Documentary Short Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Michael Morgan, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2006 Community Leadership Awards for making symphonic music essential to the culture of the...

A short documentary film that explains why ancestral languages are dying and promotes their preservation.

This short documentary focuses on a man-made island that became the first federal sanctuary for wildlife in Canada. Situated an hour east of...

Released in 1901

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

Interlaken, as its name implies, is dependent to a large extent on the two beautiful lakes for much of its popularity. An interesting short panorama...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

In this film, a group of women and children gather sweet, fresh /ole berries and sha roots. The younger women, led by N!ai, bait a nest of wasps. As...

Brian Hall has been living with Parkinson's since he was 14. He is now in his 60s. How do you fill the well of optimism when it's been drained...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Captured during the early days of production, this unreleased film offers a glimpse into its rehearsal sessions — an intimate icebreaking...

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

Released on March 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

The life of the inhabitants of a shelter near Moscow for people in a crisis situation: women with young children, the homeless, victims of abuse.

A documentary about Freia who lives with her mother in a hippie collective. She has thoughts on everything from the things her parents are doing to...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith