1963 Movies

Short animated film by Manabe Hiroshi

A montage, using documentary material filmed during the war, shows the beginnings of an air attack and Londoners entering shelters. From the silent deserted streets, the film moves underground into the world of Henry Moore's shelter drawings. People sit along...

Photograph by Edward Movius. Produced by Esso for the documentary series Tempus, Peru of yesterday and today.

Ritual activities of the earth chief of the Moussey in Chad, first approach to mobile festivals for the new year: farming rituals, hunting during the dry season, Moussey and kera soothsaying systems.

Film portrait of young Willie Davis as he successfully attempts to break into the Major Leagues.

A brief romantic encounter, directed by Howard Blake, composer of the score for The Snowman. A young woman meets a man at a London party. They are quickly infatuated with each other and, after a few days, elope to the seaside - but they soon tire of each other...

This short film on the waters of Switzerland does not show conventional landscapes. Without literary commentary, only by means of image, rhythm and music, it tries, on the contrary, to make the life of an element, water.

An educational documentary by Shanghai Science and Educational Film Studio about the surgery performed by Chen Zhongwei of replantating the severed right hand of a Chinese factory worker named Wang Cunbo in 1963.

A bizarre mixture of unmasked propaganda for the apparent success of the collectivization process in Moldova with a fresh approach, sometimes extremely exciting, from a formal and narrative point of view.

The film is based on a folk tale and suggests that unity can overcome any obstacle.

Mr. Piper short released in 1963

A real labour of love, this film is a fine demonstration of how amateur filmmakers could play a part in campaigning for local services. With the impending Beeching Report of 1963 there could hardly have been a better plea for the retention of the Settle to Car...

Wise began experimenting with animation and live-action film at the age of seven, under the tutelage of several artists and experimental filmmakers, including Len Lye, Francis Lee, and Stan VanDerBeek. Wise created dozens of brief animations using cut-outs, sc...

This short documentary offers a look at Stampede Week in Calgary and the show’s main performers – the cowboys and their horses. After the herds come thundering in, the focus shifts to one cowboy in particular, and we follow him as he travels from rodeo to rode...

Short documentary about the hedgehog.

Short film by Ken Jacobs later included in his compilation The Whirled.

Using newsreels, home movies, old snapshots, it presents the army as mother, first commanding obedience, and then life sacrifice. An extremely effective attack on the entrenched military structure.