Films
The following is a current listing of films produced and/or distributed by International Film Foundation or Julien Bryan. Click on Search Films to search the film archive by name, crew or geographic location. Use the filtering links to reorder the films.
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Operation Hour-Glass
Country: N/A
Date: 1956
Running Time: 28 min.
Credits
Director: Alexander Hammid
Cinematographer: Robert Ziller, Peaslee Bond
Industrial film sponsored by the engine manufacturer to illustrate the scientific removal of dust from diesel engines. Howard Thompson considered this work from avant-garde filmmaker Alexander Hammid "as simple, precise and brilliant as a diamond." (2006 The Field Guide to Sponsored Films by Rick Prelinger)
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Oxford Student
Country: England
Date: 1948
Running Time: 13 min.
Credits
Director: Kenneth Richter
Cinematographer: Kenneth Richter
These six films were made in 1948, but with the vision to portray the forces still transforming British society.
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Pacific Island
Country: Likiep Island (Marshall Islands, South Pacific)
Date: 1940s
Running Time: 17 min. 2 sec.
Credits
Director: Roy Phelps
Cinematographer: Roy Phelps
A simple and delightful film of primitive life on Likiep Island, a South Pacific atoll now under American trusteeship.
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Paraguay
Country: Paraguay
Date: 1943
Running Time: 17 min.
Credits
Director: NA
Cinematographer: Julien Bryan, William James, Francis Thompson
Perhaps the first documentary ever made about Paraguay, this film is an overview of the geographic regions and peoples.
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Peiping Family
Country: China (Beijing)
Date: 1945-1947
Running Time: 21 min.
Credits
Director: William James
Cinematographer: William James
A family of middle-class Chinese struggles to survive, following the ancient traditions governing daily life and human relations.
