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Experiment in Animation

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Michael A. Riche


My Little Brother

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Glen H. Turner

Description:

"Black and white film highlighting the summer activities of ‘Little Brother,’ his older brother, and other children." Church History Library.


[W.H. Tilley Collection, no. 2 - 1950s]

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Paul Tilley

W. Hope Tilley

Description:

"This collection of 16mm clips was originally shot and compiled in the 1950s by W.H. Tilley. Footage features images of downtown St. Louis (including St. Louis Union Station), Philadelphia's Independence Hall, 'Demolishing of Deaf School' (1956), the Texas State Capitol and Congress Avenue, Barton Springs (1953), exterior and interior views of the Tilley home (1953), the flag and Capitol building at sunrise, and sightseeing in Montreal (including parades, a carriage, and views from Mt. Royal)" Texas Archive of the Moving Image.


Drama of an Old Farm

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Elmer Albinson

Description:

"Artist Dewey Albinson tours an old farm and helps viewers see it in terms of the unusual shapes, interesting colors and rough textures that make strong compositions." Minnesota Historical Society.


Dune Dreams

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Dick Baty

Description:

An elderly couple visits the beach, where they observe young people engaged in sports and romance. These sights prompt the couple to reflect on the story of how they met at the same beach in their younger years.


Floral Fantasy

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

Ernest Frederick Attridge

Description:

"A short amateur film using time-lapse photography of flowers blooming in a studio setting." Library and Archives Canada.


Nature in the Garden

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

William G. Nicholls

Description:

"In this year's goodly collection of films based largely on extension tube cinematography, Nature in the Garden by W. G. Nicholls tops not only the excellent pictures of many other contestants, but also his own Ladybird, a ten best award winner in 1953. Nature in the Garden is an instructional film pure and simple, chock full of facts to please the most apathetic, as well as the most enthusiastic, bug-viewer. Excellent technical work by a master student of both nature and cinematography has resulted in outstanding and often exciting closeups of bees, spiders, moths and other insects. Skillful editing and an unobtrusive yet informative narrative make Mr. Nicholls' production an exceptional short subject. To this teacher, Nature in the Garden is definitely superior to most of the professional nature films now being circulated in American educational circles" PSA Journal, Jan. 1955, 49.


Birding in Haidaland

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

G. Clifford Carl

Description:

"Bird colonies of Langara and Cox Islands in the Queen Charlotte Islands." (BC Archives)


Pelican Parade

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

G. Clifford Carl

Description:

"The Pelican colony at Stum Lake in the Chilcotin Region." (BC Archives)


Secrets of the Sea

Date produced: 1953

Filmmaker(s):

G. Clifford Carl

Description:

"Marine and seashore life on the Pacific coast. Includes: tidal plants, crustaceans, fish; oolichan fishery and its importance; seabirds of Triangle Island and Queen Charlotte Islands; seals and seabirds on the Pribilof Islands, etc. Also footage of Victoria Inner Harbour area, houses and gardens." (BC Archives)

Compiled from Clifford Carl's BC Provincial Museum films for use on an Audobon Screen Tour. Appears to have been revised in 1959.


Total Pages: 299