1955 Movies

Swimming movements of a common seal under water, propulsion through hind extremities.

The adventures of a salt-loving porcupine.

Jasper Wood's short film "Streetcar" is a poetic documentary of life in a big American city centered on the experience of riding its streetcars. The f...

Horror movie telling the story of the legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong.

A History of the Arabian Peninsula

The film narrates the story of Kiko, a poor orphan child of rural Puerto Rico, whose dream is for his puppets to come to life and sing cheerful Christ...

The most prolific of the producers of documentaries filmed for broadcast on North American television was Barton Wilson, who shot at least two dozen f...

The Case of Mr. Lynn, a fascinating document of the carnal at odds with the inner life. The reel is an actual filmed therapy session with a troubled y...

A 1955 promotional short in which an even-tempered gas jockey goes out of his way to explain a car's cooling system to a dizzy dame and her hotheaded...

Painter Mr Stan Bult records the face make-up of clowns on eggshells, in order to ensure every clown is distinct: to safeguard the unwritten law that...

An amateur handmade film found on the backside of another paper film that includes theatrical signage, admission prices and a recreation of a chase sc...

It records the zarzuela of the same name, by the maestro Alcides Prado, and it is a costumbrista fresco from Costa Rica from the beginning of the 20th...

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasizing popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Alliance Party.

Directed by Bhalji Pendharkar. With Ramesh Deo.

This film provides footage of University of California medical tests with LSD.

Original CBC Description: 'A new future' for residential school students. Orphans, convalescents and those who live too deep in the bush for day schoo...

(Italy, 1955)

A beauty pageant for Miss California held in Santa Cruz, California