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Big City, The

Date produced: 1952

Filmmaker(s):

Richard Guetl

Description:

"Attempting to film a large city with its huge skyscrapers and teeming population through the lens of an 8mm. camera would seem to be an almost overwhelming task. However, boldly tackling such a gigantic project, Richard Guetl in his entry, The Big City, proves it can be done. This competent photographic work presents a good, clear coverage of Chicago, where Mr. Guetl resides. His angles are interesting and compositions pleasing. His street shots around the Loop and his camera treatment of the human derelicts on Skid Row are worthy of special commendation. While The Big City is not an epic, it is a capable, factual presentation with just enough skyscraper shots to make it authentic, enough stores and people to give it pulsating life, and enough pathos to arouse the emotion." Movie Makers, Dec. 1952, 340-341.


Big Day for Little Kittens, A

Date produced: 1959

Filmmaker(s):

Louise Luther

Description:

"A most pleasant day with a little girl, her four kittens, and collie dog. The kittens do so many things that set them apart from other animals. They seem to enjoy their various playful activies before the flood lights and camera. While all this is going on, the collie feels just a little bit left out of things. Finally, all return to the barn for some fresh milk and a good night" PSA Journal, Nov. 1960, 39.


Big Game Hunt in British Columbia: September 28th to October 14th, 1926, A

Date produced: 1926

Filmmaker(s):

Allan H. DeWolf

Description:

"A 1926 hunting trip in the East Kootenay region. The hunting party comprises Allan H. De Wolf, Claire and Elmore Staples, Bob Grimes, and Barney and Ralph Clifford, with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stevens as guide and cook respectively, and 'Cheerful Joe' as Wrangler. The film shows the party on the trail with pack horses, in camp, and hunting bear, deer, elk and mountain goat. Specific locations include Elk Creek, Premier Lake, White River and Whiteswan Lake. There are good sequences on the packing of a pack horse and the skinning of big game. De Wolf's companions on this trip were his partners in the Western Explorations mine at Silverton" British Columbia Archives.


Bill’s Bike

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

William Steuber

Description:

"An experimental film about a boy owning a bicycle and learning the proper safety rules on the road." Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research


Billinge Scar No. 5

Date produced: 1925

Filmmaker(s):

Birtwistle

Description:

"Scenes at Billinge Scar (near Blackburn), the Birtwistle family home, including some rather dark interior shots" (NWFA Online Database).


Billy Joe’s Art Studio

Date produced: 1969

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley Z. Feingold

Description:

"Billy Joe's Art Studio, a black and white film, was winner of the Best Student Film Award by Stan Feingold of Lansdale, Pa. It's a "doing-your-thing" film. In nine minutes, Billy Joe tells (and shows) us why he is no longer a construction worker and why he feels that his "life" is in his art studio. A real example of positive thinking. The film is a little slow in spots, but is quite convincing about "doing-your-own-thing"," PSA Journal, Mar. 1970, 43.


Bimbi [Children]

Date produced: 1936

Filmmaker(s):

Edmondo Cancellieri

Vittorio Nitti


Bimbi a scuola [Children at School]

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Chierici


Bimbi e sole o Bimbi al sole [Children and Sun, also: Children in the Sun]

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Mario Bencivenga

Description:

"documentario a fantasia"/avant-garde documentary

"...che tratta della vita gioiosa dei bimbi in una delle tante colonie elioterapiche volute dal Duce per la sanità della stirpe."— I Littoriali del cinema: Un’altra interessante serie di documentari, La Stampa, September 3, 1939

"...which deals with the joyful life of children in one of the many heliotherapeutic colonies wanted by the Duce for the health of the lineage." — I Littoriali del cinema: Un’altra interessante serie di documentari, La Stampa, September 3, 1939


Biografia [Biography]

Date produced: 1935

Filmmaker(s):

Antonio Marzari


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