Keeping Clean and Neat

Amazing Journeys

1999 · ★ 6.1

By land, by air, and by sea, viewers can now experience the struggle that millions of creatures endure in the name of migration as wildlife photographers show just how deeply survival instincts have become ingrained into to the animals of planet Earth. From the monarch butterflies that swarm the highlands of Mexico to the birds who navigate by the stars and the millions of red crabs who make the perilous land journey across Christmas Island, this release offers a look at animal instinct in it's purest form.

More Dangerous Than Dynamite

1941 · ★ 3.7

A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.

Whales: An Unforgettable Journey

1997 · ★ 8

Scientists visit the remote surface and undersea locations to study various species of whales in their natural habitat.

When Should Grown-Ups Stop Fights?

1955

Vassar College's Department of Child Study produced this training film for nursery school staff, one of a series on "Preschool Incidents." Unstaged playground scenes of two to five-year-olds in conflict are shown, then repeated for further analysis and discussion. We learn how to "size-up situations," differentiating between "playful attacks" the kids can adequately handle themselves and truly aggressive behavior (as when "a child has gone on a rampage") that requires immediate adult intervention.

Saikyou Norimono Heros

2017

A collection of the strongest vehicles - May 2017

Almost Arcady

Educational film about Cyprus - landscape, people, work, traditions etc.

Ocean Wonderland

2003 · ★ 6.1

Shot on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and in the Bahamas, Ocean Wonderland brings to you the amazing beauty of the many varieties of coral and the immense diversity of the marine life thriving there.

Phone

1974 · ★ 10

A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.

1/57: Experiment with Synthetic Sound (Test)

1957 · ★ 4.7

Mostly dark, rejecting images which are repeated. A stone wall, the chamber of a revolver which is, at first not recognizable, a close-up of a cactus. The duration of the takes emphasises the photographic character of the pictures, simultaneously with a crackling, brutal sound. (Hans Scheugl)

In den dierentuin van Antwerpen

1910 · ★ 10

The Antwerp Zoo covers a fair extent of ground, and was already in 1910 generally considered as an important one. A large number of views of birds and animals were taken and hand coloured. In those days, the monkey house was in for much attention. People found that the various comic incidents added a touch of whimsicality.

Sons of the Surf

1926

Surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Most surfers are human, one is a dog. The educational documentary is part of the Bruce Scenic Novelties series.

The Queen of the Waves

1936

An animated short film that explains in a pedagogical way how the radio transmission works. Created by Czech filmmakers it was commissioned by Argentina Schools. The film tells the story of Curious, an extraterrestrial child that reaches the planet earth attracted by the sound waves. There he meets the Queen of Waves, an ethereal figure who teaches her step by step the process by which sound is captured, amplified, modulated and transformed into electromagnetic vibrations to be transmitted by a radial antenna.