Documentary Short Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The powerful story of a couple who's hopes of having a child went from infertility, to a miracle, to tragedy.

A short documentary from Eric Ashby on the badgers leaving near his home.

This documentary portrays the arrival in Chilean Patagonia of the intelligent buoy of The Blue BOAT Initiative, a project developed by...

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short documentary about the behaviour of Japanese primary school students.

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Documentary footage showing the alligator in several stages of growth, from babyhood to a ripe old age; a film taken at an alligator farm in...

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

Roads are a major cause of habitat fragmentation for many animals and are a severe threat to many species. This story is about the newts of Chileno...

A internally displaced Nepali schoolboy works on the construction of a road to support his family, Ram Kumar heaves large boulders and smashes rocks...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on the 17th of June, 1918.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 14th, 1918.

The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate...

This short documentary tells the story the once-thriving town of Okak, an Inuit settlement on the northern Labrador coast. Moravian missionaries...

Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the...

She accused the leader of the Sandinista revolution of sexual abuse. Now he is president of Nicaragua and she lives in exile.

After an unsuccessful attempt at establishing himself in the early 1970s music scene, Jamaican-born reggae legend Stranger Cole opens a record store,...

Released on the 31st of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on August 7th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.