Documentary Short Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A Secrets of Life short about the tawny owl.

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

Where is Greenland located? What does the country actually look like? Who lives there? What is life like there? The film seeks to answer these and...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

This includes the arrival of the old stage, the mail coach and diligence, and a motor car.

Released in 1901.

The document illustrates the reconstruction and modernization of Polish villages after the destruction during World War II.

A wonderfully successful film taken in Switzerland and showing experts in the great annual competition. In three parts: 1. Jumping from a stage 2....

A long-haul trucker turns to YouTube to combat loneliness and social isolation. Under the handle “MsDivaTrucker43,” she discovers a...

Released in 1901

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The rapid turning of a light draws a circle. In the space bound by its line unravels an archive of postcards sent between the island of Madeira and...

From the shores of Lake Huron to the prairie capital of Manitoba is an interesting trip. Scenes shown are motorboating amid the Thirty Thousand...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

Filmed at Henry Darger's apartment on a Super 8 camera by filmmakers Coleen Fitzgibbon, and Michael S. Thompson late spring 1973 in Chicago, IL. The...

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