1955 Movies

A short piece of film recording general views of Edinburgh's Princes Street in the 1950s.

A collection of newsreel spoofs. Among them, a house with some special features for the mother-in-law, an egg-eating champion who speaks fluent chicke...

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...

A behind the scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland, filmed for ABC in July 1955. Initially provided to l...

The adventures of a salt-loving porcupine.

Bollywood 1955

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

Mother and the shoe salesman have trouble pleasing 10-year-old Barbara until Barbara's friend agrees with Mother.

Impressions of Elisabeth of Bavaria's, Queen of the Belgians, visit to Poland in 1955.

A farm woman learns fertilizer use and composting from an instructor, as practical lessons mingle with romance, songs, and rural life.

Modern machines and marble sculptures – documentation of the works in the port of Caesarea alongside the antiquities of Caesarea. Rehearsals of the or...

1955 / Jubah Hitam / Black Cloak / S. Ramanathan / Malay Film Productions

A short animated film about the adventures of an offended hedgehog.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating the movement of underwater plants and creatures synchronised with music

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

Film by Robert Vickrey.