The Story of Menstruation
★ 5.7 · 1946 · 10m · Animation · Documentary
A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.
More Like This
The Man We Want to Hang
2002 · ★ 5.5
"The Man We Want to Hang" is a 12-minute short, consisting of Anger filming borrowed paintings done by legendary and controversial occultist Aleister Crowley.
More info →
Never Go with Strangers
1971 · ★ 6
Never Go With Strangers was intended for children aged between seven and ten and its purpose was ‘to warn them of the dangers of accepting lifts or presents from strangers’. Due to potential distress government officials instructed that the film only be shown under ‘responsible adult supervision’, thus denying it a TV airing for many years.
More info →The Underseas Explorers
★ 9
A newly re-discovered classic, The Underseas Explorers is an animated educational cartoon that was first shown in 1961. A true collectors item, it has been proclaimed to be "ahead of its time." Owing to its inclusion of an "island boy" character similar to "Hadji," it has sometimes been referred to as an underwater version of "Johnny Quest." Onboard the tiny atomic submarine "Hydronaut," a small group of underwater adventurers set out to explore the oceans and circumnavigate the globe under the North Pole (the Arctic Cap). During their televised journey, they discover the original landing site of old pirates. Professor Scott meets undersea creatures including an unexpected underwater duel with an eight-legged octopus. The title has often been incorrectly referred to as: The Undersea Explorers, The Underwater Explorers, The Underwater Adventurers, Journey to the Bottom of the Sea and many others.
More info →
O Dreamland
1953 · ★ 6.2
Lindsay Anderson's early documentary film of a British amusement park, the irony of its manufactured fun on full display.
More info →
Yankee Doodle Cricket
1975 · ★ 7.2
The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Chester creates the tune for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And all the animals--including John and Marsha, the lightning bugs--help Paul Revere spread the message that the British are coming. [Plot summary written by J. Spurlin.]
More info →
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
2007 · ★ 5.5
On a moonlit fall night, a priest races to the home of Mr. Moulin running a motorcycle off the road and arriving just in time to catch the old man as he falls from a chair on which he stacked books in order to reach a bottle of cognac. Mr. Moulin is a miser with a sock full of money that the priest would like to appropriate by selling the old man a space capsule that will take him to paradise. After a test drive and some negotiation, the deal may be struck, but then, there's a knock at the door.
More info →
LeapFrog: Word Caper
2004 · ★ 10
Go on a word-search adventure and discover the clues to building words! A wild word-building adventure! When Mr. Websley is accidentally silenced by the Silent E Machine, Leap, Lily and Tad must journey through the Complex Word Complex to build the code words needed to return his voice. Guided only by the "Absent Professor Device," the kids learn how to solve the code and save the day. Humorous songs add to the fun and help teach the rules for advanced word-building.
More info →
Maestro
2005 · ★ 6.4
Five minutes before his big performance, the Maestro and his persistent mechanical assistant are getting ready. As the clock ticks, life at the top is not all it seems.
More info →
What's the Story, Wishbone?
2026
A behind-the-scenes journey into the creation and lasting legacy of Wishbone, the Emmy-winning PBS series that introduced a generation to classic literature through the adventures of a small dog with a big imagination.
More info →
Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb
1969 · ★ 9
The dangers of drug use by teenagers are illustrated by showing how well-dressed, happy teens are turned into slovenly, long-haired, drug-addled potheads who don't know that, according to the film's drug expert, “in high dosages, it [marijuana] parallels LSD.”
More info →