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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Ken...
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Dead Birds
Dead Birds
The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a mounta...
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Hitler - Never Heard of Him
Hitler - Never Heard of Him
In 1963, 22-year-old Bertrand Blier invited 11 of his peers to come to a film studio and talk about their lives. The record of what was said is a disc...
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Tisza: Autumn Sketches
Tisza: Autumn Sketches
The first signs of autumn are seen in a landscape along a river. Some villagers are stacking a bed of stone blocks on the river-bank to avoid more ero...
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Garrincha: Joy of the People
Garrincha: Joy of the People
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer's history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of...
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Viva Brazil
Viva Brazil
Chile was the venue for the 1962 finals, where holders Brazil were expected to regain their crown. The host, Chile, took them all the way in an epic s...
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Sculptures by Sofu - Vita
Sculptures by Sofu - Vita
A short documentary by Hiroshi Teshigahara about his father, the sculptor Sofu Teshigahara, preparing an exhibition.
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Mondo Cane
Mondo Cane
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surp...
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An Indian Story
An Indian Story
Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.
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The Week Starts on Friday
The Week Starts on Friday
A short documentary about the production of movie marquee art for cinemas in Prague.
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Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking pass...
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Here at the Water's Edge
Here at the Water's Edge
Leo Hurwitz’s film, Here At The Water’s Edge, features the 1960 New York City’s waterfront. Made with photographer Charles Pratt, the film is a cinema...
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Many Moods of Skiing
Many Moods of Skiing
I bet you didn't know that there are Many Moods of Skiing? Well come along and find out just how many moods there are in Warren Miller's Many Moods of...
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The Grand Olympics
The Grand Olympics
Events and athletes that characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. From the absolute protagonist Wilma Rudolph, called the black gazelle, to Liv...
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Primary
Primary
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use...
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Jungle Cat
Jungle Cat
This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South American jungle to observe the jaguar. Jungle Cat is m...
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America as Seen by a Frenchman
America as Seen by a Frenchman
At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions,...
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Blitz on Britain
Blitz on Britain
Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II.
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf
"Mein Kampf" presents the raising and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Poland and the life Hitler, which is told since he wa...
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day...
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They Take the High Road
They Take the High Road
The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
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A Letter for Wales
A Letter for Wales
Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.
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Blue Pullman
Blue Pullman
Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to L...
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Prefabricated Houses
Prefabricated Houses
A student work by Jiří Menzel, filmed during his second year at the FAMU film school. Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the...
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Integration Report 1
Integration Report 1
Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity, e...
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I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
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India: Matri Bhumi
India: Matri Bhumi
Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
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Night and Fog
Night and Fog
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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