Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Apr 8, 1939

0h 10m

★ 4.0

Overview

Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 Trailers

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Cast

Don Ameche

Joan Crawford

Irene Dare

Melvyn Douglas

Rita Hayworth

Sonja Henie

Al Jolson

Franklin Pangborn

Eleanor Powell

Tyrone Power

Dick Purcell

Cesar Romero

This 95-minute, full-color documentary was released in the U.S. as Sixth Continent. That continent is Africa -- or, more specifically, the coast of Ethiopia. Director Folco Quillici takes his cameras deep, deep into the waters near the coastal islands of Dalach, observing the passing parade of sea life on an up-close-and-personal basis. Particularly thrilling is a shark attack and its aftermath, with the cinematographers obviously in the thick of things. Gian Caspare Napolitano provides the narration, while the lush, evocative musical score is the handiwork of Roberto Nicolosi.

6.0

From Argentina to Mexico

Oct 15, 1954

Travelers Hansel and Zikmund sail from Africa to South America. On their journey to film, they capture clouds of locusts on the plains of Argentina's Chaco, a snake farm in Butantane, skyscrapers in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, a visit to lepers in Paraguay, waterfalls in Iguazu, a daring expedition to the jungles of the Marañon river basin to hunt skull hunters. an Indian settlement in Panama and the journey ends prematurely in Mexico amidst the ruins of ancient Indian temples and pyramid.

6.0

Desert Victory

Apr 12, 1943

A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.

6.0

Let's Spend the Night Together

Oct 29, 1982

The Rolling Stones' record-breaking 1981 North American arena tour documented by director Hal Ashby. Featuring the biggest Rolling Stones songs from the first 20 years - in the words of Mick Jagger, "a feel of what it's like to be there", as 20 cameras take you onstage with the band in this groundbreaking, dynamic tour.

6.8

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Nov 13, 1943

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

3.9

Anaconda

Sep 4, 1955

Documentary by Torgny Anderberg

0.0

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jul 2, 1954

Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.

6.0

Secret Tibet

Jan 18, 1943

In 1938 Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler sponsored an expedition to Tibet lead by several Nazi SS scientists to study the regions flora and fauna, and to take scientific measurements of the Earths magnetic fields. The expedition was also sent to find traces of the orgins of the "Aryan" race in Tibet which was where Himmler thought evidence of could be found. This film is a Nazi era documentary of that expedition.

0.0

Africa II – From the Equator to Table Mountain

Oct 23, 1953

The second part of the film begins with a journey in the equatorial region, where the travelers managed to capture the most typical images of the original Africa. The journey continues to the forests of the Belgian Congo, where they filmed the smallest people in the world, black dwarfs. From Central Africa, they head south through Victoria Falls and the mysterious ruins of a medieval settlement in Zimbabwe. In Johannesburg, they witness a celebration of black gold diggers. Their journey ends at the southernmost tip of Africa under Table Mountain in Cape Town. The end of the film depicts the birth of a volcano shot from close range.

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0.0

Südseeparadies

Dec 18, 1940

No overview available.

8.0

Africa - Part I - From Morocco to Kilimanjaro

Jun 12, 1952

The feature-length film by engineers J. Hanzelka and M. Zikmund captures how the two travelers prepared for their first trip around the world and in documentary footage describes their experiences from the first half of the trip through Africa. You will see for yourself what obstacles they had to overcome on the ravaged roads of Abyssinia and in what danger the fate of the expedition was during the daring passage through the Nubian desert. The film culminates with an ascent to the highest mountain in Africa, the extinct volcano Kilimanjaro, whose peak is covered in ice all year round.

5.0

Our Daily Bread

Nov 4, 1949

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

7.5

The Invisible Man

Oct 31, 1933

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

7.5

The Adventures of Robin Hood

May 13, 1938

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

6.1

The Blue Lagoon

Jul 5, 1980

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

6.0

Titanic

Sep 24, 1943

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.

5.0

The Bridge

Jan 2, 1949

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

0.0

The Uprooted

Jan 2, 1950

After Partition, a large group of farmers from East Bengal have to migrate to Calcutta.

8.2

Keep Your Chin Up!

Aug 19, 1954

On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant. They have to play for the Hungarian Fascists, while Peti is hiding the Jew Annuska and Sanyika.

0.0

Carola Lamberti

Nov 30, 1954

Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly finds herself at odds with her three adult sons who are also performance artists and want to have a say in how the business is run. The family discord leads Carola to turn her back on the circus, leaving the three inexperienced sons in charge. This turn of events forces the family to learn to work together or face bankruptcy.

Cast

Don Ameche

Joan Crawford

Irene Dare

Melvyn Douglas

Rita Hayworth

Sonja Henie

Al Jolson

Franklin Pangborn

Eleanor Powell

Tyrone Power

Dick Purcell

Cesar Romero

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 Trailers

Cast

Don Ameche

Joan Crawford

Irene Dare

Melvyn Douglas

Rita Hayworth

Sonja Henie

Al Jolson

Franklin Pangborn

Eleanor Powell

Tyrone Power

Dick Purcell

Cesar Romero

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