1958 Movies

Short film about the Montgolfier brothers' first flight in a hot air balloon

A promotional film touting RCA/Victor's new stereo Victrola.

Accidents often happen when we least expect them. SImple carelessness, especially in the home, creates conditions in which an accident may occur. Prom...

A short film about skiing and skiing competitions in Oslo, from 1958. ***** Oslofilm was a series of public information films about life in and around...

A look at automobile theft and how police catch car thieves.

Demonstrates the mimeographing process, including making corrections and operating the machine. Shows supplies, equipment and specialized tools and su...

The 14th Dalai Lama during his final Geshe (Doctor of Divinity) examinations in Lhasa, Tibet which took place from the summer of 1958 to February 1959...

Contrasting the idyllic images of a fisherman at work with city industry in the background

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

An English boy, Cecil, on holiday in Scotland and his holiday friends playing in Wishaw's streets and in a park.

Savitribai lives a lavish lifestyle living on the wealth of her dead husband she married her husband as she wanted his wealth while her husband wanted...

Opening the film is a highly visible Soviet coat of arms with translations of Marx’s call “Workers of the world, unite!” into several languages. In th...

A celebration of transatlantic commercial jet travel: 6.5 hours from New York to London. Columbus took two months, Lindbergh took 33 hours, but by 195...

Short western featuring all child actors.

Short documentary film about the construction of an expressway.

First feature motion picture photographed in Kinopanorama, the Soviet equivalent of Cinerama.