Most Viewed Year 1956 - 129

Bollywood 1956

A report on this extraordinary boom town that owes its fortune to oil.

Film starring Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari and Nanda

Made for Army personnel in charge of re-enlistment as a way of stemming the tide of soldiers leaving after their hitch is up.

A cartoon about the history of ice cream.

An overview of the evolution of Persian miniatures, on the pretext of an exhibition of Hossein Behzad's miniatures in Prague in 1956

Presents a romantic story with disembodied dancing shoes. A pair of bright tan oxfords meets a pert, red pair of pumps; they are attracted, but are...

A German Film Award winning documentary about the production of seamless steel tubes.

A German Film Award winning short animation.

1956 / Keadilan Ilahi / Divine Justice / K. M. Basker / Malay Film Productions

Advertising cartoon advising the farmers of West Africa to save their money in Barclay's banks.

A part of Strange Experiences

The great and imposing story of the thousand pillared Meenakshi Temple of Madurai is told vividly in this documentary which presents intimate details...

A Fanø woman shows the process of putting on the traditional headwear

A dying woman confesses to her younger sister, she sought revenge by poisoning her sister's husband because she was jealous and wanted him to marry...

The poetical composition of the photography aims to express, by means of the shadow-and-light play, the characteristic surroundings of the life in...