1956 Movies

A film about a mysterious new boy who, in the course of a single day, rids his school of its bullying, gambling, laboratory explosions and abysmal cr...

Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikivi hands over the duties of President to Urho Kekko...

There are three neighbors living in a big tree, the black magpie, the squirrel, and the old rabbit. They are all selfish and have a bad relationship w...

Documentary

Filmed in glorious colour, visitors arrive at Dublin Airport to enjoy the cultural and architectural delights of Dublin City, the river Liffey and the...

A "stroll" at various locations: the St. Marx Cemetery, the Prater park, Carnuntum. We see people taking walks, construction workers, people flying mo...

A young boy uses his ESP to control a robot created by his wheel chair bound Uncle, and together they combat the forces of evil.

A documentary film from 1956 made by the Malayan Film Unit about Temiar culture. It was filmed in the area around Grik in Perak. The actors who play t...

Follows the life cycle of the desert locust.

Tips on understanding hospital admissions, even when they might make it difficult.

The owners of the Loon Bay Lodge in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada usually plan fishing and rafting trips for their guests. In this short they tak...

A Burmah-Shell–sponsored “Life in India” documentary, directed by Fali Billimoria, portraying a Travancore fishing family’s work and home life, with a...

A cartoon about the history of ice cream.

Short film by Marie-Anne Colson-Malleville.

An American goes to work in the booming oil industry of Venuzuela.

One in a series of films about the feats of Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. English title "How Huang Fei-hong Vanquished the Terrible Hound at Shami...

The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh's Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impressionistic documentary piece.