Documentary Short Movies

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate...

A film crew travels to the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland to investigate the curious tale of the discovery on the island of a dead...

Departure of the steamer from Interlaken, and giving throughout its entire length, a film picture of exceptional beauty. The stereoscopic effect is...

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the black bear.

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

West Coast of England, redshanks wander through wetlands in search of food while facing constant threats from loose dogs.

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...

Released in 1901

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

WHY WE JUGGLE is a portrait of six artists from all over the world and their motivations for juggling. Through juggling, individual worldwide...

Released in 1901

From footage filmed in 1983, this documentary presents an interview with director Jack Arnold and his reminiscences of the making of the 1957 film...

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Considered one of the first documentary about contaminated water in Uruguay.

In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Redemptorists Church in Dundalk, Ireland for the...

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...

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.