1959 Movies

Séance provides one of the first cinematic examples of a flicker effect.

Camera study about everyday life on the Hoyerswerda construction site. Film rediscovered in 2014.

Distant shot of worshippers in front of a church. Procession in front of the Government Palace.

Instructional film of creative gymnastics.

A young man, estranged from his family, lives an aimless and unhappy life with his peers until boxing becomes his purpose. He participates in competit...

In a coastal town in the south of Thailand, a giant ape nicknamed King Kong terrorizes villagers and abducts a local girl to a forest, prompting a fra...

Short documentary about a small circus.

This edited Ektachrome home movie with titles documents a 1959 street fair, upper Grant Avenue, San Francisco--the center of Beat culture. The film in...

In 1954, on the Moamba plateau near Leopoldville, the Catholic University of Louvain commissioned the construction of the interracial Lovanium Univers...

1959 - a great year of success for Aston Martin winning at Le Mans, Nurburgring and the Tourist Trophy

A sales film about a plastic molding injection machine made by Stokes. Very very industrial and beautiful.

Part two of the films based on Louis Cha's novel "Sword Stained with Royal Blood."

About life and work in the salt pans

presents facts that reveal the inaccuracy of mythical fancies concerning the effects of alcoholic beverages. The film technique used is designed for a...

A bright outlook in Birkenhead for a thriving British enterprise.

This film describes the rapid industrial development and rising living standards in Puerto Rico, emphasizing private foreign investment, certain tax e...

Part of the Look at Life Rank series reels. A look at the SOHO bohemian coffee bars of London in the 1950s.

Two Korean children plant a tree on a hill and wait for it to bloom.