Two Women (1960)

Two Women (Italian: La ciociara, roughly translated as "[The Woman] from Ciociaria") is a 1960 Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown, Carlo Ninchi and Andrea Checchi. The film was adapted by De Sica and Cesare Zavattini from the novel of the same name written by Alberto Moravia.

The Wall (1962)

Government propaganda film about the erection of the Berlin Wall.

The U.S. Navy Presents: The Enemy Japan II - The People (1942)

Joseph C. Grew introduces and narrates this film describing the effect of Shintoism and the Samurai code on the psychology of the Japanese people. Shows Emperor Hirohito reviewing Japanese troops; Tokyo street scenes and subways; theatrical dancing; brief scenes of radio and newspaper activities; peasants serving tea, pumping water, and washing clothes; the hand-threshing of grain and the hand-sawing of lumber; the home production of wooden articles; Japanese searching through debris after the 1923 earthquake; women working in a textile mill; the manufacture of truck bodies and engines; Hirohito arriving at a Shinto temple and children bowing at the shrine; 6- year-old children marching; Japanese field guns firing, rubble in a Chinese city, and refugees fleeing; Japanese children studying models of weapons; 16-year-olds drilling; a picnic held by students of a school of military government and colonial administration; 17-year-old Army inductees rising at reveille, eating breakfast, washing clothes, standing inspection, advancing as skirmishers in a drill, and practicing with bayonets; and Hirohito reviewing Army units.

The Strangler (1964)

The Strangler is a 1964 crime thriller, directed by Burt Topper and starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison and Ellen Corby, with a screenplay by Bill S. Ballinger. The film was inspired by the Boston Strangler, a serial killer of the 1960s.

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Gracie's Checking Account - Season 1, Episode 5 (1950)

LSD-25 (1967)

In this educational short, "Mr. LSD" explains what horrible things he can do to the human mind.

The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948)

How scientific agriculture changes the life and taste of the chicken.

The Battle for the Beaches

Summary: Navy film of the training and struggle to obtain beaches in Pacific and European Areas. Combat scenes of WWII. Reel 1: 1) Several LS taken off shore looking at White Cliffs of Dover. 2) Several quick flash shots showing England. Civil defense in operation, civilians loading sand bags and erecting sand bag parapets around buildings. 3) CS home guard troops marching up road carring rifles. 4) CS home guard troopers standing along coastline looking out at sea. 5) LS looking out across English village. 6) CS Guards walking up along barbed wire fence erected on outskirts of village. 8) CS surf breaking upon rocky coastline. 9) Several quick shots German coastal defense showing camouflaged gun position, observers, heavy concrete, coastal gun positions. 10) German officer talking to other officers.11) CS LS erection of base for the coastal defense guns. 12) CS place coastal defense gun in position. 13) CS German anti-aircraft gun positions along coastline. 14) LS along coastline showing waves breaking in upon shore. 15) CS Marines coming in for landing on one of the islands showing landing craft, men marching through water, shells bursting along coastline. 16) CS dead soldiers lying in ditch along road. 17) Gen Mark Clark conferring with other officers. 18) CS crew of B-25 (named Smiling Jack) being congratulated by Gen. MacArthur. 19) Several shots of landing craft going in toward shore. 20) CS men unloading landing craft along shoreline. 21) Good action shots, men coming in and establishing beachhead showing jeeps, field pieces, troops, field pieces, troops, general battle action. 22) CS sign: "Dunkirk." 23) CS anti-aircraft gun on English ship -- camera pans showing British troops on shore line waiting evacuation in bg. 24) LS across open terrain at several English tanks on cliff along coastline. 25) CS Hitler looking through binoculars across English coastline. 26) LS across water to the White Cliffs of Dover. 27) CS surf breaking upon rocky coastline. 28) CS Hitler and staff officers walking upon deck of ship. 29) LS through mast of sailing vessel at unidentified aircraft passing overhead. 30) CS large German coastal gun firing. 31) LS across water at White Cliffs of Dover. 32) CS English soldiers lining up in formation in open area -- barracks in bg. 33) CS English home guard doing manual of arms. 34) CS coastal defense observation post showing observers scanning horizon. 35) CS showing anti-aircraft gun positions along coastline. 36) LS back across ocean showing battle ship, in back of battleship can be seen large flat top English vessels. 37) CS English sailor standing in the observers position on ship scanning the sea with binoculars. 38) CSA Spitfire in flight. 39) LS Aerial, Spitfires diving diving down through the sky. Three aircraft in scene. 40) AS single Spitfire passing over cameraman's plane. 41) As formation of six B-26's passing directly over camera plane. 42) ADS B-26 in flight, low altitude, over water. 43) A single, SV B-26 in flight -- English insignia on side of aircraft. 44) ADS large harbor city. 45) LS across at large harbor city. 46) ACU camera in bomb bay showing bombs being released. 47) LS across water, showing bomb exploding near pier. 48) LS Same scene, bomb exploding directly on centor of pier.

The Andy Griffith Show: Aunt Bee's Medicine Man - Season 3, Episode 24 (1963)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Busy Christmas - Season 5, Episode 12 (1956)

The Battle of San Pietro (1945)

Documentary of the U.S. efforts to take Italy by acclaimed director John Huston. The U.S. Army which commissioned the film refused to show it because it was too honest in its portrayal of the high cost of battle and the difficulties faced.

Red Chinese Battle Plan (1967)

Cold War-era anti-Chinese propaganda film featuring footage of revolutionary activities and combat, circa 1921-1967.

Post-War Germany: 28 Months After V-E Day (1947)

Investigation of German industrial production capabilities after the devastation of World War II. With striking images of destroyed German cities and factories.

Please Murder Me (1956)

A lawyer wins an a acquittal for his client, a woman accused of murder. After the verdict, he finds out that she indeed did commit the murder and manipulated him to win her acquittal.

Cast:

Angela Lansbury as Myra Leeds
Raymond Burr as Attorney Craig Carlson
Dick Foran as Joe Leeds
John Dehner as Dist. Atty. Ray Willis
Lamont Johnson as Carl Holt
Robert Griffin as Lou Kazarian
Denver Pyle as Det. Lt. Bradley
Alex Sharp as Sgt. Hill
Lee Miller as Policeman on witness stand
Russell Thorson as Trial judge

Of Human Bondage (1934)

The 1934 film was the first film to bring real critical success to its star Bette Davis, her over-the-top, theatrical performance was passed over for a Best Actress Oscar nomination, although she was an unofficial write-in candidate. The RKO film, directed by John Cromwell, tells the story of a club-footed, sensitive artist Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), an Englishman who has been studying painting in Paris for four years, but is advised by his art teacher that his work is mediocre and second-rate, and that he lacks promise. So he returns to London, England to take up studies to become a medical doctor, but his older age and introspection make it difficult for him to keep up in his scholastic work. In England, he becomes infatuated - and then obsessed by a blonde, lower-class, slatternly and vulgar, Cockney-accented, illiterate tearoom waitress named Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis).

Nuremberg: U.S. Army Version (1950)

This film was made as an historical document to record permanently and accurately the trial of the Nazi defendants at Nuremberg. It consists of footage from German films documenting Nazi personalities and activities interwoven with film shot during the trials -- including testimony and statements from defendants, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and witnesses. It follows the story of the rise and fall of Nazism from the putsch in a Munich beer hall to the Nuremberg trials, and contains flashbacks of a variety of Nazi crimes against humanity. This particular version was made for German audiences with an English soundtrack and titles in German.

Operation Cue (1955)

Eerie nuclear tests on houses and dummies at the Nevada Test Site.

Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967)

Dark vision of drug use and its effect on American youth.

Mr. Imperium (1951)

Lana Turner plays the sexy nightclub singer that a European prince (Ezio Pinza) falls in love with, and although she's already got a boyfriend, she slowly falls for the prince. They begin a love affair that will prove to be short-lived.

Money Madness (1948)

A murderous bank robber (Hugh Beaumont) on the run from the law hides out in a small town, where he gets a job as a cab driver. He meets a young girl (Frances Rafferty) who is caring for her ill but wealthy aunt. He courts her and they eventually marry. She soon discovers exactly who he is, and finds herself enmeshed in a scheme involving murder and loot from a bank robbery.

Million Dollar Weekend (1948)

Million Dollar Weekend is a 1948 American film directed by, and starring, Gene Raymond.

Cast:
Gene Raymond as Nicholas Lawrence
Osa Massen as Cynthia Strong
Francis Lederer as Alan Marker
Robert Warwick as Dave Dietrich
Patricia Shay as Sally
James Craven as Dr. George Strong
The Royal Hawaiian Serenaders as Themselves

Master Hands (1936)

Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands" of the assembly line workers, it seems more of a paean to the designers of this impressive mass production system. Filmed in Flint, Michigan, just months before the United Auto Workers won union recognition with their famous sit-down strikes. Released the same year as two other films with which it shares similarities: MODERN TIMES and TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.

Mambo (1954)

Mambo is a 1954 Italian/American film directed by Robert Rossen. The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi (Vittorio Gassman) and the rich count Enrico Marisoni (Michael Rennie). Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome. Returning 6 months later to the competing affections of Mario and Enrico, resulting in a choice between the two and the dramatic finale.

Cast:

Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti
Michael Rennie as Enrico Marisoni
Vittorio Gassman as Mario Rossi
Shelley Winters as Toni Salerno
Katherine Dunham as Dance teacher
Mary Clare as Contessa Marisoni
Eduardo Ciannelli as Padre di Giovanna
Julie Robinson as Marisa
Walter Zappolini
Ottone Candiani
Franco Caruso as Pio
Mimi Dugini
Giovanna Galletti
Cecilia Maris as Barbara
Martitia Palmer as Lena Masetti
Sergio Parlato as Eduardo
Catherine Zago

Kennedy/Nixon First Debate - Presidential Election (1960)

A kinescope of the first John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon presidential debate.

Marilyn Monroe's TV Debut on the Jack Benny Program: Honolulu Trip - Season 4, Episode 1 (1953)

Good Table Manners (1951)

A bad-mannered 14-year-old meets himself as a young man of 21, and learns the fundamentals of good table manners.

Fallout

Animated nuclear preparation film.

Coffee House Rendezvous

Shows coffeehouses sponsored by churches and community organizations and how they function as gathering places for counter-cultural youth.

Carnival Story (1957)

A young girl (Anne Baxter) runs away and joins with a traveling carnival troupe in Colonia (Germany), the American-owned circus in all its beautiful sadness in the setting. She is enamored by her employer (Steve Cochran) and is hired by the ringmaster (J.C. Flippen). Later she is contracted by a sault artist (Lyle Bettger),he teaches her the leap routine and soon becomes its main attraction but he has a somersault accident. Anne Baxter as an aerial acrobat dropping to swimming pool is interested in both men. The film is a melodramatic and romantic tale with the classic triangular love story through European tour meshing the drama with events offstage. The movie is wrought with romance and glamor but is a simple and tragic story of a scheming young girl and the men of whom she takes advantage.

Atom Age Vampire (1960)

Atom Age Vampire is an Italian horror film (Seddok, L'Erede di Satana) that has has been dubbed into English. A car accident disfigures exotic dancer Jeanette Moreneau and after the plastic surgeons have given up on her Professor Alberto Levin offers to redeem her beauty by using his secret formula, Derma-25. The cure is not permanent though, and to make matters worse the mad professor soon becomes infatuated with his patient.

Drug Abuse: The Chemical Tomb (1969)

Interesting anti-drug film criticizing drug use as an inhibitor of necessary social change. Director: Alan Kishbaugh. Camera: Charles Sutton. Narrator: Chuck Bowman.