Movies: Preserved film

  • 1947
    First Steps

    First Steps (1947)

    First Steps

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    United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film deals with modern techniques of physiotherapy, and the need to develop the whole child - his emotions a...

    First Steps
  • 1979
    Hand Piece

    Hand Piece (1979)

    Hand Piece

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    "This hand drawn animated film is a tribute to my hands. It was produced between 1977-79 with the assistance of a grant from the Sinking Creek Film Celebration. This animated film honors the legacy of Jules Engel the original head of Cal Arts Animati...

    Hand Piece
  • 1975
    Skyworks:

    Skyworks: "Wind + Fire" (1975)

    Skyworks: "Wind + Fire"

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    Film of "Dropped Objects" falling from 8,000 ft. altitudes with skydivers as performers. This film of a conceptual artist's work is a document of Skyworks but also meant to be expressive as an art film. A film of meditation revealing the cosmic breat...

    Skyworks:
  • 1945
    Brought to Action

    Brought to Action (1945)

    Brought to Action

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    This U.S. Navy documentary depicts the sea battle at Leyte Gulf during the Allied landings at Mindoro in the Phillipines during World War II. During this battle, a small group of American escort carriers designated Taffy 3 engaged the Japanese fleet'...

    Brought to Action
  • 1987
    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed) (1987)

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)

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    Described as "a collection of 'windows' on a personal past" "Time's Wake (Once Removed)" incorporates material from an earlier version. On the earlier version: made from material I collected through the years when I went back to visit my parents at L...

    Time’s Wake (Once Removed)
  • 1982
    Eclipse Predictions

    Eclipse Predictions (1982)

    Eclipse Predictions

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    Diana Wilson’s mysteriously beautiful animated tableaux fluidly unfold before our eyes, a generous receptacle for the mournful, harrowing soundtrack, in which the filmmaker recounts a tragedy from her youth. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in ...

    Eclipse Predictions
  • 1975
    Glass Face

    Glass Face (1975)

    Glass Face

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    "Like Los Ojos, Glass Face shows off Beydler's more whimsical side, but his consistently fresh approach to the transformation of still frames into motion pictures is nevertheless on its usual breathtaking display here. This time, the material being a...

    Glass Face
  • 1948
    Twenty Years of Academy Awards

    Twenty Years of Academy Awards (1948)

    Twenty Years of Academy Awards

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    All the winners. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000....

    Twenty Years of Academy Awards
  • 1978
    Book of Dead

    Book of Dead (1978)

    Book of Dead

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    16mm short from 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011....

    Book of Dead
  • 1976
    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance (1976)

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance

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    The inevitable subjectivity and diaristic potential of landscape is foregrounded in this semi-structuralist work of weird poetic beauty. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013....

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance