1959 Movies

Sir Brian Robertson addresses the staff of British rail on the subject of the rationalisation and modernisation of the railways as set out in a new pa...

About life and work in the salt pans

Jonny, a circus boy, is accompanied by the camera while he fulfills the assignment for his mother to buy 5 eggs.

An insight into the training of recreational pilots.

Explains how to drive a diesel multiple-unit train.

Documentary about the the politician Magalhães Barata's death and mourning, in Belém Brazil.

Documentary of life on bord the sailing ship Pamir

High Voltage is constructed from footage James Whitney contributed to Belson for use in one of his Vortex concerts.

Ethnographic documentary on the folk tradition of the Busójárás Carnival in Mohács, Hungary.

Directed by Thomas Stobart.

The forest loses its peace with the arrival of a young man searching for a forester.

Short documentary providing a detailed look at different types of film and their uses, with a focus on film used in projectors and how projectionists...

Directed by Bhalji Pendharkar. With Suryakant, Master Vithal, Ramesh Deo, Ganpat Patil.

Documentary from British Transport Films

First social and scientific short film. It depicts a surgical intervention on a real blind patient to encourage reflection on the problems of this dis...