Memories of a comrade of the 2nd Aliya
8' – Super-8 – Color, B&W – Silent (soundtrack lost) – Israel
In Hebrew “Aliya” means “wave of immigration.” Through a photo montage, Amos Gitai evokes the memories of the generation of his grandfather, who arrived from Russia in 1905.
Windows in David Pinsky no.5
4' – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
Street scenes filmed by Amos Gitai from the windows of his mother’s apartment.
Souk Women’s dialogues
3'20" – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
Several elderly women sitting and talking in front of their homes. The camera concentrates on their expressions and their faces.
Galim (Waves)
5' – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
The sea, waves and sand are unrecognizable in this highly pictorial essay on light, color, framing and textures.
Geography according to Modern man and His Control on the Environnement
4'25" – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
Short critical essay concerning habitat and the city according to modern man.
Textures
3'20" – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
The side of the road filmed from a car window. An impressionistic panorama of the earth, the vegetation and the horizon.
Black Is White
3'15" – Super-8 – Color, B&W – Silent – Israel
A pyrotechnic essay about light and movement, filmed at night.
Details of Architecture
13' – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel
A film about the buildings designed by Munio Weinraub Gitai, a Bauhaus-trained architect and father of Amos Gitai (who at that time was a student of architecture). How to animate drawings and plans.
Arts and Crafts and Technology
9' – Super-8 – Color – Silent – Israel – Film lost
Concerning craftsmen’s building techniques in architecture.