virtues of each and their personalities, deepening their love. However, the feud between the two tribes stands as an obstacle to their love. Will they be able to overcome it?

A 16mm dance film featuring the Katherine Dunham Company.

A documentary showing the purchase of grain from the 1947 harvest along with an overview of the achievements in other areas of the economy in the People's Republic of Macedonia.

A film on mountain-climbing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. Glenn Exum, Virginia Garner, and Paul Petzoldt demonstrate mountaineering techniques and equipment. They reach the peak, shake hands, and rappel and glissade to base of mountain.

This movie was the brain-child of S.W. Boggs, the U.S. Department of State’s official geographer (1927-1954). Graphic artist Boris Artzybasheff was allegedly recruited as a consultant for the effort, according to Timothy Barney, Mapping the Cold War: Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power, 2015. Unfortunately, the creative ideas Boggs described below - using aliens and spaceships - never made it into the movie. Instead, the movie is a relatively straight-forward animated map movie with a theme of growing globalization.

United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film deals with modern techniques of physiotherapy, and the need to develop the whole child - his emotions and his mind as well as his muscles - is stressed. Skilled adult workers offer not only massage and therapy, but also love and understanding, and occupational therapy for children and takes the form of both play and work. Movements learned become part of the daily jobs of feeding and dressing. Early attempts to walk are made with the help of apparatus. Finally the initially hesitant steps on his own are taken. As the film ends the boy walks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

A musical short filmed in Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park. Produced by the Arizona Motion Picture Corporation. Sound of the music is lost.

Describes the making of a puppet in detail from the carving of the head to the fitting of the strings. Close-ups show how the movements of the various limbs are achieved and finally the film portrays a brief episode in the story of Hansel and Gretel.

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