Documentary Short Movies

The film follows a group of growers who embrace the restorative power that the soil holds. Skin of the Earth is a story about the relationship...

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A filmmaker reconnects with an old friend, quietly revealing the distance time can create.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The story of two young single mothers who join forces to make a new kind of family unit for themselves and their children.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy.

Underwater and microscopic photography by F. Percy Smith tell the story of a newt's life.

In 1886, the United States Department of Agriculture ambitiously commissioned watercolour illustrations of over 3,000 fruit cultivars. In 2019, this...

The first half of this Traveltalk entry is spent in the town of Bath, where we learn about the long history and architecture of the area. We then go...

In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New...

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

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

Released in 1901

This Traveltalk short visits Hawaii's capital city.

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In Caribou in the Archive, rustic VHS home video of a Cree woman hunting caribou in the 1990s is combined with NFB archival film footage of northern...

The Numbers Start with the River is a 1971 American short documentary film about small-town life in Iowa. Produced by Donald Wrye for the United...