Documentary Short Movies

  • 1903
    Gemmi Pass and Oeschinen Lake

    Gemmi Pass and Oeschinen Lake

    Gemmi Pass and Oeschinen Lake

    01903HD

    Tourists leaving the Bear Hotel, Kandersteg, to cross the Gemmi. Many ladies of the party are seen mounting the hardy ponies at the hotel front, and,...

    Gemmi Pass and Oeschinen Lake
  • 2018
    Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

    Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

    Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

    02018HD

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

    Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots
  • 1929
    Hermit crab

    Hermit crab

    Hermit crab

    6.81929HD

    Painlevé’s first film on animal behavior, focusing on the Hermit Crab. On this film we see the Hermit Crab trying to find shelter.

    Hermit crab
  • 1916
    A Day with a West Point Cadet

    A Day with a West Point Cadet

    A Day with a West Point Cadet

    01916HD

    For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...

    A Day with a West Point Cadet
  • 2019
    The Boxers of Brule

    The Boxers of Brule

    The Boxers of Brule

    02019HD

    Devastated by her best friend's suicide, a young Lakota woman creates a girls' boxing team with urgent hope that sport, sisterhood and tradition will...

    The Boxers of Brule
  • 2024
    A Look at Video Nasty

    A Look at Video Nasty

    A Look at Video Nasty

    102024HD

    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...

    A Look at Video Nasty
  • 1966
    Life in Australia: Melbourne

    Life in Australia: Melbourne

    Life in Australia: Melbourne

    01966HD

    This film shows an idyllic picture of life in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in the mid 1960s.

    Life in Australia: Melbourne
  • 1905
    Northern Ice Sports

    Northern Ice Sports

    Northern Ice Sports

    01905HD

    1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Northern Ice Sports
  • 1919
    Frocks and Frills of the Filipinos

    Frocks and Frills of the Filipinos

    Frocks and Frills of the Filipinos

    01919HD

    Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 22nd, 1919.

    Frocks and Frills of the Filipinos
  • 1906
    On the Meron Esplanade

    On the Meron Esplanade

    On the Meron Esplanade

    01906HD

    1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

    On the Meron Esplanade
  • 1918
    Sydney, the Antipodean Metropolis

    Sydney, the Antipodean Metropolis

    Sydney, the Antipodean Metropolis

    01918HD

    Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

    Sydney, the Antipodean Metropolis
  • 1903
    Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink

    Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink

    Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink

    01903HD

    A scene of harvesting hay on the great winter playground. The group of busy reapers, with hand scythes, in the foreground, the Swiss maids who...

    Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink
  • 1956
    Aberdeen 1906

    Aberdeen 1906

    Aberdeen 1906

    01956HD

    A film of a royal visit to Aberdeen, Scotland in 1906. Comprises footage re-edited from the earlier silent film "Aberdeen University Quarter...

    Aberdeen 1906
  • 1903
    Life at a Simmenthal Cattle Farm

    Life at a Simmenthal Cattle Farm

    Life at a Simmenthal Cattle Farm

    01903HD

    The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are...

    Life at a Simmenthal Cattle Farm
  • 1903
    Reichenbach Falls

    Reichenbach Falls

    Reichenbach Falls

    01903HD

    The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

    Reichenbach Falls
  • 1919
    The Salvation Army on the Job

    The Salvation Army on the Job

    The Salvation Army on the Job

    01919HD

    "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...

    The Salvation Army on the Job
  • 1903
    Lake Brienze and Geissbach Falls

    Lake Brienze and Geissbach Falls

    Lake Brienze and Geissbach Falls

    01903HD

    This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

    Lake Brienze and Geissbach Falls
  • 1919
    In the Basque Country

    In the Basque Country

    In the Basque Country

    01919HD

    Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

    In the Basque Country
  • 2013
    The Invisible Subtitler

    The Invisible Subtitler

    The Invisible Subtitler

    02013HD

    The Invisible Subtitler is an independent documentary about the use of subtitles in cinema and the life of subtitlers themselves, focusing on the...

    The Invisible Subtitler
  • 2023
    The Ketchup War

    The Ketchup War

    The Ketchup War

    02023HD

    This is the story of French's vs. Heinz, and how the people of Leamington, Ont. (AKA the Tomato Capital of Canada) got caught up in Canada's greatest...

    The Ketchup War