1956 Movies

Short film about young boys acting out.

The tenement houses at the Old Town of Lublin have two contradictory faces: beautiful facades for the eyes of the tourists and hidden derelict courtya...

Documentary on Puerto Rican pianist Elisa Tavárez.

Recreates the town meetings which were a staple of the DivEdCo project. True-life residents debate community priorities, in this case the advisability...

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

This colourful archival record of Québec City’s Winter Carnival shows that many popular events of today—pageants, parades, boat races, folk dancing, f...

Petra looks back on an eventful day: Together with other kids she went on a paperchase, solved a few small tasks and coordinated with her assigned par...

An educational short featuring Jiminy Cricket.

Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War.

Short documentary about the German subway.

Short film with sound by Rudy Burckhardt, assembled from the footage shot by Joseph Cornell for his own silent "Mulberry Street."

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

This short, evocative account of the poet's life is set among contemporary scenes of the people of south-west Scotland as they grow from children to m...

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Directed by Geoff Busby.