Documentary Short Movies

Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A close-up on Somerset's changing milk and cheese industry

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

David Gladwell's ground-breaking documentary about changes in a regional council's approach to caring for children with disabilities.

On the 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. Who Are We? is a re-working of material from a BBC television debate transmitted...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...

Sir Ernest Shackleton is a poignant absence in this fragment from the closing chapter in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The...

A portrait of Ryann Holmes, community organizer and co-founder of bklyn boihood, un/doing and reframing masculinity.

Captured during the events of Euromaidan revolution in Kyiv, Ukraine, an expressive argument looks like something out of the movie by Sergio Leone....

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

Travelogue released on the 8th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A conversation with Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, and Robin Wright about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Dave Meslin, a 47-year-old Canadian activist, is known for his campaigns to defend public space from commercial interests. For 15 years, he has been...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a...