Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 83
- Experience the thrill of the hunt and the heartwarming fun of a mother lion caring for her playful cubs as wildlife experts Elma Milotte and Alfred Milotte spend three years on the plains of Africa studying the king of beasts.
- Travelogue featuring an American couple traveling in Europe and a European couple traveling in the U.S, with the emphasis on the cinematography which was viewed on a special curved screen with three projectors.
- A 1955 Italian independent film released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites, ceremonial procedure, courtships and feats of strength and courage are depicted. The test of courage for males on one island, is a leap from a high wooden tower to the ground with a thin vine wrapped around their ankles breaking the fall at the last minute. The first bungee-jumpers?
- Extravaganza with lots of music legends from the 50s.
- An Italian documentary film about maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.
- Newsman Chet Huntley narrates this documentary showing the rise of the African resistance movement known as the "Mau-Mau" against British rule in East Africa in the early 1950s.
- A documentary account of the hardships and adventures encountered by an American couple seeking the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in the jungles north of the Guatemala-Mexico border.
- Did the Peruvians cross the sea? The filming of a Norwegian archaeological expedition to the Galapagos islands in 1952, lead by Thor Heyerdahl. A continuation of the Kon-Tiki expedition.
- Seminal Danish documentary detailing Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in the Second World War between 1940 and 1945.
- The tuna clipper Star-Kist prepares to leave San Diego on a four-month voyage under skipper Joachim Qualen. Many of the crew of twelve are of Portuguese descent and have reenlisted for this trip. The engineer, radio man, bait man, cook, carpenter and net man are all willing to spend four months at sea, knowing that if the fishing is good, they should each receive approximately twenty-five hundred dollars. Also along on the voyage is Suzy, the ship's dog. After saying goodbye to their families, they leave port in late August and head for the coast of Panama, a ten day journey. Along the way, they prepare the long, bamboo poles they will use to catch the tuna. They also attempt to catch anchovetta, tuna fish bait. When sea birds alert them to the location of these fish, the crew throws out nets in a wide circle, then pulls them in. However, on this trip, the anchovetta are not plentiful and it takes several attempts to catch a sufficient amount, which they then store, live, in wells on the ship's deck. Once they locate the tuna, all of the crew, except for the skipper and engineer, move into iron racks which hang from the side of the boat and use the bamboo fishing poles, lines and hooks to pull in the tuna. Particularly heavy fish require two, sometimes three, poles used in unison. On deck, fish rain down as the men toss the lines over their shoulders and the tuna land in tanks. Suddenly, there are no more tuna to be caught in this spot and the crew has to move on. They have accumulated about a ton of tuna so far, but the boat can hold three hundred tons. The boat is then caught in a severe tropical storm during which Suzy is swept overboard and lost. The skipper decides to head for the Galapagos Islands, where they have to catch more bait. One of the crew dons a diving helmet and goes down to ensure that their nets are not destroyed by the lava rocks. However, the fishing is very poor around the Islands, and they catch barracuda and swordfish, but no tuna. Skipper Qualen then heads for the coast of Peru, where the fish are deep down in the ocean and he has to use a fathometer to locate them. The presence of hundreds of dolphins indicates that there are acres of tuna to be harvested. The fishing is excellent, with many fish weighing one hundred to three hundred and fifty pounds each. Qualen has to shoot a shark which is taking fish off the lines. Despite the bad start, the voyage is a success and with three hundred and sixty tons of tuna on board, the Star-Kist returns to San Diego for Christmas after sixteen weeks at sea. The men will spend a week at home with their families, then head out to sea once more.
- After the successful conquest of Everest in 1953, two Italians reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, the next year,after careful preparation and the formation of the team of climbers, scientists, and porters.
- Drama documentary about the 10-year-old boy Mikisoq (Hannibal Mathiesen), who lives with his family in a remote settlement on the west coast of Greenland.
- A movie about the life of the largest island of the USSR.
- In the spring and summer of 1954, a joint Austrian-German expedition traverses the land of the Hunza people in the Himalayas. en route to climbing the Batura mountain peak.
- Elvis Presley's first film is a documentary reportedly highlighting concert footage filmed at Brooklyn High School in Cleveland OH, during Sept. 1955, hosted by disc jockey Bill Randle. Randle, in the 1950s, was as well known as Alan Freed. Due to legal problems over ownership of the film, this movie was only shown in public once, and has yet to be released officially. Universal Studios reportedly still has the negatives in its vaults.
- Documentary of the The Galathea-Expedition 2. The purpose was partly scientific (deep-sea research, Hydrographic and Earth Magnetism measurements), partly promoting Danish Culture and Business in the planned countries of arrival.
- Garcet, a young French officer just out of military school, joins the French Batallion of the United Nations Forces fighting in Korea. He is disappointed at first as he is assigned as liasion officer behind the lines. Later he is given a combat command. There, he has to win the loyality and frienship of his fellow officers and the men. Although all are volunteers, many are puzzled as to just what it is they are fighting for in this remote and desolate corner of the world: The cast of "Heartbreak Ridge" is composed of Officers and Enlisted men who fought with the French Batallion under the flag of the United Nations in Korea. Made under the sponsorship of the French Ministry of National Defense with the co-operation of the Officers, non-commissioned Officers and Enlisted men in the volunteer French Batallion.
- Gaston Rébuffat is part of the history of mountaineering. Marseillais prodigy, high mountain guide of the Chamonix guide company and famous for the ascent of the most famous north faces: some are 1st rehearsals, others 1st French or 1st as a guide. Filmed by Georges Tairraz, this masterpiece released in 1955 reveals the beauty of effort and the pleasure of sharing in the mountains. Apart from the feat, the mountains are not there to satisfy egocentric ambitions. A classic .