Browsing: 1950s
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Clearing the Lines
(1951)
The fifth of the six films of The Changing Face of Europe series,
1951, Clearing the Lines surveys the state of transport in post-war
Europe and the progress made in rebuilding and modernizing roads...
Day of the Fight
(1951)
Stanley Kubrick's first film, Day of the Fight, is a short documentary that chronicles a day in the life of Irish middleweight boxer Walter Cartier, a very pro...
Depart de Grandes Vacances
(1950)
The second of Kay Mander's educational films about the French
language, this film is again about la famille Martin, who this time
go on holiday and have a meal en route, introducing food to the
lea...
Enginemen
(1959)
A poetic look at the life of an engine shed just outside
Manchester. With no narration, and with evocative montage of the
steam engines themselves, the film constructs a glimpse of a way of
life on...
Mardi and the Monkey
(1953)
A film spanning drama and documentary, Mardi and the Monkey was
made for The Children's Film Foundation and tells of a small boy
who catches a monkey and makes a pet of it in spite of his mother's
...
Momma Don't Allow
(1956)
Momma Don't Allow is about a Saturday evening in a North London
jazz club, a celebration by Tony Richardson and Karel Reisz of the
free spirit of youth - particularly London's working class youth.
...
Morning in the Streets
(1959)
Denis Mitchell uses a used a silent 16mm camera and portable sound
apparatus to evoke a working class milieu through a permutation of
carefully composed images, whilst working class voices express
...
Peace Gets A Move On
(1950)
Picasso was involved with many peace initiatives in Europe and the USA and with the United Nations. This newsreel shows his attendance at a Peace Conference in Sheffield in 1950. It is quite an in-dep...
Refuge England
(1959)
Robert Vas' first film, Refuge England (1959) centres upon an
immigrant arriving in England from Hungary and who tries to
understand the strange environment and behaviour of its
inhabitants. He arr...
Special Inquiry: Has Britain a Colour Bar?
(1955)
A programme in the Special Inquiry series, a BBC- documentary
series (1952-1957), which concerned itself primarily with
investigation into contemporary social issues. It was the first
full-length B...
To Be a Woman
(1951)
A film about the need for equal pay for women, the title was used
for the title of Craigie's biography by Carl Rollyson.
We Are the Lambeth Boys
(1959)
Part of the British 'Free Cinema' movement of the mid to late
1950s, of which Reisz was a part before directing features in the
British 'new wave' social realist genre, We Are the Lambeth Boys
foll...
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