1959 Movies

A young girl pulls a sled as she explores Philadelphia in the summer.

Jonny, a circus boy, is accompanied by the camera while he fulfills the assignment for his mother to buy 5 eggs.

Overview of raw and finished products of the chemical industries in the GDR.

After receiving a call stating that Mr. Flamboyant will be arriving at the apartment for inspection, Clint tries to clean the place up. During the pro...

In 1959 Hiroshi Teshigahara shot the following 16 mm footage of he and his father’s first trip to Barcelona and the outlying Catalonian countryside, i...

Séance provides one of the first cinematic examples of a flicker effect.

Arctic landscape. Polar station. Winterers at their instruments, by the map. Preparing dog sleds for the journey. Winterers and dogs making their way...

Members of a partisan underground unit struggle during the anti-fascist Bulgarian Resistance of World War II.

Reviews the history of the Philippine Islands under Spanish and American rule. Shows country today with its emphasis on agriculture, and contrasts the...

1959 experimental short by Jim Davis.

A Terrytoons cartoons with Dimwit the dog

One of the few short films shot in the three strip Cinerama process, this promotional film is essentially an ad for Renault’s “new” car, the Dauphine.

A small, neglected boy protests against his busy parents by rambling across the city alone.

Featured artists: Yoshida Toshio; Kanayama Akira; Shiraga Kazuo; Shimamoto Shōzō

A look into the trial tunnel beneath the English Channel and a look at all the scientific research necessary for its undertaking.

A group of motorcycle guys play strip poker that somehow results in them all wrestling.