1953 Movies

This short film is an illustration of Niver's preservation process of paper print films. Renovare—from the Latin "to renew"—was an apt name for Niver's company, for the Academy Award-winning work that he and his colleagues accomplished has been vital to our co...

This 1953 film directed by Matt Farrell for the National Tool and Die Manufacturers Association looks at the importance of tool and die manufacturing for the functioning of American Industry at large. It begins with the contributions that American Industry has...

A hero and a heroine, a villain and a Vamp and a few comic sequences are there mainly for your entertainment.

Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

A German Film Award commended documentary.

The documentary depicts the work of traveling movie theaters in Poland. Thanks to them, residents of small villages learn about the world and enjoy entertainment

Bidhu, a family man, leads a content life with his two sons and four daughters. As the sole breadwinner of the family, Bidhu's life turns upside down when his son is diagnosed with tuberculosis.

Heckle and Jeckle, the talking magpies, have trouble sleeping because they live under a bowling alley...

13-minute documentary taking a look at the song "Silent Night" from the time it was written to the music and finally to it being performed across the world.

This short film offers a children's guide to anger management.

Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.

A girl, perhaps on her birthday, lives out her subconscious passions. A stylish and surreal concoction of dance, theatrics, flirtation and solitude.

Educational film showing scenes in Tasmania, in the towns along the Bass Highway. It shows recreation activities and some of the industries.

Film by Allen Downs.

Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

Short film by Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville

Using artefacts, cave paintings and skeletal remains this film describes the life, appearance, habitat and achievements of prehistoric man including the Old and New Stone Ages.

Murder in Paris (aka Paris Efter Midnight aka French Life) was the second of five burlesque shorts presented in anaglyphic 3-D by Oakland and San Francisco burlesque theater magnate, Harry A. Farros. Photographed in Los Angeles circa May 1953, the title was c...

A presentation of the cultural heritage of the medieval Bosnian state: stećci medieval tombstones, necropolises and legends about them.