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Royal Ballet, TheRoyal Ballet, The (1960)
Dir. Paul Czinner
Outstanding performance film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake,…
Savage Innocents, TheSavage Innocents, The (1960)
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Yoko Tani
Curiously compelling ethnological drama from dir. Ray in which an eskimo (Quinn) wages an ongoing battle for survival in the Arctic environment and…
European NightsEuropean Nights (1959)
Dir. Alessandro Blasetti
A variety bill of nightclub acts from the heyday of European cabaret. Included are acts from Carmen Sevilla, The Platters, Ukrainian Balalaika…
DeliusDelius (1958)
Dir. Ken Russell
Ken Russell's BBC film biography of the music and life of English composer Frederick Delius, who had to overcome blindness and paralysis to fulfil…
Whicker's World (TV Series)Whicker's World (TV Series) (1958-1994) Recommended
Feat. Alan Whicker
Fronted by one of the most celebrated social commentators and journalists of the 20th century, Alan Whicker's television masterpieces saw the polite…
James Dean StoryJames Dean Story (1957)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Martin Gabel
Martin Gabel narrates this portrait of James Dean created shortly after his death, which assembles the material available at this time, including…
Mystery of Picasso, TheMystery of Picasso, The (1956)
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Famed director Henri–Georges Clouzot gains exclusive entry into Pablo Picasso's inner creative sanctum, observing the master painter at work on…
Three Worlds of Jacques Cousteau, TheThree Worlds of Jacques Cousteau, The (The Silent World, World Without Sun, Voyage to the Edge of the World) (1956-1976) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Cousteau, Louis Malle
A trilogy of award–winning documentary feature films from famed oceanogragher, Jacques Cousteau. The Silent World (1956) won the Palm D'Or…
Nuit et Broulliard (Night and Fog)Nuit et Broulliard (Night and Fog) (1955)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Haunting, influential doco on the Nazi concentration camps investigates the ways in which images of past events cause guilt for those in the present,…
Back of Beyond, TheBack of Beyond, The (1954)
Dir. John Heyer
A classic early documentary on Australia's untamed outback, this influential film follows intrepid mailman (and fair dinkum Aussie legend) Tom Kruse,…

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