1959 Movies

Once upon a time, there were three little red, yellow and white butterflies, and they always lived in harmony. One day, three little butterflies were playing, and suddenly it began to rain.

A trip made by Gerson Tavares in 1949, when he was a painting student, accompanying the São Francisco River from the Northeast region to Southeast Brazil, showing the authentic and backward interior of the country.

Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.

This newsreel presents the one and only visit to Albania by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. But behind the bear hugs and airport kisses, Enver Hoxha bristled at Khrushchev’s suggestion that the Albanian leader attempt reforms and back off from the demigod st...

A docu-almanac about British sports personalities.

A story about two brothers, one deep in the underworld with his gun, his fists, and his hate the other atop the world with his songs, his music, and his beat.

Several short stories, showing what would happen if Prometheus tried to bring the gift of fire to the mankind in 20th century?

Early 1950s Instructional film on how to use the Telephone and how it works.

Even in the second decade after its end, World War II is still claiming victims. Lives are lost and many people are permanently injured – disabled. The reasons for this are the numerous explosive devices that, left and forgotten or deliberately hidden, arouse...

"Two treatments of the dancer-choreographer: one danced by a group on a rooftop; one using multiple exposures in an expressionist style." R.P. Believed to have been shot in 1959.

From the opening sequence, combining underwater and aerial footage, this masterpiece about the construction of a steam-power plant in Kurihama (south of Tokyo) far surpasses the limitations of the promotional film genre, and emerges as one of the most staggeri...

Driving safe public information film

This film describes the rapid industrial development and rising living standards in Puerto Rico, emphasizing private foreign investment, certain tax exemptions, and other government cooperation. The film is a John Bransby production that was presented by the E...

A BFI-produced documentary about documentary filmmaker John Grierson speaking about documentary.

Drama that takes place in La Rioja, Argentina, about the story of a young girl wanted by three men.

Documentary about German city Oberhausen.

An exploration of the contrast between modern civilization and isolated groups of people, often referred to as “primitive”, whose way of life is largely untouched by technological progress.