Documentary Short Movies

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

An extended Black family living in View Park-Windsor Hills, California experience changes due to gentrification and reflect on their shifting...

Bishop William Swing, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award) - for creating a...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many...

In October, during the tense days of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the director takes his camera to the village of Ashagi Nuvedi in Lankaran. The film...

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Arizona Sheepdog is a documentary film that was originally released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution on May 25, 1955 as a double-bill with...

The 'Unusual Occupations' series of theatrical short subjects was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios and released by Paramount Pictures from 1937...

Travelogue released on the 8th of July, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

'Consumed' is a cinematic journey through the landscapes, mines, factories, and shipyards of Chinese production. Blurring the lines between...

A look at the Lake District and its famous poet.

In 1960, in the heart of the Saharan desert, France detonated its first atomic bomb in Reggane, Algeria, forever altering the surrounding land and...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 13th, 1918.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

This film demystifies the complex but fascinating world of the investment business. We are given a privileged view of one of Canada's largest...

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