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Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' stories are used to explain certain sections of the Labelling of Food Regulations 1970.

A young sailor descends from a local train. He goes to a nearby forest, which is full of strange men in medical uniforms behaving in an absurd and eccentric manner. The sailor falls under their influence and masochistically gives himself up to them only to be disemboweled by the werewolf orderlies. The sailor’s last unconscious image is a “white ship sailing towards the horizon”—a Soviet symbol for happiness and joy.

This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.

We are in 2012, life goes on. Children are born, people die and things happen in between. Nevertheless, this society has its strange particularity, it has never known laughter. In this world, nobody has ever laughed. Neither humor nor derision exist. Until a psychoanalyst meets a patient with a strange illness.

A homeless man seeks shelter under a bridge in a storm, and finds a curious shrine, and a longing for life just out of his reach.

Life’s Musical Minute, recently re-discovered, is a short promotional film of this kind, based on Gene Krupa’s drum solo from “Golden Wedding” by the Woody Herman jazz band. It was Lye’s attempt to gain support from Life Magazine.

An adventure about two minions which try to escape from jail.

On a trip to the local park for a picnic a couple have an argument when they can't find the sandwiches. Then they encounter a detective who is investigating strange happenings in the park. Will he solve the strange case of the missing sandwiches...

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

Norakuro's adventures in the Fierce Dog Brigade continue in this short film from the 1930s.

Two tree-creatures hibernating underneath the bark of their trees wake up by the quakes produced by a snowfall outside. After going out, they become friends and delight at playing with the snow.

A duckling tries to save the animals when a storm hits their farm.

Animated short film based on Ambrose Bierce's acerbic New Year's story.

In a village, a young blind man, victim of a storm, will be iniated by a women to overcome his fears. Thanks to the musical quality of a flute, he will be able to exorcize their fears of the villagers and to offer a different perception of the natural elements.

Created by Walt Disney Educational and distributed to Schools. Last short released during Roy Disney's lifetime

After years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering locomotive, two antiquated robots will risk everything for freedom and for each other.

Purl, an earnest ball of yarn, gets a job at a fast-paced, male-centered startup company. Things start to unravel as Purl tries to fit in with this tight-knit group, but she must ask herself how far is she willing to go to get the acceptance she yearns for and if, in the end, it is worth it.