Documentary Short Movies

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

From the turtles of the Farasan Islands to the ibex that dot the Asir Mountains, this documentary captures Saudi Arabia's diverse wildlife and...

The film takes us to the North of England to follow the migration of the black-headed gull down to London. There, the narrator asks viewers to...

This film demystifies the complex but fascinating world of the investment business. We are given a privileged view of one of Canada's largest...

The nightingale and its song, its habitat, nest eggs and young.

Chris Renfro doesn’t just grow and harvest grapes on a hillside high above San Francisco’s Highway 280 to make delicious local wine. He...

A portrait of the city of Zagreb, as it was in 1943.

Released in 1901

Footage of the seabirds found in the Shetland Isles. One of a group of films made by Jenny Brown and bought by John Grierson for the GPO Film Library...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation has earned the John R. May Award for transforming neighborhoods and creating new economic...

As dawn breaks over Taipei, a whole world comes to life around the Luzhou temple night market, only to be dismantled by sunrise. In COME HUNGRY,...

A man wanders around an abandoned hospital. Years after their last encounter, someone whose life he saved seeks him out in his old office, so that...

Released in 1901

People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A film of a royal visit to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1906. Comprises footage re-edited from the earlier silent film "Aberdeen University Quarter...

An electric doorbell, a cylindrical lock on the entrance door, and a peephole. A single-phase socket. A faience toilet bowl, a cistern, and a toilet...