1960

Primary

6.3/34

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use...

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Primary

1979

Al Neil: A Portrait

0/0

An award winning 45-minute film portrait of Al Neil’s life, music and art. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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Al Neil: A Portrait

1967

Anselmo

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Strand spent over twenty years documenting her friend Anselmo Aguascalientes’ life, eventually creating a stunning trilogy of films—Anselmo, Cosas de...

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Anselmo

1947

First Steps

5.9/7

United Nations, 1947 - In this film one crippled child learns to walk: first to move, then to stand, and finally to take his first steps. The film dea...

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First Steps

1948

Operation Vittles

5/3

Operation Vittles is a 1948 American short documentary film about the Berlin Airlift, from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It ex...

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Operation Vittles

1950

1848

0/0

The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honor...

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1848

1944

Hymn of the Nations

4.9/7

Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno de...

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Hymn of the Nations

1946

Seeds of Destiny

6/6

Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on ch...

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Seeds of Destiny

1947

Brooklyn, U.S.A.

5/2

Brooklyn, U.S.A. is a 1947 English language short film directed by Arthur Cohen, starring Ted de Corsia. It was nominated for an Oscar in the categor...

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Brooklyn, U.S.A.

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.628/289

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo...

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Hoop Dreams

1972

Ronnie

2/1

Ronnie is a short exposé of a handsome young street hustler Curt McDowell met in San Francisco. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

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Ronnie

1973

Background

6/1

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Th...

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Background

1974

Exploratorium

6/5

An Oscar-nominated film with no narration showing the Exploratorium (The Palace of Arts and Science) in San Francisco. It shows many of the exhibits a...

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Exploratorium

1974

Naked Yoga

5.2/5

Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with imag...

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Naked Yoga

1975

Conquest of Light

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Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the fu...

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Conquest of Light

1943

At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

6/2

Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership wi...

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At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

1966

Galaxie

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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Au...

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Galaxie

1944

America's Hidden Weapon

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Documentary short film demonstrating the way wartime farming measures in 1943 resulted in the greatest American food crop in history. Preserved by th...

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America's Hidden Weapon

1976

Number Our Days

7.2/5

Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly...

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Number Our Days

1942

Henry Browne, Farmer

4.8/4

Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted,...

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Henry Browne, Farmer