"The story, older than the craft of lobster fishing, of a ten year old boy earning his own first few pennies is told beautifully and sensitively in Riches from the Sea, by T. J. Courtney. As simple and human as the life of those it pictures, this film captures the spirit of the young fisher boy as he goes about his work of baiting and dropping lobster pots. They are his own, just given by his father. The money he makes from selling the lobsters he catches, some of which he boils on the beach, is also his own. Finally, when the last one is purchased by tourists along the dusty road and the boy races to the village, clutching his coins, to buy the coveted store window toy, the picture swells to its climax, fully equal to the importance of the occasion in the youngster's life. Lovely angles and expert composition bring beauty in black and white to the photography, and the acting, by Philip Boutilier and his little sister Lorraine, of Seabright, Nova Scotia, is unaffected and agreeable. This photoplay illustrates how completely the locale and life of an interesting community can be conveyed by threading it on a simple story of human nature." Movie Makers, Dec. 1938, 597.
"doc. a fantasia"/avant-garde documentary Risveglio, regista Vittorio Cossato, collaboratore tecnico Antonio Marzari. Il film presenta in una successione di inquadrature rigorosamente fisse, il contrasto tra il passato e il presente espresso talora attraverso simboli (come nella prima parte l'uomo che, visto di schiena cammina per un terreno paludoso, triste e squallido) ma quasi sempre per visioni di natura, di nuove generazioni al lavoro nel traffico dei porti, delle strade e nelle adunate. Vi sono dei passaggi freschi e il film nel complesso non manca di una certa omogeneità ritmica. Awakening, director Vittorio Cossato, technical collaborator Antonio Marzari. The film presents, in a succession of rigorously fixed shots, the contrast between the past and the present, sometimes expressed through symbols (as in the first part, the man who, seen from behind, walks through a sad and bleak, marshy terrain), but almost always through visions of nature, of new generations at work in the traffic of ports, roads and rallies. There are some fresh passages and the film in its entirety does not lack a certain rhythmic homogeneity. —Il Ventuno 29 (Review of the G.U.F. of Venice), June 1935, p. 16
"The majesty of one of North America's greatest rivers is the theme of Walter Downs's Saga of the St. Lawrence. Stunning Kodachrome views of this mighty stream picture it from the decks of a river steamer. The ship is used as a mechanism for carrying the continuity theme forward and for providing smooth "trucking" shots of the passing shoreline. Brief stops offered the opportunity for sequences that show the character of the country and its people with the sympathy and understanding of one who knows the region well. These also punctuated the film in a pleasant and interesting fashion. The picture is accompanied by a musical background and some sound effects, all done by double turntable. This is a gracious and capable film of high photographic quality." Movie Makers, Dec. 1937, 630.
"Gliding scenes at Camphill in the 1930s, including the National Meetings in 1936 and 1937, the latter featuring a visit from the German pilot Hanna Reitsch. There are also aerial shots, and footage of the Slingsby's Gull II glider and the Golden Wren. The Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club has been based at Camphill in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire since 1935, and many pioneers of gliding were members or flew from here. In 1954, Camphill hosted the World Gliding Championships." (BFI Player)
"This film Documents the voyage of the Baden-Powells, and 650 Scouts and Guides, as they cruise Europe in the SS Calgaric visiting Scout and Guide groups in Europe, on an ‘Argosy of Peace’.
This film shows the 1st Norwich Sea Scouts as they prepare to represent Great Britain in the International Sea Scout Jamboree in Poland.
"This comedy-drama is a skit on “Robinson Crusoe"(HMHT 1932: 181).
"Bringing the flavor of Europe and its people that we all like to remember, Skibet, Danish for ship, tells the story of the building of the G. C. Amdrup, a modern motor vessel with a wooden hull. The saga is carried from cutting the massive tree which becomes the keel of the ship to the final addition of paint and superstructure. Mown in from Denmark to the Danish Consulate in New York City, and from there transported to Movie Makers office, Otto Wilhjelm's film portrays the incredible amount of hand labor used in constructing a ship without the help of modern power equipment, considered a necessity in the United States. It provides the nostalgia of a great individual craftsmanship. As to the G. C. Amdrup herself, it seems safe to say — after watching the solid chunks of wood being sawed, planed and bolted snugly to the crossbeams — that she will be sailing her northern run long after our Victory ships have rusted away." Movie Makers, Dec. 1947, 534.
"Amateur travelogue of an extensive trip to Australia photographed and produced by "The Traveling Sebrings," Lewis B. Sebring, Jr. and Alice P. Sebring. Lewis B. Sebring, Jr. was a journalist and war correspondent for the New York Herald-Tribune, who reported on combat in the Southwest Pacific Area theater during World War II. The trip documented in this film, which they referred to also as "An Odyssey to Australia" covers the entire continent of Australia, from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, Perth, and Brisbane, and everything in between, usually documented via passenger train. In each city, the film expertly documents landscape, architecture, and people, as well as rural areas and animals." Wisconsin Historical Society.
"A journey from Norfolk - via Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset - to the village of Charmouth in Dorset. Having set out from Norfolk, the group speed down country lanes and gravel tracks to a farm in Hampshire where a tractor is used to cut and bind a hay crop. From Hampshire the group travel to Wiltshire and the site of 'Britain's oldest ruin', Stonehenge, before visiting the 14th century Nunney Castle in Somerset. In the cathedral city of Wells, the group visit take in views from the cathedral tower and its ornate Western Front, as well as the nearby Bishop's Palace. A visit to Cheddar Gorge - filmed from a moving car - and the Cheddar village is followed by an informative visit to Glastonbury Abbey, with views of the ruins, the Lady Chapel, the grave of King Arthur and the ongoing archaeological work. At the end of a long journey, the group arrive at their destination - Charmouth, Dorset - swimming at the beach and taking a tour which includes panoramic views of the village, a house where Charles II once slept, and picturesque shots of the River Char and Golden Cap, the highest point on the South Coast. The film concludes with 90 year old George Hodges - presumably a relative of the filmmaker - who is shown smoking a pipe and relaxing at his home before appearing at an official ceremony where he opens the playing fields which had been donated by his late brother Charles." (EAFA Database)
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Amateur Cinema