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Primary (1960)
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Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
They Take the High Road (1960)
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The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
A Letter for Wales (1960)
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Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.
Blue Pullman (1960)
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Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman units. As with earlier British Transport Films, many of the personnel, scientists, engineers, crew and passengers were featured in the 20 minute film. It won several awards, including the Technical & Industrial Information section of the Festival for Films for Television in 1961. The film is also particularly noted for its score, by Clifton Parker, which, unlike the earlier Elizabethan Express is uninterrupted by any commentary.
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)
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Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.
The Poet of the Castle (1959)
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A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many New-Waveish films of the time, depicts the modern urban landscape as an ominous and alienating force.
Cars Without a Home (1959)
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Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.
The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959)
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A short story narrated by an unknown British soldier who reveals his hopes, fears, and disillusionment while heading into battle against the German army.
India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
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Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
Come Back, Africa (1959)
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Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Night and Fog (1959)
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Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich (1958)
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Windjammer, the first presentation in CINEMIRACLE, is the record of a training cruise of the full-rigged S/S Christian Radich from Oslo across the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to New York and back home again.
Along the Coast (1958)
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Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion. The film celebrates the use of "Eden" as a place name, suggesting that paradise comes to the coast after all are gone, perhaps only on a remote island beach.
O Seasons, O Castles (1958)
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A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.
Appalachian Spring (1958)
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A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958)
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Impressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.
Miss Thompson Goes Shopping (1958)
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Adaptation of Martin Armstrong's poem about an elderly lady who becomes perturbed by something we can't see. It becomes apparent that she is looking for her past, lost in a memory or the clutches of nostalgia. Miss Thompson's shopping trip to town is in chaotic contrast to the tranquil nature of her lonely home, which on return seems like paradise.
