1959 Movies

Once upon a time, there were three little red, yellow and white butterflies, and they always lived in harmony. One day, three little butterflies were...

A trip made by Gerson Tavares in 1949, when he was a painting student, accompanying the São Francisco River from the Northeast region to Southeast Bra...

Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.

This newsreel presents the one and only visit to Albania by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. But behind the bear hugs and airport kisses, Enver Hoxha...

A docu-almanac about British sports personalities.

A story about two brothers, one deep in the underworld with his gun, his fists, and his hate the other atop the world with his songs, his music, and h...

Several short stories, showing what would happen if Prometheus tried to bring the gift of fire to the mankind in 20th century?

Early 1950s Instructional film on how to use the Telephone and how it works.

Even in the second decade after its end, World War II is still claiming victims. Lives are lost and many people are permanently injured – disabled. Th...

"Two treatments of the dancer-choreographer: one danced by a group on a rooftop; one using multiple exposures in an expressionist style." R.P. Believ...

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south...

Driving safe public information film

This film describes the rapid industrial development and rising living standards in Puerto Rico, emphasizing private foreign investment, certain tax e...

A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.

Drama that takes place in La Rioja, Argentina, about the story of a young girl wanted by three men.

Documentary about German city Oberhausen.

An exploration of the contrast between modern civilization and isolated groups of people, often referred to as “primitive”, whose way of life is large...