Documentary Short Movies

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

Film is about Elnara Dadashova, professor of the Baku Academy of Music, honored artist, doctor of philosophy in art studies, composer.

Dr. Joseph Marshall, Jr., winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards (The Robert Kirkwood Award) - for redefining youth...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

A loving portrait of two motorcycle-riding lesbians.

Ahead of the state visit to Britain by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the BBC's China Editor Carrie Gracie retraces his remarkable career from living in...

The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...

This short documentary focuses on a man-made island that became the first federal sanctuary for wildlife in Canada. Situated an hour east of...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 25th, 1919.

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

Haskell Wexler revisits the themes of his previous work "Medium Cool" on the occasion of the Occupy demonstrations in Chicago in 2012.

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge...

As an animatronic dinosaur park closes, its owner braces for a series of lasts

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who's Who series introduces viewers to the polar bear, one of the largest bears in North America. See...

This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Library with its varied...