Documentary Short Movies
- 1917
Curious Ceylon
Curious Ceylon01917HD
Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always...
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- 1970
Ascent of the Matterhorn
Ascent of the Matterhorn01970HD
Released in 1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1901
Tell's Monument and Panorama
Tell's Monument and Panorama01901HD
Released in 1901
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- 1901
Panorama of Gorge on Pilatus
Panorama of Gorge on Pilatus01901HD
1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1915
Scaling the Jungfrau
Scaling the Jungfrau01915HD
A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...
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- 1916
A Scotch-Irish Reel
A Scotch-Irish Reel01916HD
Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1902
Climbing the Final Arete
Climbing the Final Arete01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1902
Ice Work on the Glacier des Bossons
Ice Work on the Glacier des Bossons01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 2017
Mammoth
Mammoth02017HD
In the remote Russian Arctic, an aging scientist and his son are trying to recreate the Ice Age. They call their experiment Pleistocene Park –...
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- 1953
All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story
All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story5.71953HD
George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.
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- 1908
The Tyrol: Native Customs in the Tyrolean Alps
The Tyrol: Native Customs in the Tyrolean Alps01908HD
Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1930
The film of the great newspaper of Argentina
The film of the great newspaper of Argentina01930HD
Short documentary made by Federico Valle and produced by Visugraphic Pictures for Argentinian newspaper La Nacion.
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- 1905
Northern Ice Sports
Northern Ice Sports01905HD
1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1924
From Montreux to the Bernese Alps
From Montreux to the Bernese Alps01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 2026
This is a film, and I’m the director?
This is a film, and I’m the director?02026HD
A filmmaker begins making a film about another artist. She is there to observe, listen, and stay behind the camera. But keeping her distance becomes...
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- 1907
The Tyrol: Tyrolese Schuplatten Dance
The Tyrol: Tyrolese Schuplatten Dance01907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 2010
Cassowary
Cassowary102010HD
An encounter at Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa shot in 16mm by JMG+PP.
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- 1912
Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower
Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower51912HD
Paris, France. Franz Reichelt wearing the parachute that he designed and invented before ascending the Eiffel Tower. Reichelt stands on a platform...
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- 2025
West Landing
West Landing02025HD
A short documentary about a group of open-water swimmers on Long Island who gather every summer morning in Hampton Bays. Born out of the...
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- 2015
As You Dreamt It
As You Dreamt It02015HD
A leading Australian photographer interprets and photographs the recurring dreams of four refugees living on a housing estate in western Sydney with...
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