Documentary Short Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Aim High is a recipient of the San Francisco Community Leadership Awards "for closing the achievement gap through programs that inspire a love of...

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like holding hands in public can carry, not only huge...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

What is the difference between a story and a good story? In this short documentary, ten of the greatest screenwriters in Brazil answer this and other...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents John Santos, musician and cultural activist, with the Helen Crocker Russell Award...

Opening at a Soviet army base in Kabul, the film visits an attack helicopter squadron, a firebase outside Kabul, and a guard post near Kandahar. Then...

A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios

A satire on celebrity with a cacophony of gossip merchants, publicists, and “a host of stars.”

Returning back to Chino Airport, this documentary sequel follows the evolution of Cal-Aerofab Flight Academy through their restoration projects and...

Audiovisual footage from the 54,000 page report, divided into 85 volumes (with 13 appendices) about the Iguala Case (the disappearance and presumed...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 20th, 1919.

River flowing through Prague, Czechoslovakia. Shots of the city. Bridges, buildings, street scenes, religious buildings, cars driving the streets. ...

Filmed from the Brooklyn tower of the bridge, this is a panorama starting at Manhattan's Battery and then panning northward along the East River...

The "Telefilm-Chisinau" studio is editing a two-act color documentary film, "Alas, Poor Turtledove," about the tragic fate of the talented folk...

Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

A short documentary about an unusual duck that appeared in New York's Central Park and created a global media sensation.