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Antzar Eguna [Day of the goose]

Date produced: 1984

Filmmaker(s):

Miguel Ángel Quintana

Description:

Documental sobre la Fiesta del Ganso en Lekeitio. Dentro de las fiestas y tradiciones de Euskalherria, el Antzar Eguna de Lekeitio destaca por su gran poder de convocatoria. Las cuadrillas de mozos acompañados de charagas que amenizan el acto, conducen a la popa de sus botes al líder de cada grupo hasta el ganso, que amarrado por sus patas cabeza abajo, cuelga de una soga que cruza el puerto. Mediante tirones de esta soga, los mozos agarrados al cuello de los gansos, son izados una y otra vez hasta arrancar la cabeza del animal o caer al agua agotados. Esta singular e insólita fiesta ha despertado gran polémica entre sus detractores y seguidores. Actualmente los gansos que se emplean están muertos o son de plástico.
Texto de Miguel Ángel Quintana

Documentary about the Goose Celebration in Lekeitio. Among the celebrations and traditionsof Euskalherria, the Antzar Eguna of Lekeitio is one of the most attractive events. The troops go accompanied by musicians, and they lead the group leader towards their boats' stern until reaching a goose that is tied upside down by its legs, hanging from a rope that crosses the port. By pulling the rope, the participants hang on to the gooses neck, and are raised over and over again until they tear the goose's head or they fall to the water exhausted. This singular and unusual celebration has produced controversy between followers and detractors. Currently the gooses employed are either dead or made of plastic.
Text by Miguel Ángel Quintana.


Apparecchio per ristagno [Stagnation Apparatus]

Date produced: 1937

Description:

"documentario scientifico-touristico"/scientific-touristic documentary


Appendicectomia [Appendectomy] (1942)

Date produced: 1942

Description:

"doc. didattico"/educational documentary


Apple Sculpture

Date produced: 1971

Filmmaker(s):

Frank L. Kreznar

Description:

"Apple Sculpture by Frank L. Kreznar of Milwaukee, Wis. No Literal description of this film is possible more than the title itself. This surprising hobby is beautifully presented in this 8-minute 16mm film that was awarded a Ten Best Medal" PSA Journal, Nov. 1971, 41


Aquilotti al nido [Eaglets at the Nest]

Date produced: 1935

Description:

"documentario cronistico"/documentary chronicle


Aratusteak Lekeition [Lekeitio Carnivals]

Date produced: 1983

Filmmaker(s):

José Luis De la Torre Agirre

Description:

Umeen desfilea aratusteetan.

Un desfile de disfraces infantiles en una fiesta popular celebrada una vez al año en Lekeitio.

A children's costumes parade in a popular annual celebration in Lekeitio.


Archbishop of New Jersey

Date produced: 1939


Architecture and Fine Arts

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Frances Christeson

Harry Merrick

Description:

"Frances Christeson and Harry Merrick have shown in their film, Architecture and Fine Arts, what can be done with the motion picture camera by sensitive, yet systematic, movie makers. Produced under the supervision of A. C. Weatherland, dean of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California, the picture shows students at work and gives glimpses of class room technique in teaching most of the fine arts. Although no section of the film is long or detailed enough to serve the purpose of teaching, the film, as a whole, gives a very clear and concise picture of the scope of the work of the architecture and fine arts college of the University of Southern California. Technically and cinematically, this record is superb; beautiful compositions, carefully selected and composed scenes, combined with titles of distinction, make it a truly outstanding production. Included in the picture, that is for the most part in black and white, are color sequences of stained glass windows." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 542.


Arena [Sand]

Date produced: 1968

Filmmaker(s):

Daniel Pires Mateus

Description:

A documentary film of sand and its use in two of the most important elements that constantly surround the life of man: glass and concrete.


Aria compressa [Compressed Air]

Date produced: 1937

Description:

scientific documentary


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