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Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974)

Mar

8

International Women's Day

Waiting for Fidel (1974)

A group of six girls and two boys sing in celebration of International Women's Day. DP: Douglas Kiefer.

Time flies while waiting for Fidel, and before you know it, it's March 8.

 

 

This blog does not list holidays on their respective date, unless a film or scene happens to take place on one.

1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)

Jan

20

Inauguration Day

1. April 2000 (1952)

Austria's new Prime Minister (Josef Meinrad). DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

Inaugurations for Inauguration Day (USA). In the future year 2000, on April 1, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Austria is inaugurated. Much to the shock of the Global Union, he declares Austria's independence!

Space Is the Place (John Coney, 1974)

Jan

5

Space Shuttle

Space Is the Place (1974)

Ra's arrival. DP: Seth Hill.

A film about space travel on the day Nixon announced the Space Shuttle program in 1972.

“I came from a dream that the black man dreamed long ago. I’m actually a presence sent to you by your ancestors.”

Sun Ra

Report (Bruce Conner, 1967)

Nov

23

1963

Report  (1967)

Television footage of JFK's state funeral with the caption “November 23, 1963”, superimposed over it.

Peace, little girl [Daisy / Daisy Girl] (Sidney Myers, 1964)

Nov

3

1964

Peace, little girl (1964)

Monique Corzilius aka Monique Cozy as the Daisy Girl. DP: Drummond Drury.

“One… two… three… four… five… seven… six… six… eight… nine… nine…”

– Daisy Girl

La sixième face du pentagone [The Sixth Face of the Pentagon] (Chris Marker + François Reichenbach, 1968)

Oct

21

1967

La sixième face du pentagone (1968)

Armed police seen from the back. In front of him someone holds up a sign that reads WHY WAR. DPs: Tony Daval, Chris Marker & Christian Odasso.

Calle Santa Fe (Carmen Castillo, 2007)

Oct

5

Calle Santa Fe (2007)

Miguel Enriquez holding Carmen Castillo in a family snapshot. DPs: Ned Burgess, Sebastián Moreno, Raphaël O'Byrne & Arnaldo Rodríguez.

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jul

17

Ucho (1970)

Party member, and rather drunk, Anna (Jiřina Bohdalová) and her newspaper hat at the officials' party. DP: Josef Illík.

“The 17th of July. Comrade Anna is not lying!”

Sochaux, 11 juin 1968 [Sochaux June 11th 1968] (Bruno Muel, 1970)

Jun

11

1968

Sochaux, 11 juin 1968 (1970)

Several of the striking workers in a row. The composition echoes the famous propaganda image of Marx, Engels, Lenin etc. DP: Groupe Medvedkine de Sochaux.