Documentary Short Movies

Released in 1901

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Documentary depicting the funeral of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón in 1952.

Released in 1901

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Two Canadians, one Liberal and one Conservative, attend a U.S. convention focused on depolarizing politics, determined to engage in tough...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1901

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Also showing Cortina mountain and general surroundings.

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

Juskatla weaves together perspectives of the people who live on the islands of Haida Gwaii-an archipelago on Canada's Northwest coast, and the...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

One man loses his son to a cocaine overdose. Grieving, Stan Marsden, a Tsimpsean wood carver decides to create a totem pole in his son's memory and...

The powerful story of a couple who's hopes of having a child went from infertility, to a miracle, to tragedy.

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out,...

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith