1958 Movies

Pure color forms float lyrically across the screen in this abstract film exercise to the music of Greensleeves.

Dramatizes the work of the Department of Health in dealing with unsanitary living conditions, accidents, contagious disease and the danger of contamin...

An ode to the early days of animation, in which the animators interact with their animations.

This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and take...

Set in 1950s American suburbia, this episodic comedy follows a tight-knit Estonian diaspora community preparing to celebrate their local sauna's 100th...

Half-lenght film about an educational experience. This is the only documentary from Iturralde that is preserved completed.

Children watch Siamese fighting fish and the Egyptian mouth breeder in aquariums. They witness the reproductive processes of these fish.

A profile of physically handicapped adults in various productive jobs at the Hughes Aircraft Company in California.

This Jam Handy-produced short goes through every conceivable way a human being could hurt themselves. Presented in the Interest of Safe Living and Edu...

Depicts a primary-grade youngster who becomes willing to work with numbers after he spends a day without numbers. Emphasizes the many daily uses for n...

"Hey kids! What time is it?" Here are four episodes from the classic children's TV show featuring Howdy, Buffalo Bob Smith and Clarabell (Bob Keeshan)...

The journey of a young Frenchman in the highlands and forest valleys of Ecuador and Bolivia.

Droopy Classic Cartoon (Platinum Collection 1943-1958)

The 14th Dalai Lama during his final Geshe (Doctor of Divinity) examinations in Lhasa, Tibet which took place from the summer of 1958 to February 1959...

Short film on Donosti (Basque country)

Introducing the giant four-track tape cartridge, an obsolete consumer recording format that survived for eight years.

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Varied colors and patterns created on an optical projector.