All Films

Canada Vignettes: Acadian Quadrille

1978 • 4 min • Canada

A short history of one of the traditional dances of Acadia--the quadrille.

The Bucks Party

1978 • 38 min

The Australian Bucks Party. The last bastion of primeval male society. A brutal, savage, yet humourous study of a dying male ritual.

Ersatz

1978 • 14 min • United Kingdom

An animated Plasticine man enacts favourite scenes from Hollywood classics.

Little Airplane

1978 • 8 min • Soviet Union

The Cramps: Human Fly

1978 • 3 min • United States of America

The cult film promotional for Human Fly song, that was lost but resurface in 2015.

Manif Gay

1978 • 8 min

Recovered Zulueta short.

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers

1978 • 58 min

The first chapter in our Masters of Modern Sculpture series looks at groundbreaking work from the brilliant minds that reshaped sculptural art and inspired generations to come. Narrated by George Segal, The Pioneers explores famed pieces from sculptors such as Rodin, Maillol and Picasso.

Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years

1978 • 58 min • United States of America

The Christmas after Bing Crosby's passing, his family gets together to recall all the good times they had. They talk about the people he worked with, how he liked to perform, and ultimately why he had to sing White Christmas at the end of each special.

Horror Palace Hotel

1978 • 41 min • Brazil

An unusual look at 1978 Brasilia Film Festival and the politics that make certain films fashionable or not.

Run, Jimmy, Run

1978 • 30 min • United States of America

Jimmy is a high school track champ whose father pushes him too hard to succeed.

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

1978 • 58 min

The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form. Using the objects at their disposal and the inspiration surrounding them, artists such as George Rickey, Claes Oldenburg, and Louise Nevelson cast sculptor in a new light. The New World observes the sculptors creatively utilizing wood, metals, and junkyard finds, bringing forth lively and shocking work. America's remote spaces, discarded objects and abundant materials enabled them to add to the concepts of European modernism in daringly unique ways.

Everest Unmasked

1978 • 52 min • United States of America

Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be done? Would their blood vessels burst? Would they suffer brain damage leading to madness? Nobody was sure. Messner: 'I would never come here for trying Everest with oxygen. That is not a challenge for me.' A fascinating piece of history, well filmed by Leo Dickinson and Eric Jones (above the South Col Messner used a cine camera to continue the filming), featuring Messner and Habeler's thoughts. The film follows the usual sequence from Namche to Base Camp, through the Icefall, to Camps I, II and III. It also shows historical footage of the pioneering Mallory and Shipton expeditions.

The Magic Flute

1978 • 46 min • Italy

Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)

Father Frost and the Grey Wolf

1978 • 18 min • Soviet Union

It is a New Year's fairy tale about Ded Moroz who hastened with the gifts for children's holiday, and about the Wolf who tried to prevent him to do it.

Eddie Kidd

1978 • 5 min

At the age of 18, stunt cyclist Eddie Kidd had already broken world records, been a stunt double for Harrison Ford and released a couple of singles. Yet this profile piece for the COI cinemagazine series “This Week in Britain” offers glimpses that his high life had both its ups and downs. A record-breaking jump of 24 cars was to be the big attraction of a May bank holiday at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu but torrential rain scuppered plans. Kidd returned on the 4th June for a second attempt but with a shoulder injury that you see aggravated here, which prevented a planned second jump and again disappointed audiences. The person tasked with turning all these travails into a light-hearted snippet for overseas audiences was Peter Greenaway, who edited hundreds of stories like this before making arthouse feature hits such as The Draughtman’s Contract (1982).

Merry Christmas Doctor Who

1978 • 1 min • United Kingdom

The Doctor, Romana and K9 drink in the TARDIS in celebration of Christmas.

Splits

1978 • 27 min • United States of America

Based on “Emma Zunz,” a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, the film moves through the internal voices of Emma’s character, whose evolution between crime, revenge and justice assumes—read from the context of the social struggles of the 60s and 70s—a decidedly political character.

The Lundstroms: Colorado Christmas

1978 • 52 min • United States of America

Music and Christmas joy from the beautiful Rockies.

Mate mal y bien

1978 • 10 min

Recovered Zulueta short.

Latest Fashion ('78 Spring-Summer)

1978 • 14 min

Fashion film directed by Gábor Bódy. Screened in retrospective at Alternative Film/Video Belgrade Festival 2014.

Watch That Space

1978 • 17 min

Colin Welland presents this confined spaces training video from the Health and Safety Executive, detailing the hazards of entering any confined space without the neccessary awareness, training & equipment.

Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life

1978 • 58 min • Germany

Documentary featuring the last filmed interview with director Howard Hawks

The Carpenters... Space Encounters

1978 • 60 min • United States of America

Take a magical, musical trip through time and space with the Carpenters and their guests... including a "Star Wars/Close Encounters" fantasy that will dazzle and delight you.

Yankee Doodle Pink

1978 • 6 min • United States of America

During the American Revolution, the Pink Panther is sent to notify townsfolk that the Redcoats are coming. (Reissue of "Pinky Doodle" 1976).