Documentary Short Movies

  • 1953
    The Roots of Happiness

    The Roots of Happiness

    The Roots of Happiness

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    Dramatizes the case of a family in which the father respects and loves his wife and children, permitting each to develop as an individual, and...

    The Roots of Happiness
  • 1947
    College Climbers

    College Climbers

    College Climbers

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    Richard Wellington leads Western State Collegers from Gunnison up to Gothic Mountain in the Elk Mountains, Colorado. The film is an episode of the...

    College Climbers
  • 1966
    Life in Australia: Melbourne

    Life in Australia: Melbourne

    Life in Australia: Melbourne

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    This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in the mid 1960s.

    Life in Australia: Melbourne
  • 2022
    The Re-education of Ji Zhihao

    The Re-education of Ji Zhihao

    The Re-education of Ji Zhihao

    02022HD

    Three faded photographs lead the filmmaker Tian Macleod Ji and his great uncle to China’s countryside, on a journey to explore both the tender...

    The Re-education of Ji Zhihao
  • 1948
    A Rock Climb

    A Rock Climb

    A Rock Climb

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    The film describes the activities of a rock-climbing Explorer Unit from Phoenix, Arizona - the Kachinas. First their equipment and techniques are...

    A Rock Climb
  • 1943
    Daredevils of the Alps

    Daredevils of the Alps

    Daredevils of the Alps

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    Marcel Ichac accompanied the mountaineer Armand Charlet, in 1943, in the repetition of the first crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable that the guide...

    Daredevils of the Alps
  • 2003
    Once upon a time returning to my hometown

    Once upon a time returning to my hometown

    Once upon a time returning to my hometown

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    Extra, behind scenes from Hideaki Anno's film Ritual (also known as Shiki-Jitsu).

    Once upon a time returning to my hometown
  • 2004
    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

    Close to Greenaway

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    Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...

    Close to Greenaway
  • 2000
    Endangered Hawaiʻi

    Endangered Hawaiʻi

    Endangered Hawaiʻi

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    Endangered Hawaiʻi produced by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) with funding by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and narrated by actor...

    Endangered Hawaiʻi
  • 1967
    The Love Life of an Octopus

    The Love Life of an Octopus

    The Love Life of an Octopus

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    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...

    The Love Life of an Octopus
  • 1963
    Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance

    Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance

    Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance

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    Documentary on the revitalization of a housing complex in a working class neighborhood of Montreal. Modern housing has now replaced the old, sagging...

    Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance
  • 2016
    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III

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    Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.

    Play the Devil: Making Richard III
  • 2019
    Borderlands

    Borderlands

    Borderlands

    02019HD

    With shared economic, environmental, and humanitarian concerns, communities of local planners, designers, and citizens work toward cross-border...

    Borderlands
  • 1964
    Duel

    Duel

    Duel

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    "Duel" describes the clash of two athletes, shot putters David Davis and Alfred Sosgórnik.

    Duel
  • 1959
    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow

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    Canberra, the National Capital of Australia, is a city which has been planned; a place where modern living is enriched by a lovely setting. But the...

    Canberra Today and Tomorrow
  • 1966
    Life in Australia: Launceston

    Life in Australia: Launceston

    Life in Australia: Launceston

    01966HD

    A picture of life in the Tasmanian town of Launceston in the mid 1960s.

    Life in Australia: Launceston
  • 1989
    House of Trés

    House of Trés

    House of Trés

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    A quickfire portrait of the New York City ballroom scene in the ‘80s.

    House of Trés
  • 2012
    Expedition Svalbard: Part 1 - Hornsund to Bear Island

    Expedition Svalbard: Part 1 - Hornsund to Bear Island

    Expedition Svalbard: Part 1 - Hornsund to Bear Island

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    A short film produced during a photographic expedition of the Svalbard Archipelago. It takes the natural highlights of the expedition and includes...

    Expedition Svalbard: Part 1 - Hornsund to Bear Island
  • 1901
    Arrival of Tourists at Pilatus

    Arrival of Tourists at Pilatus

    Arrival of Tourists at Pilatus

    01901HD

    Released in 1901

    Arrival of Tourists at Pilatus
  • 1921
    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    01921HD

    The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed the...

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn