The Time Machine

The Time Machine 1960

7.34

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

1960

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1964

6.90

An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.

1964

The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert 1950

5.80

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.

1950

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent 1961

5.20

A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.

1961

Destination Moon

Destination Moon 1950

5.80

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.

1950

The Power

The Power 1968

6.24

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.

1968

Tulips Shall Grow

Tulips Shall Grow 1942

6.80

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), a young Dutch couple find their idyllic countryside being overrun by unfeeling, unthinking mechanical men and machines that lay waste to everything in their path. In 1997 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

1942

Prospecting for Petroleum

Prospecting for Petroleum 1946

1

All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it is found, extracted and put to use by man.

1946

The Great Philips Review

The Great Philips Review 1938

6.00

Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.

1938

Jasper Goes Hunting

Jasper Goes Hunting 1944

1

Jasper is hunting in the jungle with his friend the Scarecrow. Along the way, they run into Bugs Bunny, making a rare cameo in a non-Warner Bros. production.

1944

Jasper in a Jam

Jasper in a Jam 1946

6.50

In this entertaining Puppetoon animated short film, a young boy, Jasper, gets trapped inside a pawnshop at midnight. All the musical instruments come to life and play jazz. A whooping wooden Indian chief self-animates as well, and goes on the warpath.

1946

John Henry and the Inky-Poo

John Henry and the Inky-Poo 1946

5.90

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice of Rex Ingram) goes to work for the C&O Railroad, which shortly thereafter buys an automatic steel-driving engine, The Inky-Poo. John Henry matches his strength against the engine, saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind. Can he prevail? In 2015 this film, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2009.

1946

Jasper's Boobytraps

Jasper's Boobytraps 1945

1

To get his comeuppance, Jasper sets a series boobytraps for Scarecrow.

1945

Together in the Weather

Together in the Weather 1946

7.00

In this Puppetoon animated short film, Judy, an enticing blonde, lives across the way from Punchy and uses all her feminine wiles to try to snare him.

1946

Jasper and the Beanstalk

Jasper and the Beanstalk 1945

5.50

The Scarecrow trades Jasper a handful of beans for his harmonica. Jasper plants the beans and climbs up the resulting beanstalk and, at the top, finds a beautiful girl in a golden cage playing a golden harp. Jasper rescues her from the Scarecrow, brings her down the beanstalk, and spends the rest of his days dancing to the music his girlfriend plays on the harp. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2009.

1945