A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide. The film opens in New York, where people start to exhibit strange behavior and commit suicide. The protagonist, Elliot Moore, an environmental science teacher, along with his wife Alma and Julian, a math teacher, flee Philadelphia on a train. They learn that the suicides are not caused by a terrorist attack, but by a natural phenomenon. They embark on a journey to find safety, encountering infected individuals along the way. They eventually find refuge in a small rural town, but realize that the toxin is triggered by large groups of people. They split up into smaller groups and continue their journey. Elliot, Alma, and Jess, a young girl they meet, find shelter in an old house with an eccentric old lady. They survive the peak of the attacks and, three months later, return to their normal lives in Philadelphia. However, the film ends with a hint that the phenomenon may be happening in other places.
Valparaiso is a documentary that captures the beauty of the harbor town in black and white, showcasing its unique features such as the funiculars, stairs, and fishing ports. The film also explores the transition from black and white to color, symbolizing the transformation of Valparaiso. It provides a glimpse into the daily lives of fishermen, sailors, and locals, highlighting the urban setting and the maritime atmosphere. The documentary serves as a travelogue, portraying the charm and character of Valparaiso, Chile.
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
A series of papers flutter in the wind.
Meg, Pippa, and Hillary are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, a small seaside town in Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for 10 years has just written a criticially acclaimed novel which she claims is entirely fictional. The book causes a stir in Sorrento and in her family when it is supected that the book is not as fictional as she claims.
Shows a group of sailors and an officer at the stern. The flag runs out in a ball to the end of the staff, and, at the signal, is broken. Proudly the stars and stripes wave in the morning breeze, while the officer salutes. A very pretty picture of man-o-war life.
A child's first discovery of wind--the silent, invisible something that tickles his fancy, ruffles his hair, ripples the grass around him--portrayed here in winsome animated drawings. But the artist also shows the elemental force that carries all before it. Without words but with sound effects, this is a film of universal appeal.
Here the yachts are both sailing under a twenty-knot breeze, and the effect is most beautiful as they turn the stake, the Shamrock leading by one-eight of a mile. The sailors working at the ropes make a most beautiful effect as the yachts pull about for home and begin the great struggle which ended in the awarding of the cup to Columbia.
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