1957 Movies

Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.

Part of the material recorded over different years by Eulogio Nishiyama about the pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Q’oyllur Riti in Cusco. T...

A documentary about the process of making swords.

Adults must provide teenagers with guidance in social skills if they are to make a harmonious adjustment to social life. The mother and daughter in th...

Documentary on the excavation of an agricultural village in Mesopotamia.

A visual poem of neutrons exploding and merging, with complex animation and colour effects made possible by the use of a computer. Based on complex an...

The Juggler of Our Lady is an animated film by Les Novros, produced by Cavalcade Pictures in 1957. The film was submitted as a possible nominee for th...

A Swedish short documentary.

On compliance with traffic rules.

Five young Italian climbers, Paolo Grunanger, Lorenzo Marimonti, Pietro Meciani, Lodovico Gaetani and Giorgio Gualco, members of the expedition organi...

A fairy tale based on the stories about the troll Gilitrutt

A film by Vittorio Cottafavi.

The poem-fable’s title character carved from wood, the eternally frozen, icy-hearted king, is afflicted by minus-degree cold, so he burns up all the w...

An educational video showing the features of a full service gas station.

Provides a biography of John James Audubon, including his youth, his struggles to resolve repeated business failures with an intense interest in wildl...

Documenting the urban environment of Gothenburg, Sweden.

A man is strangled to death and then dumped in a car.