1952 Movies

This promotional travelogue, made for the Christchurch City Council, shows off the city and its environs. Filmed at a time when New Zealand’s post-war economy was booming as it continued its role as a farmyard for the “Old Country”, it depicts Christchurch as...

A typical experimental film from the forties, based on a surrealistic fable by the French writer J.Cl. Lambert. In this film, colour is used for a dramatic purpose, as a storytelling element. (filmform)

Glasgow’s Countryside Club visits the North Norfolk Coast, taking in sights along the still-to-be-established National Trail Path. In this clip the group journeys from Morston Quay to explore Blakeney National Nature Reserve.

The Flies, a Saudi film produced in 1950, stands as a historical milestone in the Saudi Arabian film industry. The film sheds light on the issue of flies and their risks to public health, forming part of Aramco's efforts to combat diseases in the Kingdom.

Experiments on the crystallization of various inorganic substances: crystallization from solution, crystallization from melt and vapour phase, mixed crystal formation, oriented growth, change from a metastable into a stable phase.

This short film provides four feature stories about Canada and its people, including the monetary value of the human body's chemicals, Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick, radio broadcaster Foster Hewitt, and dinosaur fossils found in Alberta.

Short film.

Directed by Ram Narayan Gabale.

"...an almost real-time verite portrait of a one-year-old boy’s daily routine" (Light Industry screening notes).

Documentary with the Malan Family

An early documentary examining reports and hypotheses about flying saucers.

Making of spoof Roman historical film drama, shot in COCOZZA's film studio with scenes shot inside the Connoisseur Cinema in Wishaw. Scottish Amateur Film Festival 1952 Highly Commended. COCOZZA's notes: COCOZZA's answer to MGM's Quo Vadis (and 'a spoof' say...

A film by Ram Gabale.

An Australian soldier of the Royal Australian Regiment presents his story of the Korean War. On his way to Korea, he visits Tokyo, where he notes the progress since the end or world War II. Then he travels to Seoul in Korea, were he notes the damage to the cit...

A visually elegant study of water on a schoolyard playground.

Henry, a businessman, needs to learn time management skills. An unlikely series of events helps get him on track.