In a Roman Garden
Movies are Adventures
Jack Hively, US 1948
Print source: Academy Film Archive, Los Angeles
Running time: 10 minutes
About the print: The print is in excellent condition, with only slight printed-in framing issues.
Shrinkage: 0.6%
About the film: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences produced this short advertising the magic of the movies.
Together in the Weather
George Pal, US 1946
Print source: Library of Congress, Culpeper, VA
Running time: 7 minutes
About the print: The copy is in overall good condition.
Shrinkage: 0.7%
About the film: One of the most beloved (and edgiest) “Puppetoons” by the famous Academy Award–winning Hungarian-American master of stop-motion puppet animation.
The Kidnapper's Foil
Melton Barker, US 1930
Print source: Library of Congress, Culpeper, VA
Running time: 17 minutes
About the print: The print is generally in good condition, with twelve splices and some perforation and edge damage.
Shrinkage: 0.7%
About the film: A unique treasure of our shorts program, this early example of truly independent, amateur small-town filmmaking is the original that inspired Barker to travel the United States for forty years, remaking the same film with local children.
En Kluven Värld
A Divided World, Arne Sucksdorff, Sweden 1948
Print source: Svenska Filminstitutet (Swedish Film Institute), Stockholm
Running time: 9 minutes
About the print: Donated to the Swedish Film Institute in 2003 by a private collector, the print is in wonderful condition, with only nine splices.
Shrinkage: 0.75%
About the film: Arguably the greatest by the Swedish master of shorts Arne Sucksdorff, A Divided World is a hauntingly beautiful, poetic depiction of animal hierarchy in a forest somewhere in Sweden on a winter night. På
Ski Med Per Og Kari
Skiing with Per and Kari, Norway 1948
Print source: Nasjonalbiblioteket (National Library of Norway), Oslo
Running time: 13 minutes
About the print: This is a black-and-white version of a film that was simultaneously shot in color. The print is in good condition, with nine splices.
Shrinkage: 0.6%
About the film: Based on the eponymous book by the Norwegian skier Tomm Murstad, Skiing with Per and Kari shows two children who receive skis for Christmas and then enroll in Tomm Murstad’s ski school for children. The film was shown to children all over Norway.
Something You Didn't Eat
James Algar, US 1945
Print source: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Running time: 9 minutes
About the print: The print has some edge and perforation damage.
Shrinkage: 0.65%
About the film: A government-produced, Disney-made animated short on the benefits of a healthy, balanced diet.
In a Roman Garden
Donald MacDonald, US 1913
Print source: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Running time: 12 minutes
About the print: This copy has 38 splices. As customary for films of the early era, each projection print was assembled by splicing together different shots.
Shrinkage: 0.95%
About the film: Produced by the Powers Motion Picture Company in New York, this costume drama of religious subject is the earliest film shown so far at the Nitrate Picture Show. Piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli.