1959 Movies

An industrial film by Jerry Fairbanks about proper use of a telephone system in your office.

Surf Crazy is the second movie from veteran surf film producer Bruce Brown. During this movie a group of surfers head down to numerous unsurfed spots in Mexico, some huge waves in Hawaii and some classic surf in California.

In this examination of the present state of unemployment in Britain, Aidan Crawley makes a tour which begins in Cornwall and ends in Dundee. On the way he visits South Wales, Merseyside, and East Lancashire and talks to economists, union leaders, and industria...

This 1959 Encyclopedia Britannica Film explores the lives and actions of Vikings, also called Norsemen or Northmen. While perhaps slightly romanticized, the film attempts to depict the Vikings’ travels and impact on history, by showing their traditions, explor...

Cuban news segment documenting the takeover of the facilities and property of Hollywood distributors on the island.

A 1959 film in Taiwanese Hokkien, featuring Koa-á-hì (traditional Taiwanese opera).

A relic of Belgian colonialism in Africa, made with the collaboration of Catholic missionaries and the then King of Rwanda, who was toppled by a revolution during the production.

1959 Indian Film

Short documentary about a small circus.

The San Lorenzo reservoir in Piura has been inaugurated. The article reports the completion of the second phase of the project, presented as a promise of agricultural transformation in northern Peru.

This animated film is an anti-Communist allegory that tells the story of a dangerous bear — meant to represent Russia — that escapes from his keeper and encounters a group of children, several of whom he eventually eats. The remaining children (i.e., Southeast...

Directed by Datta Dharmadhikari.

HANDWRITTEN evokes ... a combination of visual imagery and language for which the term filmpoem seems at last fully justified. Boultenhouse's film revolves around the slamming of a fist on a glass tabletop.

New Zealand’s National Film Unit presents 'The New Zealanders,' which gives an overall survey of life and living conditions of the New Zealand people, both Māori and European, and of the land itself.

A short amateur comedy film about a car breakdown in the countryside and an ensuing romance.

Three brothers from the city set off to manage a farm. Not knowing anything about farming, leads to several funny experiences. There is also a tender love story involving the youngest brother and a girl.