Alexander Hammid Movies

We accompany the 90-year-old filmmaker Alexander Hammid on a stroll through New York, wandering with him through the outer and inner landscapes of...

Analysis of personality cited as an important step in choosing the right partner for marriage. Emphasis is placed on choosing marriage partners with...

A 1945 Oscar nominated short documentary about the Library of Congress. It is one of 26 documentary shorts produced between 1942 and 1945 by the U.S....

1948 ARC Identifier 46998 / Local Identifier 306.131. FEATURES THE PERSONALITY, PHILOSOPHY, TECHNIQUES AND ARTISTRY OF EDWARD WESTON, AS SHOWN...

Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.

"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature...

Film on the refugee situation in Austria as a result of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and...

Short story film about a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.

A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . .

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...

Post-World War II film for young couples advising them of means to strengthen their marriages. Shows how two young couples have built lasting...

A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.

A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest.

In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close...

Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage in this neorealist social guidance film.

U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.

A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools.