1961 Movies

Documentary.

A cat burglar hides from the law by posing as a display mannequin in a lingerie shop.

Short film.

Documentary short on how to do the twist.

An etude depicting theft and the pursuit of a thief taking place in an urban setting.

Another Sid Davis film cautioning kids about their duties and responsibilities and to be an adult and smart using the safety devices provided for them...

Humit, the kibbutz Dachshund dog, travels to Tel Aviv to see the animals in the zoo. She sees the animals in small cages, unlike the kibbutz monkey, w...

Synthetic rain; Camera-less film.

A new maried couple escaped from some bandits & took shelter in a house. They found the house as haunted. The house caretaker told them an old love st...

A short documentary look at Chicago's class and racial divides in 1961, produced cooperatively by local religious groups.

Soundtrack: Claude Debussy's STRING QUARTET IN G MINOR.

Scenes from a carnival and sideshow in 1961.

A documentary filmed at the Oron museum in Nigeria showing various traditions and customs of the Nigerian population and their value as art.

A Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire is a 1961 Chinese documentary directed by Fu Ya and Huang Bao-Shan. As described by Erik Barnouw, it was assembled in...

Kids from the same block hold a court trial to local cat who ate their canary.