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The Finest Hours
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The Finest Hours

Sep. 29, 1964

The Finest Hours

A biography of Winston Churchill, shown through re-creations and actual film footage and told by Orson Welles.
Love Meetings
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Love Meetings

Jul. 05, 1965

Love Meetings

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if ...
Cosmos
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Cosmos

Sep. 28, 1980

Cosmos

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
Garrincha: Joy of the People
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Garrincha: Joy of the People

Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic ...
An Indian Story
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An Indian Story

Mar. 15, 1962

An Indian Story

Still photographs and narration give an overview of the history of the American Indian.
Strangers of the Earth
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Strangers of the Earth

Les inconnus de la terre starts like a traditional feature film: in the beginning of the film all the leading roles are given a short ...
Jungle Cat
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Jungle Cat

Aug. 10, 1960

Jungle Cat

This final True-Life Adventure would also appear to be one of the best, as we go into the South American jungle to observe the jaguar. Jungle Cat ...
LSD: Insight or Insanity?
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LSD: Insight or Insanity?

Documentary about the potentially dangerous and unpredictable drug LSD. Various experts discuss how LSD is made and the hazards involved in using ...
The Poet of the Castle
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The Poet of the Castle

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many ...
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
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Jazz on a Summer’s Day

Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from ...
India: Matri Bhumi
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India: Matri Bhumi

May. 09, 1959

India: Matri Bhumi

Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
How Do They Do It?
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How Do They Do It?

May. 06, 2006

How Do They Do It?

An insider’s look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
Mein Kampf
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Mein Kampf

Apr. 24, 1960

Mein Kampf

“Mein Kampf” presents the raising and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Poland and the life Hitler, which is ...
Long Way Down
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Long Way Down

Oct. 28, 2007

Long Way Down

Three years after Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on a 15,000-mile journey from the northernmost tip of Scotland to the ...
Life in Cold Blood
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Life in Cold Blood

Feb. 04, 2008

Life in Cold Blood

David Attenborough reveals the surprising truth about the cold-blooded lives of reptiles and amphibians. These animals are as dramatic, as ...
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich
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Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich

Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across ...
South Seas Adventure
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South Seas Adventure

Jul. 16, 1958

South Seas Adventure

Cinerama takes you on a South Seas Adventure to tropical islands set like sparkling jewels in dreamy cerulean waters. Thrill to the lure of ...
Diary of a Pregnant Woman
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Diary of a Pregnant Woman

Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.
Along the Coast
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Along the Coast

Nov. 01, 1958

Along the Coast

Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; ...
The Song of Styrene
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The Song of Styrene

Dec. 01, 1957

The Song of Styrene

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to ...
Doctor Who Confidential
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Doctor Who Confidential

Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each ...
Planet Earth
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Planet Earth

Mar. 05, 2006

Planet Earth

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 ...
Search for Paradise
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Search for Paradise

Sep. 24, 1957

Search for Paradise

Lowell Thomas travels across Europe and the Middle East on his way to attend the coronation of King Mahendra in Nepal.
Break Up the Dance
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Break Up the Dance

Jan. 01, 1957

Break Up the Dance

Youths get ready for a party, decorating the dance floor, cleaning out the fountain of a pond. That evening, the party starts and guests arrive: ...
On the Bowery
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On the Bowery

Mar. 18, 1957

On the Bowery

A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City’s skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in ...
O Seasons, O Castles
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O Seasons, O Castles

May. 01, 1958

O Seasons, O Castles

A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.
All the World’s Memory
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All the World’s Memory

A documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of ...
Seven Wonders of the World
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Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World is a 1956 film in Cinerama. Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience ...
The Mystery of Picasso
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The Mystery of Picasso

Using a specially designed transparent ‘canvas’ to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera rolls. He begins with ...
Night and Fog
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Night and Fog

Jan. 29, 1956

Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler’s concentration camps.