1955 Movies

Experimental film by Jim Davis

A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating the movement of underwater plants and creatures synchronised with music

A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.

Two couples go fishing in Florida during the 1950s.

An animated fairy tale movie about the funny adventures of a bear cub who went to congratulate his uncle and present him with a cake.

A Dinkar D. Patil film.

In pursuit of freedom and a peace of mind, Ali leaves his crowded family home and moves to a fishing village on the opposite side of the island. In the village, he was invited to stay at an old fisherman Pak Yem's house. Pak Yem has been living alone for a lon...

Gustaf the puppet plays the piano. An amateur film

A group of young carolers learn how Christmas is celebrated in Germany, Sweden, Holland, Mexico, Italy, and China.

Winter vacation to Quebec

At fourteen, the Tyrolean boy Herman is adopted by the Flemish Vermeiren family after the death of his parents. He rises to become the leader of the youth movement, much to the irritation of Leo Deckers. Herman’s brother Bert is swayed by Leo, and together the...

An amateur newsreel about a 1950s fish market, the Fulton Street Fish Market.

Life in the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland.

The life of Hans Christian Andersen. The son of a poor cobbler, he becomes Denmark’s national poet. The film reveals the strange childhood from which he derived the whimsy and fantasy of his fairy tales. As a boy of fourteen, he went to Copenhagen, bent on ach...

Directed by S. Chavan. With Lalita Pawar.

Movie starring Raja Gosavi, Sharad Talwalkar and directed by Raja Paranjpe.

A gymnastics performance by the Sofia girls at the Acropolis.

"Documentary on Mario de Andrade's house on Rua Lopes Chaves, São Paulo. Aspects of the façade and its interior, where the furniture, paintings, manuscripts and various decorative objects can be found" from his position as director of the Municipal Department...

Amateur film from 1955 showing the people, landscapes and architecture of numerous islands in the Caribbean by Everild Helweg-Larsen, F.R.G.S.

This amateur colour film includes the ancient stone tower of Kavus at Gorgon and the Grand Hotel at Ramsar on the Caspian Sea, routes through the Alborz or Elburz mountains and Mount Damavand, the highest peak. The film includes expeditionary treks using horse...