As an author of a book, "A Photo History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920" (English or Spanish), this movie (English narrative) is an excellent documentary of the exciting Mexican history of 1910-1920. There are no "Hollywood" scenes, all scenes are actual news footage of that fascinating time narrated in a "story" manner. Technically, the film displays the scratches, "jumpy...
A 25-minute documentary to caution us on the perils of reckless driving, narrated by James Stewart. We meet five ordinary people who drive off to their morning destination. Set in LA, we watch our five folks navigate through their day, all with apparent poor driving habits which could contribute to their demise by auto accident. The warning sign here, however, is that only four...
The film begins with a sun materializing out of the emptiness of space. In the first of three sequences we see various images from nature against music: the sky, trees, leaves, a bird, water, sand, a beach. A little boy wanders along the beach observing the natural world around him. He walks and presently comes to a house and peers inside. The second sequence has no music. The ...
The Hollywood Ten (1950) is an American 16mm short documentary. In the short, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech to denounce McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklisting.
It was directed by John Berry and can currently be seen on the DVD film releases of Spartacus and Salt of the Earth.
Director John Berry was blacklisted upon the documentary's release. He left ...
A homage to 50s Pin up photography. Bunny Yeager, ‘the worlds prettiest photographer’, started out as a beauty contest winner and professional photographer’s model in the 50’s. She established herself as one of America’s top ten glamour photographers throughout the 50’s and 60’s for Playboy and other magazines.
This pictorial shows 100 of her most glamorous models, featuring he...
1950年10月1日,新中国诞生后的第一个国庆纪念日,中央人民**邀请了各兄弟民族的代表来京参加这个伟大节日的庆祝典礼。为了纪录这个瞬间,北京电影制片厂摄制了纪录片《中国民族大团结》。
34岁的青年摄影师吴立本担任了这部纪录片的总导演,当时的他已经凭借《百万雄师下江南》(1949)、《开国大典》(1949)等纪录片在新中国电影界崭露头角。
影片讲述了各兄弟民族的代表们从遥远的边疆来到首都北京,接受毛主席、周总理等党和国家领导人的亲切会见,代表们也把带来的礼品敬献给毛主席。国庆前夜,毛主席举行盛大的宴会宴请各族代表们,共庆中国民族大团结和世界人民大团结。第二天,代表们参加了国庆大典活动和首都人民举行的各民族联欢活动。
这是新中国成立后后第一部表现各民族团结友爱的纪录片,今天,几乎当时参与摄制本片的工作人员都已经离开了我们。这部纪录片的珍贵性,也因其年代...