1958 Movies

Directed by Yeshwant Pethkar.

Pure color forms float lyrically across the screen in this abstract film exercise to the music of Greensleeves.

Depicts a primary-grade youngster who becomes willing to work with numbers after he spends a day without numbers. Emphasizes the many daily uses for n...

"Hey kids! What time is it?" Here are four episodes from the classic children's TV show featuring Howdy, Buffalo Bob Smith and Clarabell (Bob Keeshan)...

Directed by Prabhakar Manajirao Nayak.

Part of BFI collection "They Stand Ready."

Directed by Khalil Shawqi.

This short unedited film largely documents travel, tourist attractions some of the people encountered during Sir Clarmont Skrine’s time in the region....

A look at the country we know now as Taiwan.

Look back at 1950's innovations in cosmetics with this colourful archive footage of an old fashioned beautician demonstrating the process of mixing fa...

A documentary film about Point Lobos.

Tells the story of four British Road Services drivers who lived and worked together for two years.

Documentary about the Rímac River. Directed by Emilio Herman. Produced by José María Roselló.

Film capturing a family holiday on the North Antrim coast, with trips to the Giant's Causeway and the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.

1958, 3 min, b&w, sound, 35mm, Argentina

Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."

Following in the footsteps of pioneers like Émile Cohl, the brilliant inventor and self-taught artist Louis Van Maelder created a body of work of unpa...