Documentary Short Movies

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

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the...

In ancient Russian mythology Sirin is a bird with the head of a woman, a Slavic image of the Greek sirens. The ensemble of ancient Russian sacred...

Parents talk about their gay and lesbian children, and how they came to accept their lifestyle.

In this documentary Edo Maajka, Bosnian hip hop star talks about war, his life as a refugee, war crimes, forgiving and making peace, nationalism,...

Is the past the future we want ? The race to get back to normal made us question this very idea of normalcy itself – Is it normal that our...

A 1930s geography lesson on dairy farming, around the pasturelands of Wixenford Farm near Plymouth.

The film shows the fast and efficient production process at the Rijks Munt in Utrecht, with footage of melting, casting, punching, rolling, and...

Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

The film 'Canterbury is One Hundred' was produced by the National Film Unit in 1950 to celebrate the region's centennial. Written and directed by...

The film focuses on unknown or little-known aspects of the life and work of Zdzisław Beksiński—from the time when he lived and worked...

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

What is a home? Can a body become a home? This short film tries to answer these questions about the construction of our identities through the...

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 6th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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,...