Willard Van Dyke Filmes

  • 1959
    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    6.91959HD

    Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...

    Skyscraper
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.21986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1948
    The Photographer

    The Photographer

    The Photographer

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

    The Photographer
  • 1940
    Tall Tales

    Tall Tales

    Tall Tales

    01940HD

    The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White,...

    Tall Tales
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1947
    To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

    To Hear Your Banjo Play

    4.51947HD

    A short film about Pete Seeger and the birth of banjo music throughout the Southern United States.

    To Hear Your Banjo Play
  • 1938
    The River

    The River

    The River

    5.71938HD

    This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental...

    The River
  • 1940
    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men

    81940HD

    A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.

    Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
  • 1960
    Land of White Alice

    Land of White Alice

    Land of White Alice

    01960HD

    Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the United States Air Force's White Alice Communications...

    Land of White Alice
  • 1970
    The Year's Work

    The Year's Work

    The Year's Work

    01970HD

    Annual report to stockholders highlighting General Mills’s accomplishments of the past year.

    The Year's Work
  • 1954
    The Lonely Night

    The Lonely Night

    The Lonely Night

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    After Caroline Cram finds herself in an analyst's office, she starts groping for the truth about her hopelessness, fears, loneliness and anxieties. A...

    The Lonely Night
  • 1940
    The Children Must Learn

    The Children Must Learn

    The Children Must Learn

    01940HD

    Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Link­ing education and economic development, The Children...

    The Children Must Learn
  • 1939
    The City

    The City

    The City

    5.81939HD

    A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...

    The City
  • 1947
    Journey Into Medicine

    Journey Into Medicine

    Journey Into Medicine

    5.51947HD

    A documentary/recruitment film originally intended for showings outside the United States to promote careers in public health and American methods in...

    Journey Into Medicine
  • 1963
    The American Negro

    The American Negro

    The American Negro

    01963HD

    "This unfinished civil rights-era film details how segregation affects the daily lives of African Americans, and includes portions of interviews with...

    The American Negro
  • 1934
    Hands

    Hands

    Hands

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    A commercial for the Works Progress Administration. We see hands close up: working, playing, praying, whittling, and strumming. Hands use saws and...

    Hands
  • 1944
    Steel Town

    Steel Town

    Steel Town

    01944HD

    Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel production, including the smelting process,...

    Steel Town
  • 1970
    The Bridge

    The Bridge

    The Bridge

    01970HD

    Internationalist film exploring the economic and political importance of Latin America to the United States. A document of the “Good Neighbor...

    The Bridge
  • 1953
    American Frontier

    American Frontier

    American Frontier

    01953HD

    A school teacher/wheat farmer is solicited by several oil companies for the rights to drill on his family's farm. After accepting an offer, he...

    American Frontier
  • 1941
    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    01941HD

    Short subject commissioned by the National Youth Association to show their efforts at providing job training for unemployed poor youth.

    Youth Gets a Break