Documentary Movies

Documentary which examines the motivation behind the organisation of football violence by groups such as West Ham’s “Inter-City Firm”, who often travel by first class ticket. It questions the members…

The story of a lonely young boy growing up in Harlem. Using a semi-documentary technique, the film-makers realistically capture the hostile environment which leads the boy to delinquency. The youth…

An early documentary examining reports and hypotheses about flying saucers.

Stanley Kubrick’s first feature made in color. Lost for over 40 years! The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.

A documentary about the life and art of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai.

TV host Arthur Godfrey takes controls of an Eastern Air Lines passenger plane to show us “behind the scenes’ of a 1950’s American airline company. WDTVLIVE42 – Transport, technology, and…

Extravaganza with lots of music legends from the 50s.

Interviews and documentary footage combine with the fictional story of an air-force pilot who encounters aliens.

This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. It doesn’t shy away from the brutality present in the natural world, but it also paints a…

This documentary, which was undertaken soon after James Dean’s death, looks at Dean’s life through the use of still photographs with narration, and interviews with many of the people involved…

1950’s television documentary special that includes interviews with Hitler’s sister Paula Wolf and a fellow prisoner who was incarcerated with Hitler, actual footage shot by the Nazi’s and Eva Braun’s…

A compilation of scenes featuring some of the best-known comics from the silent era in their best films.

A documentary short dealing with the connection between school, home and the personal relationship that grows between the teacher and the primary school student.

Poetic and aesthetic visit of a large polystyrene factory.

The story of menstruation begins, as the motherly narrator informs us, with the pituitary gland – a gland at the base of the brain that sends hormones throughout the bloodstream…

A documentary on the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft and its use in missions over Italy circa 1944 in the Second World War.

Advances in chicken and egg farming.

Documentary film depicting the attack by Allied forces on the Japanese strong-holds of Arawe Beach and Cape Gloucester, New Britain, in the South Pacific theatre of the Second World War…

The film follows the WWII exploits of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) (unidentified in the film), in its first major operations following its commissioning in 1943. The life…

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

A sociological study of the people, of a small pueblo in Santiago, in the remote mountains of Mexico, who have not caught up with modern civilization, as reflected in the…

This documentray shows how and why the US authorities ‘evacuated’ American citizens, who or whos ancestors came from Japan from the Pacific coast to camps east of the Rocky Mountains.

Documentary short detailing the American soldier’s part in preserving the fundamental ideals of this nation.

Donald Duck deals with income taxes and their benefit to the American war effort in this inspirational documentary short animated film.

A musical film in the style of a documentary, featuring 19 musical and dance numbers, by many notable musicians.

The Seven Dwarves learn about the menace of mosquito borne malaria and the necessary precautions to control it.

Documentary short film detailing the first high-altitude daylight bombing of Germany by American B-17 bombers.

A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group’s air and ground…

A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan…

Documentary short film depicting the American assault on the Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima and the massive battle that raged on that key island in the Allied advance on Japan.

In this installment of the Why We Fight propaganda film series, we see the events of Nazi Germany’s diplomatic and military acts of international aggression. One by one, we learn…

Documentary short film produced by the American Army Air Forces extolling the exploits of the American fighter pilots who destroyed the German Luftwaffe and allowed the Allies to proceed with…

A tribute to the pioneering achievements of the Negro combat pilots trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

In the 1945 propaganda film commissioned by the US War Department, we see how the B-29 bomber came into being and watch it on aerial bombing missions in Japan during…

An odd bit of WWII propaganda in which an obviously Caucasian actor, using a fake Japanese accent, talks about the beauty of his homeland and how “his” people are different…

From the Department of the Navy.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.

One of the last of the films made under the direction of the War Activities Committee. It is a 10 minute documentary produced under the supervision of Ray Kellogg (I)who,…

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Members of the French Photographic Society arrive from a riverboat to their congress venue in Neuville-sur-Saône on a summer day. They go ashore across a wooden landing stage. Among the…