Documentary Short Movies

  • 1953
    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story

    5.71953HD

    George Stoney investigates the living conditions, both good and bad, in the rural, segregated South.

    All My Babies... A Midwife's Own Story
  • 2026
    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes

    102026HD

    Commandant Patrick Hughes was one of the officers in command in the Louth and Meath area during the 1916 rising. He and his other commanders lead...

    No Personal Ends To Serve: The Story of Patrick Hughes
  • 2019
    Wild Boar Piglet

    Wild Boar Piglet

    Wild Boar Piglet

    02019HD

    They say that if a daughter looks like a father, then she will certainly be happy. But what if you look like a person whom you have never seen in...

    Wild Boar Piglet
  • 1918
    Facing Death on the Blumlisalp

    Facing Death on the Blumlisalp

    Facing Death on the Blumlisalp

    01918HD

    ...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

    Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
  • 1912
    Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower

    Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower

    Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower

    51912HD

    Paris, France. Franz Reichelt wearing the parachute that he designed and invented before ascending the Eiffel Tower. Reichelt stands on a platform...

    Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower
  • 1904
    Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Athens and the Acropolis

    Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Athens and the Acropolis

    Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Athens and the Acropolis

    01904HD

    1. Panoramic View from the Acropolis. A fine view of modern Athens. 2. Mar's Hill. Probable site of St. Paul preaching to the Athenians. 3. A View of...

    Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Athens and the Acropolis
  • 1992
    Sirin

    Sirin

    Sirin

    01992HD

    In ancient Russian mythology Sirin is a bird with the head of a woman, a Slavic image of the Greek sirens. The ensemble of ancient Russian sacred...

    Sirin
  • 2020
    Off-Peak

    Off-Peak

    Off-Peak

    02020HD

    A short film showing a typical English seaside town during the winter.

    Off-Peak
  • 2021
    The Beauty President

    The Beauty President

    The Beauty President

    62021HD

    In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen...

    The Beauty President
  • 1970
    Sweet Barbados

    Sweet Barbados

    Sweet Barbados

    01970HD

    Short documentary about Barbados directed by Gene Gregoret. Particular attention is given to showing the processing of cane sugar.

    Sweet Barbados
  • 2004
    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)

    62004HD

    Captures the violence and tenderness, alongside the dominance and submission, that is found in a single, intimate embrace.

    Blue Box Blues (Staging a Photo Shoot)
  • 2026
    This is a film, and I’m the director?

    This is a film, and I’m the director?

    This is a film, and I’m the director?

    02026HD

    A filmmaker begins making a film about another artist. She is there to observe, listen, and stay behind the camera. But keeping her distance becomes...

    This is a film, and I’m the director?
  • 2024
    Killing America

    Killing America

    Killing America

    02024HD

    A 38 minute documentary that investigates why antisemitism exploded in Bay Area High Schools after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. This comes...

    Killing America
  • 2016
    Who Are We?

    Who Are We?

    Who Are We?

    02016HD

    On the 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. Who Are We? is a re-working of material from a BBC television debate transmitted...

    Who Are We?
  • 2018
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    02018HD

    Captured during the events of Euromaidan revolution in Kyiv, Ukraine, an expressive argument looks like something out of the movie by Sergio Leone....

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • 1982
    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier

    61982HD

    A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.

    Lettre d'Alain Cavalier
  • 2020
    Gebroken Kabul

    Gebroken Kabul

    Gebroken Kabul

    02020HD

    Gebroken Kabul
  • 1946
    Darwin: Doorway to Australia

    Darwin: Doorway to Australia

    Darwin: Doorway to Australia

    01946HD

    Original archival synopsis: The Japanese bombed Darwin many times during World War II because it was strategically important target number one in...

    Darwin: Doorway to Australia
  • 1906
    Jerusalem the Holy City

    Jerusalem the Holy City

    Jerusalem the Holy City

    01906HD

    1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Jerusalem the Holy City
  • 1962
    Gletscher und ihre Ströme

    Gletscher und ihre Ströme

    Gletscher und ihre Ströme

    01962HD

    A short documentary on life in Iceland.

    Gletscher und ihre Ströme