Wizards(1985)

Reach(en)

A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable.

Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project(en)

Interweaving the forms of personal filmmaking, abstract animation, and the rock opera, this animated musical documentary examines the rise and fall of a nearly-defunct poster and postcard wholesale business; the changing role of physical objects and virtual data in commerce; and the division (or lack of) between abstraction in fine art and psychedelic kitsch. Using alternate lyrics as voice over narration, the piece adopts the form of a popular rock album reinterpreted as a cine-performance.

Pete-Roleum and His Cousins(en)

Pete Roleum, an oil droplet, narrates a presentation about the history and uses of oil: He starts by introducing some of his relations, with illustrations of the things that they have done throughout history. He then turns to the modern era, and shows that oil has a great many important uses, some of which might come as something of a surprise.

Guillaume Tell(fr)

Palmipedarium(fr)

Simon knows ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll. Sometimes, it's a bit confusing and Simon gets lost.

Bird Scouts(en)

13th Cartoon in the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade Series.

Japanese Lanterns(en)

5th Cartoon in the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade Series. Retitled "Chinese Lanterns" during World War II.

Foxed!(en)

A girl finds herself kidnapped by foxes. Animated.

Sneeze Me Away(en)

About a boy who finds a way to enter into a magical, fantastic world by sneezing with his eyes open. He must then enlist the aid of a strange ally in order to get home again.

Cinema-Circus(ru)

Soviet propaganda cartoon from WW2. Hitler, introduced by Charlie Chaplin, is ridiculed in three short skits.

Get Rich Quick Porky(en)

Porky invests his savings. Mayhem ensues.

The Opry House(en)

Mickey runs a small theatre. The orchestra plays, rather badly, excerpts from Carmen. Mickey appears as a snake charmer, but the snake is revealed to be a cat with a snake's head painted on its tail. Mickey does a belly dance, to the audience's delight. Mickey then plays the piano, but the piano and stool, apparently annoyed at the violence and complexity of the piece, kick him off stage.

The Trenches(fr)

This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.

Momotaro, Japan's No.1(ja)

Momotaro, the hero of the story, is born out of a giant peach his foster mother finds floating on the river.

Dinner Time(en)

Dinner Time is noted as the first sound cartoon short made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer and produced even before Walt Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (though released after).

Sky Scrappers(en)

'Sky Scrappers' finds three characters -- Oswald, a Big Pete-style bully and a Minnie-ish female character -- all engaged in knockabout humour on a building site.

Arabiantics(en)

Here we have Felix the Cat in Arabia ... so, roll on the usual Arabian clichés. We get gags involving a flying carpet, a hubble-bubble and a camel.

Porky's Duck Hunt(en)

Inexperienced duck hunter Porky Pig is taunted by a mischievous duck (Daffy, making his screen debut).

When the Cat's Away(en)

While Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music.

Ko-Ko's Hypnotism(en)

A live-action amateur hypnotist mesmerizes Ko-Ko the clown and Fitz the dog; but a witch teaches them how to take their revenge…