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The best of short films and animations from around the world can be found in this section. Short films are often popular as first steps into the cinematic art among young filmmakers. This section also contains newsreels, travelogues, human interest films, adverts, informational & educational films as well as propaganda.

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Chapter 1: The Purple Death )
1940 - 18 mins

Handsome leading man Buster Crabbe, "The King of the Serials," stars as blond space hero, Flash Gordon, in one of the most action-packed serials ever filmed. In FLASH GORDON Conquers the Universe, Flash and his crew must stop Ming the Merciless from destroying the earth and imposing his diabolical dictatorship upon the entire universe. »

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Price: €0.99

Choppers

Choppers
2000 - 11 mins

In a Dublin pub a sleeping old man and his restless teeth become the focus of attention and a bet, but of course not all is as it seems. »

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Price: €3.00

Duck and Cover

Duck and Cover
1951 - 9 mins

A Cold War public information film meant to put the fear of God into the citizens of the USA. Watching this, you can almost begin to comprehend the hysteria that surrounded the many false alarms and you begin to wonder if films like this - presumably made with all of the best intentions - aren't actually responsible for warping the minds of a generation of Americans. »

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The Bank

The Bank
1915 - 33 mins

Apparently Hollywood's first comedy with a sad ending, The Bank sees Chaplin's little tramp as a down-at-heel janitor in a bank indulging in some unrequited love and a bit of Walter Mitty-ish day-dreaming. »

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The Adventurer

The Adventurer
1917 - 31 mins

The little tramp's on the lam from the rozzers, having escaped from Sing-Sing. Saving Edna Purviance from doing an Ophelia, Chaplin's cover is endangered by her jealous suitor, who somehow sees Chaplin as a potential love rival. »

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Superman - The Electro Ray

Superman - The Electro Ray (The Death Ray)
1941 - 10 mins

Electro-magnetic rays emanating from the lair of mad scientist Professor Tesla are reducing Metropolis to a pile of rubble. Only the Man of Steel can save the day - but are even his super-strengths enough to over-come Tesla and his rays? And what about that parrot? A touch of the pirates or too much Edgar Allen Poe? »

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Superman - Mechanical Monsters

Superman - Mechanical Monsters
1941 - 9 mins

Superman puts aside his war efforts to battle a mad scientist who's looting Metropolis with an army of Mechanical Monsters. Lois, intrepid reporter that she is, naturally gets to the heart of the story - and finds herself bound and gagged. Again! Only Superman can save her. »

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