Greatest 15 Short Movies Worth Watching Released in 1962

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images. Get info on La Jetée / IMDB / YouTube

Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him. See more about Antoine and Colette / IMDB / YouTube

Waiting for Godot on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as t. Explore Mammals / IMDB / YouTube

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war. Check out The Hole / IMDB / YouTube

Using a kit that contains both Tom and Jerry anyone can enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons. Info on The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit / IMDB / YouTube

Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into work, with Sam guarding a flock of sheep against Ralph's attempts to snatch some mutton for dinner. Ralph uses a lull-a-bye record to put Sam to sleep and steals one of the sheep, but the lamb unzips itself to reveal someone very unexpected beneath! Learn about A Sheep in the Deep / IMDB / YouTube

A spoiled-rotten monarch orders royal chef Yosemite Sam to make Hasenpfeffer, the basic ingredient of which is rabbit. When Bugs comes to the door asking to borrow some carrots, Sam decides to cook him. More about Shishkabugs / IMDB / YouTube

Wile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using a bear trap with a bird seed bait, a jet rocket, an ice-making machine, and a boomerang. Get info on Zoom at the Top / IMDB / YouTube

Two boys watch Wile E. Coyote chase Road Runner continuously and express their opinions. They ask why the Coyote wants the Road Runner so badly. Wile E. Coyote then explains in a comedic documentary why he wants the Road Runner so badly. Check out Adventures of the Road-Runner / IMDB / YouTube

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly. Info on A Symposium on Popular Songs / IMDB / YouTube

In a series of vignettes, we see how to win a barroom fight by such tactics as going limp, garlic breath, screaming, enlisting the help of a large, intimidating friend, etc. Learn about Self Defense... for Cowards / IMDB / YouTube

Sculptor Sofu Teshigahara, father of filmmaker Hiroshi Teshigahara, prepares for an exhibition. Details on Inochi: Sôfû no chôkoku / IMDB / YouTube

It is Arild's birthday, but his father has forgotten this and goes to work as usual. The mother is in the hospital to give birth. In the afternoon father and son visit the mother in the hospital. See more about The Boy and the Kite / IMDB / YouTube

Drawings by the children of the Terezín ghetto, who were later executed by the Nazis. Find out about Motýli tady nezijí / IMDB / YouTube

The Indian Story is the kind of newsreel short subjects that Jancso made early in his career, and while it doesn't bear any of his hallmarks as a director, it's still interesting-an examination of the way that Native Americans were displaced by white settlers in North America, from a critical outsider's perspective. Learn about Indián történet / IMDB / YouTube