Documentary Short Movies

Two children are directed by a cinemaker.

Video Nasty; once a term referring to films that were criticised for their violent content in the early 80s, now the name of an up-and-coming film...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Poor pedestrian, horse drawn carts, wagons and bus travel across bridge at Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

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

When temporary solutions become the status quo, who gets left behind? A Stop Gap Measure follows disability activist Luke Anderson in his fight for...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1901

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

Sydney's population had just reached three million, and while its skyline was not as tall as it is today, it was already on its way to become a...

Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The ranger's activity mainly centered on mapping the national forests, creating safe trails, giving out cattle and sheep permits, and protecting the...

Svalbard is a norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean where the world's northernmost city is situated. It is a place where the underground,...

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A Deep Dive into the life of Stephen Zivkovic, the owner of the last DVD rental store in Adelaide.