Movies
- 1942
Work Party
Work Party01942HD
Documentary about women factory workers.
- 1933
Experimental Animation
Experimental Animation6.51933HD
Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to...
- 1958
Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow6.21958HD
Lye created a series of scratched images in the 1950s – more regular or geometric than his usual style – to accompany Rock...
- 1942
Planned Crops
Planned Crops01942HD
Short comedic documentary about crops.
- 1943
Cameramen at War
Cameramen at War4.81943HD
A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves,...
- 1942
Kill or be Killed
Kill or be Killed41942HD
A fictional enactment of the deadly contest between a British soldier and a German sniper hiding in a tree. Kill or Be Killed differs from most army...
- 1942
Newspaper Train
Newspaper Train51942HD
The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.
- 1957
All Souls Carnival
All Souls Carnival41957HD
Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...
- 1993
Abstract Cinema
Abstract Cinema81993HD
Several well-known and pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the history of non-objective cinema, the works of those that came before them and their...
- 1942
Musical Poster #1
Musical Poster #141942HD
A British WWII propaganda short warning citizens that Nazi sympathizers could be listening to their everyday conversations to discover important...
- 2023
Peanuts
Peanuts02023HD
While stocking the shelves at work late at night, Mike finds a mysterious tape that calls upon The Peanut Vendor.
- 1953
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five01953HD
Len Lye made this experiment in animating poetry circa 1953 utilising a clip of Sir John Gielgud reciting a passage from The Tempest.
- 1953
Life's Musical Minute
Life's Musical Minute51953HD
Life’s Musical Minute, recently re-discovered, is a short promotional film of this kind, based on Gene Krupa’s drum solo from...
- 1958
Prime Time
Prime Time01958HD
This was another sample promotional film, which Lye offered to television stations. He scratched some dramatic black-and-white abstract images,...
- 1958
Pictures for Percussion
Pictures for Percussion01958HD
Len Lye made Pictures for Percussion as a sample for television stations while living in the United States.
- 1959
Fountain of Hope/Peace
Fountain of Hope/Peace01959HD
In 1959 the United Nations commissioned Lye to make this one-minute film, “Fountain of Hope,” to publicize United Nations Day (24th...
- 1945
March of Time: Night Club Boom
March of Time: Night Club Boom01945HD
Documentary about New York night clubs.
- 1942
Collapsible Metal Tubes
Collapsible Metal Tubes01942HD
Experimental documentary about recycling.