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City of Gold
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City of Gold

May. 02, 1957

City of Gold

This classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the ...
All the World’s Memory
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All the World’s Memory

Toute la mémoire du monde is a documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing ...
Seven Wonders of the World
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Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wonders of the World is a 1956 film in Cinerama. Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience ...
The Mystery of Picasso
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The Mystery of Picasso

Using a specially designed transparent ‘canvas’ to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera rolls. He begins with ...
Man in Space
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Man in Space

Mar. 09, 1955

Man in Space

With a combination of documentary footage and animation, the science and history of rockets, and the effects of space travel on man are illustrated.
I Never Forget a Face
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I Never Forget a Face

Apr. 28, 1956

I Never Forget a Face

This Warner Bros. vignette features short snippets about well known people. It includes presidential candidate Warren Harding and his front porch ...
Wild West Tech
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Wild West Tech

Aug. 19, 2003

Wild West Tech

Wild West Tech is a program that aired on The History Channel in the United States that aired from 2003 to 2005. The show was originally hosted ...
Night and Fog
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Night and Fog

Apr. 27, 1959

Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler’s concentration camps.
The FBI Files
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The FBI Files

Oct. 20, 1998

The FBI Files

Witness the crime busting techniques and forensic science used by the FBI to break the most baffling cases. From crime scene analysis to the most ...
The African Lion
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The African Lion

Sep. 14, 1955

The African Lion

Part of Disney’s True-Life Adventures series, this film focuses on the lives of lions in Africa.
The Vanishing Prairie
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The Vanishing Prairie

Aug. 16, 1954

The Vanishing Prairie

Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.
Thursday’s Children
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Thursday’s Children

May. 01, 1954

Thursday’s Children

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, ...
Autumn in Badacsony
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Autumn in Badacsony

Jan. 01, 1954

Autumn in Badacsony

A celebration of the culture and the ancient traditions in Badacsony.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
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Jesse James vs. the Daltons

An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.
A Queen Is Crowned
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A Queen Is Crowned

Jun. 02, 1953

A Queen Is Crowned

A lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953.
The Living Desert
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The Living Desert

Nov. 10, 1953

The Living Desert

Although first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers ...
The Conquest of Everest
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The Conquest of Everest

A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay ...
Cease Fire!
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Cease Fire!

Nov. 24, 1953

Cease Fire!

A sometimes uncomfortable marriage between fact and fiction, this film is part documentary and part drama, mixing actual war footage with ...
Water Birds
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Water Birds

Jun. 26, 1952

Water Birds

Water Birds is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. The film delves into the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild ...
Desperate Search
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Desperate Search

Josh Gates goes on the adventure of a lifetime when he and Christopher Lloyd set off to track down the most iconic movie car in Hollywood ...
Nature’s Half Acre
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Nature’s Half Acre

Jul. 28, 1951

Nature’s Half Acre

The strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures. ...
Flying Padre
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Flying Padre

Mar. 23, 1951

Flying Padre

Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock ...
King Solomon’s Mines
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King Solomon’s Mines

Earthflight is a British nature documentary that shows a flight from the view of the wings of birds across six continents, showing some of the ...
Day of the Fight
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Day of the Fight

Apr. 26, 1951

Day of the Fight

‘Day of the Fight’ shows Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier during the height of his career, on the day of a fight with ...
Blood of the Beasts
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Blood of the Beasts

Jan. 01, 1949

Blood of the Beasts

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside ...
East Side, West Side
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East Side, West Side

Based on the BBC factual series of the same name, Ambulance Australia follows NSW Ambulance service, from the NSW Ambulance Triple Zero Control ...
Black Hand
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Black Hand

Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See ...
Meditation on Violence
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Meditation on Violence

Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three ...