Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle 1967    star_border 5
In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie. This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

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The March of Todd-AO 1958
From 1958 Brussels World’s Fair to the election of Pope John XXIII

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Martin Luther 1953    star_border 7
A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.

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24 Hours of Progress 1950
Linking free enterprise with freedom and democracy, 24 Hours of Progress shows the oil industry at work and Americans using oil-based products.

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The Earth and Its Peoples: Eskimo Hunters (Northwestern Alaska) 1949
Black and White | 16 mm | ca. 21 min. | Production:Louis De Rochemont | Published by United World Films Inc., New York | Released on DVD from the National Archives of the United States by the U.S. Information Agency, 2008.

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Lost Boundaries 1949    star_border 6.5
A light-skinned African-American family are "passing" in an all-white New England town. When the truth comes out, the more prejudiced neighbors demand their expulsion from the community.

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Nomads of the Jungle: Malaya 1948
The 1948 episode “Nomads Of The Jungle (Malaya),” part of the educational film series The Earth and Its Peoples, directed by Victor Jurgens and produced by Louis de Rochemont Associates, follows a nomadic tribe in the jungle of the Malay Peninsula and captures nomadic life through the eyes of the chief’s son Alune.

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