A Trip Down Memory Lane
7.1
“Additional Material for a Time-Capsule”
In this experimental collage film, Arthur Lipsett reworks over fifty years of newsreel footage into a surreal audiovisual montage of twentieth-century life. Juxtaposing images of scientific progress, political figures, spectacle, warfare, and everyday leisure, the film becomes a fragmented “time capsule” exploring the rituals and contradictions of modern technological culture.
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Cast
16 people
Donald Brittain
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Arthur Lipsett
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush
Reginald Cudlipp
Reginald Cudlipp
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Empress Nagako
Empress Nagako
Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves
Also in
Death in Focus
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Hirohito
Also in
Kamikaze: An Untold History
Jill Ireland
Jill Ireland
Known for
Death Wish II
The Mechanic
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Also in
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops
Emperor and Empress of Germany
Lady Lydford
Lady Lydford
Arthur Lipsett Director
First release January 1, 1965 · Produced in Canada
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1965
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
August 28, 1966 · Premiere · Source: Wikipedia (Venice)
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