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Ahate-Hanhak [Duck legs]

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Filmmaker(s):

Eloy González Gavilán

Description:

El filme comienza con un hombre vagando por el campo. Encuentra a una mujer vestida de blanco y comienzan a besarse, hasta que eventualmente caen sobre el pasto. El hombre lleva a la mujer vestida de blanco a conocer a una mujer mayor que la rechaza y la hace huir. El hombre va en su búsqueda y nota que ella tiene patas de pato, él cae al suelo y muera mientras ella coloca un pequeño costal café cerca de su pecho. La película muestra después a un grupo de hombres cargando su cuerpo hacia su ceremonia fúnebre mientras la mujer mayor llora detrás de la procesión y la mujer de blanco observa escondida en una esquina. Cuando el cuerpo es dejado solo, la mujer de blanco se aproxima para tomar el costal café y desaparece.

The film begins with a man wandering in the country. He finds a woman dressed in white and they begin to kiss, eventually falling on the grass. The man takes the woman dressed in white to meet an older woman who rejects her and makes her leave. He goes looking for the woman in white and sees that she has duck legs, he falls and dies while she places a small brown sack by his chest. The film then shows men carrying his body to his burial while the older woman cries behind the funeral procession and the woman in white watches hiding in a corner. When the body is left alone, the woman in white approaches him and takes the brown sack back and leaves.


Largo Caminar, Un [A long walk]

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Filmmaker(s):

Eloy González Gavilán

Description:

El filme muestra diversos paisajes naturales de Ribera en Álava (España) mientras se escucha la narración de un hombre reflexionando mientras deja atrás la ciudad y mira las montañas y ríos. El hombre recuerda distintos fragmentos de su vida y mientras mira el río concluye que aún le queda un largo camino en la vida.

The film depicts several natural landscapes of Ribera in Álava (Spain) while a male voice narrates the reflections of a man while he leaves the city behind and watches the mountains and the rivers. The man remembers many fragments of his life and while he sees the river he concludes that there is still a long road ahead for him in life.


Modern Design

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Filmmaker(s):

Robert Davis

Description:

Two men perform a song titled "Modern Design" and encourage the film's viewer to participate in the performance.


I’ll Take Tallulah

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Filmmaker(s):

Robert Davis

Description:

"A lyric video to the song "I'll Take Tallulah" from "Ships Ahoy" - the 1942 musical-comedy film produced by MGM, starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton. The song is performed by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, while the film was made by amateur filmmaker Robert Davis." Chicago Film Archives.


Japan Speaks but China Talks Back

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Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Description:

"Ship sails from Chicago, visits Japan's ports, cities, villages, etc. Views of modern with traditional." UC San Diego Library.


European Summer (Spain)

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Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Description:

"General scenes in Spain, including farming and city life. There is a long section of a bull fight (Madrid)." UC San Diego Library.


Signs of the Times

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Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Description:

Short film showing shots of various neon signs at nighttime.


Heads You Win

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Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Description:

"Film contains Sid and Charlotte's heads floating on a black background. They talk about the kinds of T.V. shows they like and it ends with Sid saying the punch line 'I can't stand a show that is all talking heads'." UCLA Film & Television Archive.


Cancun

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Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Description:

"Highlights of a trip to Cancun Mexico." UCLA Film & Television Archive.


Canada

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Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Description:

"A trip through the Canadian Rockies and to the Chateau Isabella." UCLA Film & Television Archive.


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