Something You Didn't Eat

The Shoplifter

January 1964 •English

This film details the techniques used by amateur and professional shoplifters to steal over $6 billion in merchandise annually. Emphasizing how much of this stealing could be prevented ... A convicted shoplifter displays stealing methods under actual conditions and explains how employees could have prevented the thefts.

Inside the Bruderhof

Invalid date •English

In one picturesque village in Sussex, life is very different. There’s no crime, debt or homelessness, everyone has a job but no-one earns a wage, and none of the children watch television, use social media, play video games or have a mobile phone.

Growing Girls

November 1949 •English

After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.

Lesy pro nás, my pro lesy

December 1950 •Czech

Cartoon leaflet to support the collection of waste paper.

Líbat či nelíbat

December 1950 •Czech

A short film that warns adults about the dangers of kissing children, which puts them at risk of infectious diseases.

Vitaminy

January 1948 •Czech

Neviditelní nepřátelé

January 1951 •Czech

Pohádka o stromech a větru

August 1951 •Czech

Nemocné navštěvovati

December 1950 •Czech

A short film about the harmfulness of visiting the sick in hospitals.

Proč křičí?

January 1948 •Czech

Slunce a vzduch

January 1948 •Czech

Něco za něco

January 1949 •Czech

Vitamin C

January 1951 •Czech

Mouchy

January 1951 •Czech

Kašlání a kýchání

January 1951 •Czech

Infinitude

February 2016 •English

Infinitude is a meditation on the cosmic evolution of matter and energy over time. Experimental filmmaking techniques such as time-lapse, high-speed, and stop-motion photography were used to photograph handmade props, fluid dynamics, and angular momentum. Infinitude is a handmade representation of the exponential growth of complexity in the cosmos.

The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

October 1957 •English

Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation.

Unstoppable Solar Cycles

Invalid date •English

Concern over global climate change may be at an all-time high, but climate change is nothing new - the earth's climate always followed natural cycles of warming and cooling. In Unstoppable Solar Cycles, Dr. Willie Soon and Dr. David Legates challenge the popular idea that human-generated CO2, is causing catastrophic global warming. These scientists propose an alterantive theory - that the current warming has more to do with solar activity than with human activity.

Dead on Their Feet

January 1958 •English

A road safety film for pedestrians in city traffic. Demonstrates typical unsafe practices.

Suicide Trail

January 1960 •English

Shot with a big cowboy nod to the Western genre, this road safety film shows the danger of speeding on an unknown country road at night.