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Land of the Arawa

Date produced: 1963

Filmmaker(s):

Jim Goggin

Description:

"The Arawas, natives of the New Zealand, made their home in the steaming, boiling thermal areas of their country. Now visited by numbers of tourists annually, there are still remnants of the people and their rich history and culture" PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 42.


Şafak = L’Aube [Down]

Date produced: 1963

Filmmaker(s):

Alp Zeki Heper

Description:

“İlk film çalışmalarını Paris’te gerçekleştiren Heper, Galatasaray Lisesi’nden mezun olduktan sonra önce hukuk okumak için Cenevre’ye gider lakin mutlu olamaz ve okulu bırakarak Fransa’ya geçip, Paris Yüksek Sinema Enstitüsü’de (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques – IDHEC) sinema eğitimi almaya başlar. Bu okuldan ‘En İyi Yönetmen’ ünvanı ile mezun olan yönetmen, bu dönem (1963 yılında) gerçekleştirdiği iki kısa filminden ilki olan ‘Bir Kadın’ ile IDHEC, ikinci kısa filmi Şafak ile de hem IDHEC hem de Avusturya Kültür Bakanlığı En İyi Film ödülünü almıştır.” Burak Çevik, Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/alp-zeki-heper-ve-iki-kisa-filmi-bir-kadin-safak/ (15 November 2019).

“Graduated from Galatasaray Highschool, Heper first went to Geneva to study law. Because he was unhappy in Geneva, he left the law school and went to Paris to study filmmaking at Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques (IDHEC). He graduated from IDHEC with the award, “the best director.” The two student short films, Bir Kadın and Şafak, made by Heper when he was at IDHEC, received the best film awards from both IDHEC and the Austrian Ministry of Culture. Burak Çevik, Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/alp-zeki-heper-ve-iki-kisa-filmi-bir-kadin-safak/ (15 November 2019).


House Divided, A

Date produced: 1963

Filmmaker(s):

Edward C. McCarthy

Description:

"Using the moving camera technique, the audience is carried from the first, hesitant beginnings of the Civil War, through the major campaigns, to the inevitable ending of this bloodiest of all American conflicts. Using old wood block prints for his pictorial material, Edward McCarthy has done a remarkable job of breathing life into this segment of history" PSA Journal, Oct. 1963, 41.


Madrid 64

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Ángel Lerma


Avignon

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Gotzon Elorza

Description:

Retrato de la ciudad de Avignon en donde el director quiso demostrar que no sólo se podía hablar en Euskera de temas vascos sino de cualquier otro lugar e historia.

A portrait of the city of Avignon in which the director wanted to demonstrate that films in Euskera were not limited to topics regarding the Basque Country, but they could be about any other place or story.


Lake Louise: Cloud-Land

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

William M. Harlow

Description:

"Focusing in on Lake Louise, this film presents the viewer with an in depth look at the diverse and majestic landscape of the Banff National Park region. Using time-lapse photography, we can see the movement of not only the plant life in the mountains, but also the movement of the clouds, and weather patterns of the area," via SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.


Skating

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Description:

"Consists of footage of Blanche Smith rollerskating." Center for Home Movies.


Santa’s Village

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Description:

"A tour of the California theme park." Center for Home Movies.


Tomato Fruit Setting

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Victor Brown

Description:

"How tomatoes change from blossom to fruit -- Frame by frame shots of tomato blossom giving birth to tomato -- Care of tomato plants." UC San Diego Library.


Kente

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Gordon Rose


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