1955 Movies

A Shell Film Unit documentary by Bert Haanstra examining humanity’s struggle against insect plagues, filmed across Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Sudan, Tanganyi...

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.

Examines the organization of labor unions. While the narrator in all seriousness outlines the structure of a union and the larger bodies to which it i...

This animated film features an average fellow who meets the Devil (or his envoy, anyway),who has a plan to turn his nice neighborhood into a slum.

Light verse and gay music make their own comment on the holidaymakers of the Yorkshire coastline. Between Tees and Humber thousands each year enjoy th...

Directed by Manu Sen.

Story of manager of Brighton funfair who leads a crowd of youngsters in their campaign to get even with a killjoy who wants to stop them having fun.

(March 1955) Notts County v York City - FA Cup quarter-final. This was Notts County's record home attendance (47,310) which still stands today.

Story of the First Indochina War (1946-1954) in which Soviet Union has actively supported Vietnamese side.

This program presents filmed sequences of a group of twenty-nine villagers from Sahneh who had been attacked by a rabid wolf. Filmed sequences of one...

Two farming brothers take a chance on a sick cow and send cattle that have been in contact with it to market.

The film was based on the legend of King Harishchandra, recounted in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Starring Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Miss Kumar...

Snow arrives in Val Chiese and work on the dam stops. Winter caretakers appear on the scene to replace the workers.

This short travelogue, visiting Spain, was shot in VistaVision.