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Wake of the Bluenose

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Ken Cucksey


Brigham’s House

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Glen H. Turner

Description:

"Color film featuring historic buildings in central and southern Utah. Most of the film is about Brigham Young's house in St. George, Utah. Film shows inside and outside features of the house." Church History Library.


Mister E

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Margaret Conneely

Description:

"A domestic black comedy, MISTER E expresses some of the edgier mischief and discontent that women of mid-century America could rarely express openly. This short film narrates the revenge acted out by a young wife, left at home while her husband is at a card game; by staging a rendezvous with a mannequin, this woman provokes an eruption of jealousy and violence before bringing about the desired marital tenderness." Chicago Film Archives


Slow Drying

Date produced: 1960

Description:

"A comedic film made by Chicago amateur film club Central Cinematographers about a man who paints himself into a corner." via Chicago Film Archives


Central America

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Description:

Kodachrome travelogue showing life and culture in Guatemala and Panama.


Medieval Rothenburg

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Alfred Strode

Description:

Travelogue of Rothenburg, Germany.


Ringers Required

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Anthony Collins

Description:

"Recreates the revival of change-ringing of the bells at Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral, after a five-year hiatus. Shows the training of bell-ringers and the ringing-in of the New Year. The bells of Westminster Abbey in Mission City are also heard. Members of the Vancouver Society of Change Ringers are featured. Winner of a Canadian Film Award in the amateur category (1961)" British Columbia Archives.


Arizona Utopia

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Robert Davis

Theresa Davis

Description:

"A two-part lecture travelogue film on the state of Arizona. The film would have been originally presented with live narration by the filmmaker, Robert Davis. Part one includes footage of desert landscapes, ranches, pre-historic artifacts, Native American art production & industry (wigs, textiles, etc), saloons, regional industry (logging, agricultural, and dams). Part two also includes footage of desert landscapes, cacti and dams as well as scenes from Phoenix and the surrounding area. Highlights from part two include a tour of a trailer park and footage of people skiing and sledding down a snowy hill." Chicago Film Archives.


Let’s Take the Long Way Home

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

Sidney N. Laverents

Description:

"Canada 1960." UCLA Film & Television Archive.


Cruise on the Minnie-Lee

Date produced: 1960

Filmmaker(s):

L. Clyde Anderson

Description:

"1 View of small plane at an airport. 2 View of dinghy in a harbor at the Great Salt Lake. 3 Views of shoreline and boat moving through the Great Salt Lake. 4 Views of the west coast of Central America, dolphins leading the boat, fishing, Santa Cruz, local inhabitants, cliff diving and a vacation resort." University of Utah Marriott Library.


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