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A Trip to Paramountown(en)

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

How Trump’s second term will be different(en)

"What Donald Trump’s win means for abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and more. "Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will also be its 47th president. After voting him out of office in 2020, American voters changed their minds, opting for a return to his policies and his politics. "But the second Trump presidency will look very little like the first. His policies have evolved, his circumstances have changed, and he will be returning to office with a much more focused plan than the one he entered with eight years ago. "In this video, we ask six Vox reporters what we should expect from Trump’s second term, on topics from foreign policy to abortion" (Vox).

British Sounds(en)

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Atlanta Nat Convention(en)

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Garbage(en)

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

Moving(en)

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Eagle Boy(en)

A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

New York Portrait(en)

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

Secrets of the Adriatic(en)

For a long time, the Adriatic Sea used to be Central Europe's only link to the orient. This small sea became a symbol of entry to the vast, exotic world, allowing the city of Venice to call itself "Queen of the Seven Seas".

Screen Test: Jackie(en)

Andy Warhol directs The Factory regular Louisa "Jackie" Foster for a screen test.

Symptoms in Schizophrenia(en)

Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions about the condition and treatment of its subjects. (archive.org) “Abstract: This film describes and demonstrates four types of schizophrenia. Filmed at various New York institutions, it shows patients singly and grouped in large, outside recreational areas. Some patients are blindfolded. Symptoms shown include: social apathy, delusions, hallucinations, hebephrenic reactions, cerea flexibilitas, rigidity, motor stereotypes, posturing, and echopraxia.” (Guide to Mental Health Motion Pictures)

The Creation Of Life(en)

This silent film from 1948 "The Creation of Life" briefly demonstrates how a fetus forms and graphically shows different types of births. It was made by Sherwood Picture Corp., and may have been sold both to schools and professional organizations for medical education, and to the public for shock value. (Several similar birth films were sold in this era through home catalogs and photography shops.) Summary: By means of diagrams, conceptions and pregnancy are explained. Views of various methods of delivery are shown. Created by: T. Marc Sherwood

Michigan(en)

Farm work and nature.

Time is the Thief of Memory(en)

A meditation on memory around Iceland's famous Ring Road.

Soviet Tajikistan: International Youth Day(ru)

Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

Once Faithful(en)

Days slip away in a former baptist church haunted by its past

Florence(en)

Florence is a contemplative study of light and shadows, textures and planes, that makes beautiful use of the tonal qualities of black and white film. (mubi.com)

Miss Rimbombanzia doing her makeup in Avenida de los Poblados, 173(es)

Against the Tide(en)

A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the weather. For different reasons, they left their city life to escape their inner demons and to live as eco-friendly and sustainable as possible.

Backyard Winter(en)

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.