Elmer Bernstein Movie Trailers

Saturday's Hero Trailer (1951)

01 March 1951

A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program.

The Old Curiosity Shop Trailer (1975)

07 November 1975

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures.

Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age Trailer (1971)

31 May 1971

An introduction to Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare.

Anna Lucasta Trailer (1958)

01 November 1958

The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.

A Computer Glossary Trailer (1968)

05 April 1968

From hardware to software, the basics of then-current computing technology is explained.

Nightmare Honeymoon Trailer (1974)

20 September 1974

A newlywed couple seek revenge after narrowly surviving a savage attack in rural Louisiana.

Battles of Chief Pontiac Trailer (1952)

08 December 1952

In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying to broker a peace deal between Indian chief Pontiac and British and American settlers are threatened by the commander of a Hessian mercenary unit who embarks on a campaign of extermination against the Indians.

Return Of The Ghostbusters Trailer (2007)

31 October 2007

The Ghost Adventures crew return to tackle the terrors of the night.

A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

A Rough Sketch features a linear view of our universe from the human scale to the sea of galaxies, then directly down to the nucleus of a carbon atom.

An Introduction to Feedback Trailer (1960)

01 January 1960

The short film uses a variety of familiar examples that have the feedback principle in common to present a broad view of the phenomena present in control mechanisms and social situations.

The Tell-Tale Heart Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Trailer (1992)

01 December 1992

Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese.

Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

John Dillinger had a very public, whirlwind career until authorities took him off the streets for good.

Toccata for Toy Trains Trailer (1957)

08 August 1957

An interesting look at the world of toy trains, shot from the perspective of the little world itself. Originally created for model train enthusiasts, this short film transcends it's intended audience to delight viewers of all ages and interests!

Imagining 'Heavy Metal' Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Documentary about the making of "Heavy Metal" (1981), produced for the DVD Special Edition.

A Communications Primer Trailer (1953)

01 January 1953

An early attempt to present communications theory, made to encourage the breaking down of barriers of thinking between disciplines and to discourage thinking of communications in a limited way.

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Explores the art and history of writing music for motion pictures.

Metropolitan Overview Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Using live-action footage, animation, and still photography of a scale model, this film presents the Eames unique multimedia concept for making the museum’s resources more accessible via a central information center and guide to the myriad collections and galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Smithsonian Institution Trailer (1965)

01 September 1965

Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.

The Naked Eye Trailer (1956)

01 January 1956

The Naked Eye is a 1956 American documentary film about the history of photography directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen.

View from the People Wall Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

The subject of problem solving begins with an explanation of what the Eameses called “the information machine, “a device for presenting information in fragments so that viewers are compelled to see new relationships among events, objects and people.