År 1971 - 262

Footage of American bombing of Vietnam.

Werner von Mutzenbecher created Rom 70/71 with an Agfa Microflex super-8 camera, during a residency at the Istituto Svizzero (Swiss Institute) in Rome, from autumn 1970 to spring 1971. As he wanders the city streets in the afternoons, the artist captures, without any preconceived intentions, urbans details, or micro-events that draw his attention. Mutzenbecher describes Rom 70/71 as "reflex cinema" and develops a spontaneous form of filmed diary about a location, in this case a city, without focusing on human presence.

Modish documentary exploring attitudes to nude modelling in Britain. Models, photographers, magazine editors and members of the public express their opinions about those who pose for top-shelf magazines, raising various questions about the depiction and presentation of women in such publications. Featuring the journalist and author Lynn Barber, who worked at Penthouse magazine during the 1960s-70s.

Originally black-and-white material printed with green filters with a superimposed flicker loop.

Horror Action movie from Taiwan.

During a voyage by boat to Finland, the camera records three minutes of black and white 8mm film of a woman sitting on a bridge. The preoccupation of the film is with the base and with the transformation of this material, which was first refilmed on a screen where it was projected by multiple projectors at different speeds and then secondly amplified with colour filters, using positive and negative elements and superimposition on the London Co-op’s optical printer.

Part of BFI collection "Worth the Risk?"

A Cinema Action campaign film about the fourteen month-long occupation of Upper Clyde Shipyards by a joint shop stewards' committee. Part of BFI collection "Tales From the Shipyard".

A journey from outer space to the centre of the world, in which consciousness itself is revealed as a form sedimented history. With distant views of the approaching Earth punctuated by black and silence, light years are compressed into a cosmic imaginary. Made with funding from the National Coal Board.

Documentary produced by PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine).

A pilot recounts his experience of being rescued by the Jolly Green Giant helicopter.

Indian film starring Shivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha J, Nagesh

Bollywood 1971

Film starring Joy Mukherjee, Vimi and Helen