Thud and Blunder in "Knock-Off Time" (1964)

The Story of Menstruation

A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.

Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line

Documentary short film demonstrating the process by which waste fats from the kitchens of American homes can be transformed into the raw materials for explosives for the war effort.

The Grain That Built a Hemisphere

This animated documentary outlines the history and importance of corn in North America.

The New Spirit

Animated documentary promoting timely filing and payment of Federal income taxes, demonstrated by Donald Duck's difficulties with his tax return.

The Winged Scourge

The Seven Dwarfs fight malaria.

Duck and Cover

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.

Hotel E

A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.

A Feather in His Collar

Made for the Community Chests of America, Pluto demonstrates his community spirit by donating his collection of bones.

Robinson Charley

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

The Heart That Changed Color

A short animated PSA, starring the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow from the land of Oz. They stop woodland animals from smoking a cigarette.

It’s a Heart!

The Tin Woodman tells the circulatory story.

Rate Rebates

Zippy public information animation on how to keep up with the Joneses - by getting a rebate on rates.

Hands Off

Educational film for a campaign against wife battering in 1985 in The Netherlands.

Giro the Germ Episode 1

Animated public information film from the Health and Cleanliness Council.

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.

Willenbrock

Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.

National Security

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop that escalated out of control; now as lowly security guards they're thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

Coal Miner's Daughter

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

Dead Serious

Based on the book by Jane Mersky Leder, Dead Serious is an educational documentary that tackles the serious issue of teen suicide.

Gangs: Turning the Corner

This 60 minute video captures in a dynamic format the people and programs that are successfully turning the corner on gangs. Stories and examples from across the United States will highlight winning approaches to confronting the gang problem.

Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job

Short film depicting a fictional educational film about fork lift truck operational safety. The dangers of unsafe operation are presented in gory details.

Lemon Tree

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?

The Stuff

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Matewan

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

Broken Rainbow

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

How Green Was My Valley

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.

Green Cross Code: Splink Launch

A former Doctor Who returns to Earth to deliver a road safety message.

The Ghosts of Jeju

Documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the U.S. presence in Korea after World War II, the film reveals horrible atrocities at the hands of the U.S. Military Government of Korea.