THE FIRST EDITION ON LINE OF THE TARKUS CATALOGUE 16 mm Movies Collection

LES DERNIERS JOURS D ‘HERCULANUM. Extrait. 16mm.

Italy. 1962. Gian Franco Paolini.Technicolor.

79 de n.E. - Neveu de l'empereur Titus Flavius, Le consul Marc Tibère revient vainqueur d'une campagne qui vient de valoir à l'Empire romain l'annexion de nouveaux territoires. Mais, très rapidement, celui-ci découvre combien incertaine et ambiguë est la vie de cour, et combien la sécurité même de l'Empire est en danger par suite de la corruption toujours grandissante de courtisans ambitieux et sans scrupules.
Il tombe amoureux de Livie, une très belle esclave chrétienne de l'impératrice. Par celle-ci, il apprend que Thirtée, riche marchand d'esclaves et favori de l'Empereur, ourdit un plan ambitieux et dangereux : il fait entrer en Italie, sous le couvert de son commerce d'esclaves, des soldats carthaginois - ses compatriotes - pour s'emparer de l'empire et ainsi venger sa patrie asservie par Rome.

Duration : 3minutes.

MOSQUITO. 16mm. USA. 1950. Black And White.

Encyclopedia Britannica.

Mosquito (from the Spanish meaning little fly  is a common insect in the family Culicidae (from the Latin culex meaning midge or gnat⁾. Mosquitoes resemble crane flies (family Tipulidae) and chironomid flies (family Chironomidae), with which they are sometimes confused by the casual observer.

Mosquitoes go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult or imago. Adult females lay their eggs in water, which can be a salt-marsh, a lake, a puddle, a natural reservoir on a plant, or an artificial water container such as a plastic bucket. The first three stages are aquatic and last 5–14 days, depending on the species and the ambient temperature; eggs hatch to become larvae, then pupae. The adult mosquito emerges from the pupa as it floats at the water surface. Adults live for 4–8 weeks.

Mosquitoes have mouthparts which are adapted for piercing the skin of plants and animals. While males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs.

There are about 3,500 species of mosquitoes found throughout the world. In some species of mosquito, the females feed on humans, and are therefore vectors for a number of infectious diseases affecting millions of people per year.

 120 meters.

Duration ;12 minutes

80 shekels a week.

ADVENTURES OF A CHIPMUNK FAMILY.16mm.USA. 1950. Black and white.

Encyclopedia  Britannica

Chipmunks are small squirrel-like rodents of the genus Tamias. They are native to North America and Asia. Tamias is Greek for "storer," a reference to the animals' habit of collecting and storing food for winter use. The genus includes twenty-five recognized species, with one species, T. sibiricus, in northeastern Asia, one, T. striatus, in eastern North America, and the rest native to western North America.

Some authors have recently suggested that Tamias should be subdivided into three genera, corresponding to currently recognized subgenera Tamias, Eutamias, and Neotamias. This usage, however, has not been widely adopted.

Duration:12 minutes. 120 metres

80 shekels a week.

RALLYE LYON-CHARBONNIERE. France 1970.Color.Silent.

La dimension européenne

En 1949, le rallye Lyon-Charbonnières s’internationalise : sont remis les premiers règlements imprimés en français et en anglais. A partir de 1950, le rallye International Lyon-Charbonnières est réservé aux automobiles. Et pendant trois années consécutives, les Citroën Traction y règnent en maître.
C’est en 1952 que la cinquième édition, longue de 1900 kilomètres, prend son départ de différentes villes en Europe : Londres, Liège, Lausanne. Il est organisé avec le concours du Comité des Fêtes de Charbonnières-les-Bains. A partir de 1953 apparaissent les sportives modernes telles que Jaguar XK120, Porsche 356, Alfa Roméo 1300, Mercedes 300 SL et bientôt Ferrari.

En 1960 naît le 13e rallye Lyon-Charbonnières-Stuttgart-Solitude. Il est organisé avec le concours de l’ADAC de Würtemberg et comprend une épreuve de vitesse sur le circuit de solitude, près de Sttugart. Les vainqueurs, Mrs Boutin-Motte sur Porsche Carrera, remportent 25 Louis d’or. En 1963, les constructeurs automobiles commencent à s’intéresser de près aux compétitions routières en préparant soigneusement leurs voitures et en organisant les assistances. C’est le début du professionnalisme. L’ADAC de Würtemberg demeure co-organisatrice de l’épreuve jusqu’en 1973.

Duration: 20 minutes. 220 meters.

ACTUALITES FRANCAISES. 1959. Noir et blanc. Sonore. Optique

Sport : Athlétisme en salle. Sauver les statues a Paris.

Salon des inventions. Ste Eulalie ne répond plus. Abandon des villages de France. Véronique a Colomb-Béchar. Fusée Française. Discours de `de `gaulle

Du 18 juin. Gérard Philippe est mort. Le Nil, le temple de Louxor en danger.

Afrique : discours d’André Malraux. Saut stratosphérique. Histoire de Clemenceau. Le pape Jean XXIII. Le Shah et la princesse Farah Diba. La saison des prix. Jean Gabin, légion d’honneur, Micheline Presle. Le Pétrole du Sahara. Michel Debré. Le General de Gaulle en Afrique. Animation. Le sport : cross d’engins militaires. Football «  Fontaine et Kopa.

Durée : 45 minutes.

150 shekels a week.

PROGRAMME TARKUS #12

LE PAYS DU SOURIRE.1975. Couleur. Optical Sound

Henri Beauvais.Franfilm Production.

Portrays the peace and prosperity under a Buddhist country. The film opens with an introduction to the people, habitant, and local activity of the country. The narrator then explores the mythical symbols of the  religion, history and nature-through the temples of the province. Featuring excellent close-up footage. The second part of the film gives an overview of  forestry and plantation agriculture in province. The third part includes a sampling of cultural festivals. The arts and craft of the country, the use of elephant in hard work.

Duration ; 20 minutes

LA FIEVRE MONTE À CASTELNAU .France .1984

Court Métrage de Patrice Rondet avec Jacques Dufhilo.

Productions DESMICHES. Version Anglaise

Durée ; 12 minutes

DEVELOPPEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.USA 1950.

Encyclopedia Britanica.

The U.S. rail industry has experienced repeated convulsions due to changing U.S. economic needs and the rise of automobile, bus, and air transport. Despite the difficulties, U.S. railroads carried 427 billion ton-miles of cargo annually in 1930. This increased to 750 billion ton-miles by 1975 and doubled to 1.5 trillion ton-miles in 2005 In the 1950s, the U.S. and Europe moved roughly the same percentage of freight by rail; but, by 2000, the share of U.S. rail freight was 38% while in Europe only 8% of freight traveled by rail.

Duration :12 minutes

One wheel duration: 45 minutes

200 shekels a week.

TIBERIAS RESORT OF THE KING. ISRAEL 1960. 16mm.

Roll film Production. Tourisme. Hotel. Archeologie.

Tiberias (pronounced ; Arabic;Ṭabariyyah) is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. Established in 20 CE, it was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius. Since the 16th century, Tiberias has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed. In the 2nd-10th centuries, Tiberias was the largest Jewish city in the Galilee, and the political and religious hub of the Jews of Palestine. According to Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias district, making it an important pilgrimage site for devout Christians. Tiberias has historically been known for its hot springs, believed to cure skin and other ailments, for thousands of years (This southern part of today's Tiberias was probably the site of the Bilbical village of Chammath (Joshua 19:35).

Duration 20 minutes.

150 shekels one week.

LE MONDE DE DEMAIN. France. 1960.

Documentaire pour la television.

Selon Michel Serres, une philosophie de notre temps se donne pour mission de détecter dans le monde d’aujourd’hui ce qui fera le monde de demain. (Dès 1960, il annonça que nous entrions dans une nouvelle civilisation de communication et de services). Le philosophe doit s’immerger dans la totalité du monde présent :

Interviews, milieu urbain, jeunes, proletariat.

Copie zero, son optique.

Duree: 30 minutes.

150 shekels la semaine.

PROGRAMME TARKUS #11

MARIN MALGRE LUI. USA.1921.Silent . Fred NEWMEYER.

SAILOR MAD MAN(A). Extrait.

Intertitre in English and in French. Harold Lloyd, Midred Davis, Noah Young.

Slapstick.

Summary: Harold attends a garden party with great disdain, and out of boredom ask for Mildred’s hand in marriage.She does not accept and Harold enlists in the navy. During orientation, the servicemen become confused.On the boat, Harold overcomes a muscle man who ten become his slaves.In the Indies he finds Mildred, who is kept prisoner by a rajah, and saves her after a wid chase throughout the palace.

COURTS-METRAGES. France 1989. Silent .10 minutes.

Short film is a technical description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short subject. Either term is often abbreviated to short (as a noun, e.g., "a short"). A trailer for a feature length film is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a "short" for the complete film.

Although the North American definition generally refers to films between 20 and 40 minutes, the definition refers to much shorter films in Europe, Latin America and Australasia. In New Zealand, for instance, the description can be used to describe any film that has a duration longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes. The North American definition also tends to focus much more on character whereas the European and Australasian forms tend to depend much more on visual drama and plot twists. In this way, the North American form can be understood to be a derivation of the feature film form, usually acting as a platform for aspirant directors. Elsewhere, short films tend to work as showcases for cinematographers and commercial directors.

50 ANS D’AVIATION: 1860-1960.France 1960. 16mm. Noir et blanc.Sound

L’histoire de l'aviation pourrait symboliquement débuter avec le vol d'Icare, mais il faut attendre le 9 octobre 1890 pour voir le décollage du premier engin plus lourd que l'air après douze décennies de règne du plus léger que l'air.

Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and spaceflights.

Duration :12 minutes

LE STYLE JEUNE.France .1960. 10 minutes.

Fashion in Paris. St Germain, Juke box, Party.

Pub Coca cola of the 70’s. Scopitone. La mer.

One wheel total duration 44 minutes.

200 shekels a week

PROGRAMME TARKUS  #3

ISRAEL.USA 1950. 16mm. Sound. Black and white.12 minutes.

Dudley Pictures Corporation.

Naïve description of the new state.

Israel fought a war in 1948 for their independence but the Arab states never accepted Israel's right to exist; instead they maintained a constant state of belligerency towards the new, yet mighty state of Israel., Israel had to defeat armies that were trained and supervised by the British during the war of independence to win their right to an independent country. In spite of the fact that the mighty British Empire had given their support to the Arabs, they had been defeated. This played an important role in the ability to gain release of the Jews of Yemen.

LA VALSE BRILLANTE DE CHOPIN. France 1936. Black and White. 6 minutes.

Director; Max Ophuls. Writer:Emile  Vuillermoz.

Alexandre Brailovsky, play La valse brillante ( en La Bemole.) de Frederic Chopin. Ophuls was able to record this performance from above, below, from left and right, from in front and in back. The film is edited to the beat of the music, and it is never boring. Brailovsky (1896-1976) is performing on a platform on top of another platform on top of another platform... and at one point the camera jumps from platform to platform as the music rises in tone.

I wonder how many times Brailovsky had to perform the piece in order to get the effects that I watched! There seemed to be only one camera... And unlike Ophuls film of Ave Maria, there are no slow spots. This is film-making at its best and most delirious. The movie actually makes the music more interesting.

HADASHOT GUEVA. ISRAEL.1963.

News week of Israel. Ben Gurion. Clown in Ei Hod. Industrie

David BEN GURION.born David Grün on 16 October 1886, died 1 December 1973) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel. After leading Israel to victory in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Ben-Gurion helped build the state institutions and oversaw the absorption of vast numbers of Jews from all over the world. Upon retiring from political life in 1970, he moved to Sde Boker, a kibbutz in the Negev desert, where he lived until his death. Posthumously, Ben-Gurion was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century.

Total duration one wheel: 32 minutes.

250 shekels one week.