Documentary Short Movies

A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from...

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Edited by famed filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Statues Hardly Ever Smile follows a group of middle school children during a six-week project at the...

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

The Shrimp is a lush visualist's documentary that follows the life cycle of a shrimp along the marshes of Savannah, Georgia. Beautifully etched...

Released in 1901

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 22nd, 1919.

Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.

Bird's are often considered 'rats of the sky'. That's just not true. A short documentary on the Birds of Brighton.

Released on July 6th, 1919.

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Documentary by Ateyyat El-Abnoudy

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...

George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

A journey to an island in the English Channel in pursuit of summertimes gone by.

The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.