1955 Movies

An amateur handmade film found on the backside of another paper film that includes theatrical signage, admission prices and a recreation of a chase scene from the 1955 film noir Cell 2455 Death Row.

First and only Icelandic Sci-Fi film. Nonni falls asleep while watching the fireworks on new years eve. He wakes up in an aircraft heading to the Moon.

Horror movie telling the story of the legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong.

A History of the Arabian Peninsula

The film narrates the story of Kiko, a poor orphan child of rural Puerto Rico, whose dream is for his puppets to come to life and sing cheerful Christmas melodies, this as a gift of the Three Wise Men.

1955 / Jubah Hitam / Black Cloak / S. Ramanathan / Malay Film Productions

The Case of Mr. Lynn, a fascinating document of the carnal at odds with the inner life. The reel is an actual filmed therapy session with a troubled young homophile, made in 1955 under the auspices of Penn State’s Psychological Cinema Register. “When you say t...

A 1955 promotional short in which an even-tempered gas jockey goes out of his way to explain a car's cooling system to a dizzy dame and her hotheaded husband.

A beauty pageant for Miss California held in Santa Cruz, California

A look at some of the institutions where the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth provides young people eager to learn with education that opens the doors to the future. In Trois-Rivières: the School of Stationery; in Saint-Hyacinthe: the School of Textiles; i...

Painter Mr Stan Bult records the face make-up of clowns on eggshells, in order to ensure every clown is distinct: to safeguard the unwritten law that clowns do not copy the make-up of another clown.

It records the zarzuela of the same name, by the maestro Alcides Prado, and it is a costumbrista fresco from Costa Rica from the beginning of the 20th century.

Mother and the shoe salesman have trouble pleasing 10-year-old Barbara until Barbara's friend agrees with Mother.

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasizing popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Alliance Party.

Film by Robert Vickrey.

A behind the scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland, filmed for ABC in July 1955. Initially provided to local ABC affiliates as background for the festivities, this black-and-white presentation is surprisingly frank...

A fast-paced condensation of Don Juan (1926) with John Barrymore at his amorous and swashbuckling best, and one of the great swordfights of all time. The music is compiled from many Warner Bros. movies and has an entertaining commentary by Dwight Weist.

Impressions of Elisabeth of Bavaria's, Queen of the Belgians, visit to Poland in 1955.