Documentary Short Movies

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards presents Jordan Simmons, artistic director of the East Bay Center for Performing Arts, with...

Alexis is a 32-year-old white woman married to Alain, an African from Rwanda. This documentary focuses on Alexis giving birth in her parents home. As...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Children of lesbian mothers talk frankly about their mothers' coming out, their own homophobia, and how they feel about being raised by lesbian...

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

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who's Who series introduces viewers to the polar bear, one of the largest bears in North America. See...

Released in 1901

This very short documentary film depicts the spring and fall migratory visits of snow geese to Cap Tourmente, Québec.

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

This documentary follows Tamara a 24-year-old, Waria, living in the city of Jogja in central Java, Indonesia, as she struggles to overcome poverty...

Two Canadians, one Liberal and one Conservative, attend a U.S. convention focused on depolarizing politics, determined to engage in tough...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...