1952 Movies

Tones of experimental music lead us into the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden. An extensive collection of exotic masks is hanging on the walls w...

A close-up study of a spider at work.

This Grantland Rice Sportlight directed by Jack Eaton visits the internationally famous Mexican Army Equestrian Teams as it puts on a demonstration if...

The two talking magpies Heckle and Jeckle are watching the crowds going into the theater to see a performance of "The Barber of Seville" and decide to...

Heckle and Jeckle, the world's most famous talking Magpies, go on a moose-hunting trip. In order to get close enough to a moose to shoot him, they com...

Dangerous Dan the desperado enters the barbershop run by Hackle and Jackle with guns blazing, and that is his highlight as the Magpies use their barbe...

Shots of an open air curling tournament on a frozen loch in Dumfriesshire.

Fishermen are seen leaving Peterhead harbour in search of herring. The herring are unloaded and taken to the fishcuring yard where they are gutted, pi...

Casper is once again looking for a friend, and he meets a skunk.

The film was shown for the first time on 11 February 1952 at the 'Avant-Garde 52' cinema club. It consisted of blank illumination projected onto a wea...

A dying man recalls his lost youth.

Educational film on the Cold War conflict

How can we protect ourselves against the threats of germs and toxins? Cold War America gears up to fend off threats from unconventional bioweapons.