Documentary Short Movies

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

The inhabitants of a lobstering village in Maine all have one thing on their minds: their impending deaths.

Travelogue released on November 6th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

A dollar slice, a city of pixels, and lives condemned to repeat: Buck a Slice observes Night City’s forgotten characters to ask how much choice...

Captured during the early days of production, this unreleased film offers a glimpse into its rehearsal sessions — an intimate icebreaking...

Where is Greenland located? What does the country actually look like? Who lives there? What is life like there? The film seeks to answer these and...

Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found expression in many forms, from the days of primitive...

Released in 1901.

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

Travelogue released on the 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short documentary on the "Harlem Street Singer," blues artist Rev. Gary Davis. Features footage of his neighborhood, Davis talking about his...

Released in 1901

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

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

In 2024 Shelter North East undertook a piece of research in Newcastle, speaking to 39 individuals who were either currently sleeping rough in...

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the raccoon.