Tram Rides through Nottingham

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Les sentiers culturels(fr)

Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla(fi)

Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.

Starlit Days at the Lido(en)

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.

The Future Is Rotten(en)

A secret culture of foragers hunt the Matsutake, a coveted Japanese mushroom worth up to $1,000 a pound—although its true value lies underground as a brilliant networker and healer of ruined landscapes. The Matsutake might just be our last, best hope for an American forest system run amok.

Ava(es)

Promenade du dragon à Cholon, I(fr)

A Chinese dragon parade.

U-Boot-Abwehrschiffe(de)

The East German Navy's newest submarine hunter is presented. Also, a historical excursus about older anti-submarine ships and the hunt for enemy submarines is shown.

Making of the Genie in a Ravioli Can(en)

A short behind the scenes documentary showing the creation of the short claymation film The Genie in a Ravioli Can (Le génie de la boîte de raviolis).

Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise(fr)

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

Coolies à Saïgon(fr)

Two lines of workers, pulling a steamroller, somewhere in the streets of Saigon, Vietnam (nowadays, Ho Chi Minh City).

Megaloprepus coerulatus (Pseudostigmatidae) - Flug und Fortpflanzungsverhalten(de)

For its reproduction, the megaloprepus dragonfly specifically relies on periodic puddles in tree holes and bromeliacea in tropical rain forests. Territorial males tenaciously defend these resources. Females lay their eggs in the water holes of the territorial males and are guarded by them. Any satellite male - i. e., one without a territory - who tries to grab a female is driven away by the territorial male.

Rana esculenta (Ranidae) - Beuteerwerb(de)

The film shows the prey-catching behaviour of the edible frog at a small garden pond and at a gravelpit. The catching of creeping and (under experimental conditions) hanging earthworms, of flies sitting on the surface of the water and of egglaying dragonflies (Sympetrum spec.) in tandem position are visible.

Con Traje y Sin Zapatos(es)

Don't Cry(pl)

An impressionistic film about bidding farewell to departing army recruits and the end of freedom.

Militärakademie "Friedrich Engels"(de)

Short film about the career opportunities at the highest training institution of the NVA, the Friedrich Engels Military Academy

Gemeinsam(de)

The close ties and cooperation between the border troops of the GDR and the people of Thuringia are shown

Unser Fliegerkosmonaut(de)

Sigmund Jähn, (East) Germany's first man in space, and the preparations for the space flight are portrayed.

Leinen los(de)

Short film about the naval training in the GDR.

San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake(en)

Footage shot not long after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is edited together so that more than one scene and more than one vantage are included. We see fire raging. We see burned-out buildings, piles of rubble, and buildings with only one wall standing. People stand and watch; others walk purposely through the debris. A carriage passes; the camera pans the desolation. A horse-drawn cart is laden with a family's remaining possessions. A sign hangs outside one building: "A little disfigured but still in business. Men Wanted."