Movies and TvShows featuring "ephemeral-film" theme.
This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion that they provide on a daily basis. The film also shows the many different conditions they have to deal with in and out of work during wartime.
A cat and her young owner get ready for School
Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen Henry Wood (played by Oscar winner James Dunn from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"), who loved family and church, gave to the needy, and donated most of his money to charity. Now deceased, his somewhat neglected daughter reflects on his past and ponders that age-old question, did he indeed have such "a wonderful life"?
Jeanette, a pretty high school student, is looking for “kicks”. She starts hanging out with a wild crowd, and begins popping bennies, uppers and other pills. Soon she graduates from barbiturates to marijuana…
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Three sailors are talked into trying LSD and marijuana--which, this film implies, are basically the same thing--and the effects of the drugs endanger the lives of their fellow sailors aboard ship.
Don't Be a Sucker! is a documentary film released in 1943 that warns against the dangers of hate speech, propaganda, and the tactics used by totalitarian regimes such as Nazi Germany. It emphasizes the importance of unity, freedom of speech, and the rejection of hatred and intolerance.
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father. Andrew, receiving only hostility from his classmates and step-father, begins to steal. An understanding counselor at school helps Andrew reform and readjust.
The World's first cyber-sitcom. Whether you are a PC rookie or an experienced user looking to upgrade, this hilarious how-to readies you for Windows 95. Created with Microsoft, the Windows 95 Video Guide is your ticket to personal computing in the 21st century. And who better to drive you than Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, TV’s hottest comedy stars as they go interactive with a cast of wacky propeller heads. Along the way, they’ll download essential instructions and give you the inside information. Plus, Microsoft answers The 20 Most Asked Questions about Windows 95. It all comes together for an eye-opening and entertaining instructional that gets you totally wired for Windows 95!
In the 1960s, a 22-year-old woman starts a new job in a corporate company. She faces racism, prejudice, and sexism but decides to challenge conventional thought and fight for equality.
A short information film produced to get Britain ready for decimalisation.
Young Billy Martin has a vision of Soapy, a giant bar of soap, that teaches him the importance of being clean.
This short cautionary training film examines dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many simulated accidents on construction sites.
How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This docu-fictional hybrid production discusses such questions with the help of authentic interview snippets that were edited under the staged plot. We get an insight into the life of an animal couple, who experience typical everyday situations on behalf of us humans. At first, our fox is emotionally contained, while the penguin lady may get wild as hell. With a wink, the filmmakers hold up a mirror to the audience in the cinema.
Marty, a "good boy," experiments with marijuana and experiences "profound mental and emotional disturbances." As in all anti-drug films of this vintage, marijuana leads straight to "H," and Marty's decline continues until he is busted, rehabbed and reformed. Drug Addiction's stilted view of the urban drug culture and unrealistic portrayals of stoned slackers make it entertaining viewing today. It belongs to that little-known "second wave" of anti-drug films, the postwar scare stories about middle-class kids overcome by junkiedom. What this wave of films reveals is that drugs were an issue for white adolescents long before the psychedelic Sixties, and that the official response to the threat expressed a general, not specifically targeted paranoia.
After receiving an anonymous phone call, the cops pick up a young woman who is wandering around alone in the desert. She tells them that she was given a lift by a stranger, who abandoned her there. Or are there more sides to one story? Part of a series of scare movies called Under the Law, distributed by Disney in the 1970s.
Donald Duck embarks on a journey to discover the wonders of mathematics and its connection to the world around us. From ancient Greece to the future, he explores geometric forms, proportions, spirals, and infinity. Along the way, he encounters anthropomorphic animals, surreal situations, and various sports and games. This educational film blends humor, animation, and educational content to entertain and enlighten viewers.
Examples of virtually every possible way that people can fall and injure themselves.
In this film, a police officer tells children about the dangers of accepting rides or presents from strangers, and relates the unfortunate stories of several children who did and were never seen again.