All Films

Who's Out There?

1975 • 28 min • United States of America

Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the possibility and implications of extraterrestrial life. In examining our perceptions of alien 'martians' from his "War of the Worlds" broadcast, to then-modern explorations of Mars, this film from NASA provides a unique glimpse at life on earth, and elsewhere in the universe.

The Boy and the Moose

1975 • 60 min • Soviet Union

A teenager finds a moose lost in the city and decides to help the animal.

Club Havana

1975 • 30 min • United Kingdom

After 12 years away, Mrs Jordan’s son arrives in Birmingham from Jamaica. Writer Barry Reckord returns to the theme of an interracial relationship which causes conflict within a Jamaican family. Reconstructed from the surviving unedited studio footage by Simon Coward (Research Manager, Kaleidoscope). An episode of the BBC drama series Second City Firsts.

Christopher's Christmas Mission

1975 • 23 min • Sweden

"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.

The Semi-Circular Canals

1975 • 9 min

The title of The Semi-Circular Canals refers to the portion of the human ear that regulates balance. Viola constructed a platform on which he and the recording equipment counterbalanced one another, while freely suspended from a large tree. The artist appears to be sitting calmly at the center of the universe as the earth rotates. He writes, "The tape was inspired by NASA films and develops references to cosmological cycles, with the individual at the rotational center of their universe."

Breath

1975 • 60 min

Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems. Everyone seems to be helpful - but are they? Is there something sinister about Mrs Pritchett , the new housekeeper, or is it Nell's imagination? Who knows where reality ends and fantasy begins?

Bip as a Skater

1975 • 8 min

This Bip pantomime deals with his visit to a skating rink. Featuring Marcel Marceau.

Harper Days are Here Again

1975 • 11 min

Promotional behind-the-scenes look at 'The Drowning Pool' (1975).

Distanced Impressions

1975 • 13 min • Italy

Starting from intimate moments, three tales through images, apart in time and space, linked to tell a broader story.

La Femme au foyer

1975 • 23 min • France

The life of a right-wing housewife in Chile during the prior days to Salvador Allende's military overthrow.

This Bloody, Blundering Business

1975 • 30 min

In this satirical rendering of the history of American intervention in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, the silent movie format with lively ragtime piano music is combined with a dramatically understated narration and excerpts from "newsreels" of the period to reveal the nature of American attitudes toward Third World peoples and significant parallels with contemporary American foreign policy.

Time Well Spent

1975 • 26 min • United Kingdom

Learn how to be good salesmen with the great John Alderton and Richard O'Sullivan.

And Mama Will Forgive Me

1975 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The film tells about one day of a little boy, his most beloved of three hundred and sixty-five days a year - his Birthday. On this holiday, the importance of a gift for a baby can not be overestimated, every kid has a toy that he has long dreamed of. What happens in the heart and soul of the child, if the gift does not match the desire.

Where Is Dead?

1975 • 19 min

In this quiet, naturalistic dramatic short, six-year old Sarah grapples with understanding mortality after the sudden death of her older brother, David. With the help of her family, she gradually learns how to process his passing and cope with her grief. Written, produced, and directed by Jackie Rivet-River, this short film for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films was awarded the Silver Hugo prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as 12 additional awards internationally.

Moving Pictures: The Art of Jan Lenica

1975 • 19 min

This film shows the Polish master animator Jan Lenica working on his film Landscape, and explores the relationship of the artist between the real world and his fantasy visions.

Home Movies & Failed Candid-Camera Stunts

1975 • 6 min

Albert Brooks introduces himself to the audience through showing them his home movies from childhood & attempts and fails at doing candid-camera style pranks. Saturday Night Live, Season 1 Episode 2

Memorial Train

1975 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Experimental animation based on Pablo Neruda' life and poems.

The Lazy One

1975 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A story about a very lazy man. One day he tricks his friends that he has found gold and mentions a made-up place. What a surprise when they really find it.

Short Films 1975: #5 (Niagara Falls)

1975 • 3 min • United States of America

Begins with back of airplane seat, ends with horizontal streaks of bold light.

M-O-N-E-Y Spells Love

1975 • 6 min • United States of America

After reading about a widow who inherited 20 million dollars, the Dogfather is determined to marry her to get the dough. However, he has to compete with his nemesis, Rocky, to win her heart.

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight

1975 • 56 min • United States of America

A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.

Chris and Bernie

1975 • 26 min • United States of America

The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.

Mi Ego Está en Babia

1975 • 40 min • Spain

Will More arrives by boat to a "genuine Mediterranean island" and is welcome by "thousands of Chinese girls" who take him to their place and tell him a story about his "ego", which he must immediately look for. Thus he gets to a "wonderful palace", where he meets a hermaphrodite odalisque who materializes the image of his other self and offers him a new and even more fantastic story.

Seems There Was This Moose

1975 • 48 min • United States of America

A young moose survives two hazardous years on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula. Grizzlies, enroachment of civilization, and snowfall creating difficulty in foraging are among the problems threatening the moose.