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1940's

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

August 13, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, Fascism, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In the wake of #Charlottesville, we are reposting this film which examines the echoes of 2oth century fascism that are reverberating

1970's

The Veldt – 1970’s

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Roland Faust 1970's, Africa, Carnival, China, Draft, Energy, Feature Films, film, French, Futurism, Ice Cream, Moon, New York, Ray Bradbury, Rocket, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Short Films, Short Subjects, summer, sun

The Hadley family lives in an automated house called “The Happylife Home,” filled with machines that do every task. The

1950's

Newsreel: Stanley Kubrick’s Day of the Fight – 1951

April 15, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1950, 1950's, 1951, Boxing, Cinema, Day of the Fight, Documentary, Feature Films, film, Greenwich Village, History, Kubrick, New York City, Newsreel, NYC, Pugilist, Short Films, Short Subjects, Stanley Kubrick

Day of the Fight shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day

1920's

Mack Sennett: The Bees Buzz – 1929

April 10, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1920's, 1929, 1930, Beez Buzz, Comedy, Feature Films, Hollywood, Mack Sennett, Short Films, Short Subjects

Mack Sennett: The Bees Buzz – 1929

1970's

Blue Planet – 1970’s

April 10, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1970's, Apollo, Astronaut, Burgess Meredith, Coffee, Documentary, Earth, Feature Films, flash, Moon, Moon Landing, NASA, Rocket, Short Films, Short Subjects, Skylab, Space, Space Exploration, Space Shuttle

Produced by NASA, narrated by inimitable Burgess Meredith, Blue Planet was exhibited at air and space museums based in major

1950's

Animation: What Makes Us Tick – 1952

February 21, 2017April 18, 2017 Roland Faust 1950's, 1952, Animation, Capitalism, Economics, New York, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Propaganda, Short Films, Short Subjects, Stock Market, What Makes Us Tick

An animated, idealized illustration of how the stock market works, produced lovingly by the New York Stock Exchange in 1952.

1940's

Moonlight Cocktails – 1942

February 21, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1942, Cocktails, Dance, Drinking, Exotica, Liquor, Moonlight Cocktails, Short Films, Short Subjects, Song and Dance

Moonlight Cocktails – 1942

1930's

Olvera Street: A Street of Memory – 1937

February 21, 2017April 10, 2017 Roland Faust 1930's, 1937, A Street of Memory, California, Chicano, Documentary, Educational Film, Educational Films, Los Angeles, Mexico, Old California, Olvera Street, Short Films, Short Subjects

Olvera Street: Street of Memory – 1937

1970's

Incendio – 1974

February 19, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1970's, 1974, Animation, Brazil, Disaster, Documentary, film, Fire, Joelma Building, Movies, Music, Sao Paolo, Short Films, Short Subjects

A brutal documentary account detailing the infamous Sao Paolo high rise fire of February 1, 1974. With a strange 1970’s

1970's

Black Music in America: From Then Till Now – 1970’s

February 18, 2017April 10, 2017 Roland Faust 1950, 1950's, 1970's, Africa, America, Black Music in America, Documentary, Four Women, gospel, History, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Movies, Music, Nina Simone, Short Films, Short Subjects, Soul, Swing

This tremendous educational documentary from the mid-1970’s examines the priceless contributions of African-Americans to musical heritage, so closely tied to

1940's

Don’t Be a Sucker – 1947

February 17, 2017April 9, 2017 Roland Faust 1940's, 1947, Don't Be A Sucker, film, Germany, Movies, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, Short Films, Short Subjects, World War II, WWII

In this anti-fascist film produced by US Military in the wake of WWII, the producers deconstructs the politically motivated social

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