Documentary Short Movies

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

Mats Öberg, born 1971 in Umeå, Sweden, has been living in Stockholm for many years, where he moved when he entered the Royal Academy of...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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...

A lyrical and nostalgic analysis of how Casablanca, the mythical film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942, has influenced both film history and pop...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontës, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.

Released in 1901

Released on July 27th, 1919.

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In ancient Russian mythology Sirin is a bird with the head of a woman, a Slavic image of the Greek sirens. The ensemble of ancient Russian sacred...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at methods of pig breeding in Denmark.

Allegations of a significant elephant-poaching problem in Botswana have sparked a political row between the president and his predecessor. As...

Sing! is a 2001 American short documentary film about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, directed by Freida Lee Mock. How do squeaky-voiced 8 year...

The actors who played Tevye's daughters reflect on their experiences filming Fiddler on the Roof.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901.