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Mi casa de altos techos [My House of High Ceilings]

Date produced: 1970

Filmmaker(s):

David Celestinos

Description:

"Two Visual Arts students of the San Carlos Academy find themselves embroiled in contradictions, spiritual inclinations and concerns about the political and social conditions of Mexico, which puts them in a quandary about what stance to take in the Student Movement of 1968." Ambulante.


Microscopes

Date produced: 1932

Filmmaker(s):

Charles A. Gramet


Middlewich Show

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Clifford Ridgway

Description:

"A very brief view of Conway Castle is followed by scenes from the Middlewich Show - the different stalls are seen, as well as some of the prize winning flowers and vegetables. There are shots of the smaller livestock at the show, such as rabbits, chickens and budgerigars. There is a dog show, and the Dairy Queen of Cheshire arrives with her entourage. She presents trophies to the winners of the large livestock competitions, and the film ends with a show-jumping competition." (NWFA Online Archive)


Midnight Rendezvous

Date produced: 1949

Filmmaker(s):

John Cowart


Midnight Sailing of the S.S. Manhattan

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Duncan MacD. Little

Description:

"A ship film of an entirely different character was the stunning record of a midnight sailing by the S.S. Manhattan. Produced by Duncan Little, ACL, and presented on the program of his fourth annual movie party, this picture was caught entirely through the strength of Army airplane detecting searchlights which illuminated the sailing. Mr. Little took full advantage of his exciting setup, presenting numerous reaction shots of the great lamps and their pigmy operators silhouetted against the diffused light in the atmosphere, as well as of the beautiful new vessel picked out of the darkness by the stabbing beams." Movie Makers, June, 1933, 226.


Midnight Sun, The

Date produced: 1966

Filmmaker(s):

Frederick C. Harshbarger

Description:

"The Midnight Sun is a motion picture, done in time lapse, of the path of the midnight sun in Norway from early afternoon until the following morning. It has been shot many times in still pictures, but this may be the first time it was ever shot by an amateur in time lapse on motion picture film" PSA Journal, Sept. 1966, 35.


Midsummer Night’s Dream

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

John Walter

Description:

"A vacation to Cedar Breaks, Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon of the Colorado." American Cinematographer, June 1938, 257.


Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Date produced: 1951

Filmmaker(s):

Newell Tune

Description:

"Newell Tune's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has some outstanding photography in which distortion lens attachments were used for some fantastic effects." American Cinematographer, May 1952, 224.


Mietitura [Reaping]

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Ermanno Contini

Description:

"doc. a fantasia"/avant-garde documentary


Mighty Amazon, The

Date produced: 1957

Filmmaker(s):

Julian Gromer

Description:

"2 part edited travelogue film of the people and customs encountered in towns along the Amazon River in South America. Part one includes landscapes, a variety of housing from towns to shacks along the river, people selling goods, trapping and selling exotic animals, herding cattle, boating, and a religious ceremony." Chicago Film Archives.


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