This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.
A primer on bicycle safety for beginning bike riders. Stresses that a bicycle is a vehicle and is subject to all the same rules and traffic regulations as the automobile.
Bicycling from a contemporary viewpoint. Bike selection, styles, options and prices. Reviews safe riding procedures for a bicyclist. Shows how the individual can go about selecting the safest and most satisfactory bike for his personal needs. Provides specific information on how to equip, adjust, and maintain a bike for maximum safety and utility.
This 1960 educational film presented by Charles Cahill and Associates covers the three bicycle rules of the road: 1.Look and be visible 2. Make turns and lane changes only after signaling 3. Obey all signs and signals. It also features police test footage of cars crashing into bikes at low speeds, to see the damage that can be done when not paying attention to these rules. The film features Schwinn bicycles and it seems likely Schwinn was a sponsor of the production. Not to be confused with the 1976 safety film with the same name from Centron.
In the final weeks before moving out of his home in the big world, Milo struggles with leaving his family, friends and life behind and start something new.
The story of this film tells the life of Parveen Etsami from her youth to her death.
Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
Third short documentary made from archival footage that explores the great war, how it started and ended
Documentary about the struggles of the people of El Sitio del Anís, in the Venezuelan Andes.
An Essay on a Free Topic
Los Nevados is the first peasant feature film from Venezuela. The magical poetry about humans who endure an almost animal, almost instinctive, almost sad existence, which turns into a complaint.
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Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books and their readers? Alan Yentob discusses the subject with a host of writers.
城市印象:深圳
Can music overcome borders and walls and bring people together? Prophets of Change tracks musicians, both Israeli and Palestinian, through their unique journeys and commitment to inspire change.
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites BBC to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation, Rebus.
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.
Island - Insel im Norden
Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get enough of it ever since. The history of the creature on and off the screen includes clips from Thomas Edison's 1910 filmization to Kenneth Branagh's 1994 treatment, plus interviews with Robert De Niro, Mel Brooks, Roger Corman and others. Hosted by Roger Moore; narrated by Eli Wallach.
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.