Documentary Short Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A poetic tapestry eulogizing Chicago's famed "Old" Comiskey Park.

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

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The Great Valley in Africa - a crack of more than 6,500 kilometers in the earth's crust - is the result of the continental fracture that began about...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The world's most famous Swede in 1929 is undoubtedly Greta Garbo. Here the photographer has taken her on a boat departing Gothenburg as she returns...

After a queer Chinese medicine practitioner is brutalized at a recent protest, their community comes together in quiet acts of healing.

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

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

A girl and her mother made a short film about their trip to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Documentary about the extraction and manufacture of charcoal, in Pompeu, Minas Gerais, focusing on charcoal burners in action, their lives,...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

The life of the inhabitants of a shelter near Moscow for people in a crisis situation: women with young children, the homeless, victims of abuse.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Gives impressions of Australia’s national capital and the life of its inhabitants. Shows government buildings and other architectural features,...