1959 Movies

A British Transport Film.

Sir Brian Robertson addresses the staff of British rail on the subject of the rationalisation and modernisation of the railways as set out in a new pa...

A look at going to the races at on Derby Day at Epsom Downs.

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

Documentary from British Transport Films

Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members of his Asbestos Hall...

A small, neglected boy protests against his busy parents by rambling across the city alone.

About life and work in the salt pans

A patchwork of East End colours and characters on Middlesex Street, better-known as Petticoat Lane.

This film is one of a series on Plant Supervisors' Problems. Based on material furnished by the Education and Training Department of the Aluminum Com...

An industrial film sponsored by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company promoting the "Cleveland Corridor," an 85-mile corner of northeast Ohio be...

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

Two naive village-bred brothers, Brijpal (Birju) and Rajpal (Raju) decide to re-locate to Bombay city in order to better their lives. On their first d...

Firewalkers records a traditional Greek rite which, now Christianized, goes back to the ancient Orphic Mysteries of Thrace: walking barefoot on burnin...

Cuban news segment documenting the takeover of the facilities and property of Hollywood distributors on the island.