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Santa’s Village

Date produced: 1964

Filmmaker(s):

Arthur H. Smith

Description:

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


Santo Patrón [Patron Saint]

Date produced:

Filmmaker(s):

Eloy González Gavilán

Description:

El filme describe el día de San Prudencio y las actividades que se realizan alrededor de este. La riqueza gastronómica, cultural y religiosa de la región es descrita a través de este documental que nos muestra el día de la romería y las costumbres y tradiciones alavesas.

The film describes San Prudence's Day and the activities around it. The region's richness of gastronomy, culture and religion is described through this documentary that shows the pilgrimage day as well as customs and traditions from Alava.


Saturday

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Booth

Smethurst

Description:

"shows cinematically how a large provincial town spends Saturday. Each shot will be related to the preceding shot either by comparison or by contrast, and the success of the film will depend entirely on the photography and the editing" (HMHT 1933: 113).
"a picture dealing with the various activities of a town at week-ends. Many shots were taken in the streets of Bolton" (Kinematograph Weekly 1933: 21).


Scalpel, The

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Richard H. Lyford

Description:

"Misdirected medical research, with gruesome and very exciting consequences, is the basis of the plot of The Scalpel, a photoplay produced by Richard H. Lyford, with the aid of a group of boys and girls of high school age. The plot is extravagant, the story is rather too filled with amazing action, and there is not a doubt that the melodrama as a whole puts too great a burden on the acting ability of a group of young people, even though they are surprisingly able. Nevertheless, here is an amateur made thriller of the Frankenstein and werwolf tradition that really sends chills chasing down your spine. The transition of the unfortunate doctor into a demented and abnormal creature involved makeup that is really astonishing outside of a theatrical studio. It can't be said that the handling of the episode is any less convincing in this amateur production than are the same undertakings in the best Hollywood films of this nature. In addition to being really successful in its object, this picture offers some excellent technical work and very competent management of a large cast." Movie Makers, Dec. 1936, 550-551.


Scandinavian Summer - Sweden and Norway

Date produced: 1982

Filmmaker(s):

Robbins Barstow

Description:

"In the summer of [1982], Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, went on a two-week tour of scenic Sweden and spectacular Norway. Join them in viewing beautiful sights and fascinating sites, all in dramatic color." Archive.org


Scat, Scat

Date produced: 1955

Filmmaker(s):

Harrison F. Houghton

Description:

"A Short, appealing story of the little kitten who had no home. A wonderful example of what can be done within four flocks of one's home. The cast includes Mrs. Houghton, their two daughters, a few neighbors, and the family dog and kitten" PSA Journal, Dec. 1955, 36.


Scenes at the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Stan Armstrong

Description:

"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)


Scenes From Runnymede Pageant

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

Eunice Alliott

Eustace Alliott

Description:

A short film documenting a historical re-enactment in Runnymede, Surrey.


Schizo

Date produced: 1965

Filmmaker(s):

Barclay Shaw

Description:

The noted female impersonator Charles Pierce is invited to visit to the home of Norma Desmond (of Sunset Boulevard [Billy Wilder, 1950]).


School Days

Date produced: 1947

Filmmaker(s):

Glen H. Turner

Description:

"Film detailing a year in high school through footage from different school events like homecoming, football games, art classes, and other outdoor activities." Church History Library.


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