The Spanish Earth
6.5
1937
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A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Farewell Topsails
6.5
1937
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One of the last voyages of a commercial sailing ship on a trip from Cornwall.
The Plow That Broke the Plains
5.4
1936
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This documentary is about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States when a combination of farming practices and environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
Night Mail
6.8
1936
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Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
Day of Freedom
7.8
1935
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After German generals complained about the armys lack of presence in Leni Riefenstahls \Triumph of the Will\, she produced this propaganda piece for them.
R.A.F.
7.5
1935
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Here from 1935 is Gaumont Britishs documentary about the Royal Air Force, simply titled \RAF\, and directed by John Betts.This film looks at the training of new recruits, and includes views of many aircraft of the period. Anyone who thinks that formation flying started with the Red Arrows had better think again - here we see bi-planes flying in perfect synchronization over 70 years ago.
Triumph of the Will
8.3
1935
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The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'
4
1935
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This Traveltalk series short visits Los Angeles, California. In one of the highlights of the film, narrator James FitzPatrick visits the Disney cartoon studio and shakes hands with Walt Disney.
The Face of Britain
7.1
1935
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Directed by Paul Rotha.
Three Songs About Lenin
6.2
1934
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Three anonymous songs about Lenin provide the basis for this documentary that celebrates the achievements of the Soviet Union and Lenins role in creating them.
Man of Aran
7.2
1934
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In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Irelands unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
The Story of the Wheel
6
1937
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Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
Locomotives
5.9
1934
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Documentary short by Humphrey Jennings
The Country Comes to Town
6.3
1933
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Working on the Douro River
7.5
1931
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A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.
Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements
6.5
1931
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This is a non-narrative film, comprised of shots that \portray a certain young man in the terms of the things that he likes\, such as the flow of the tide on a seashore, the motion of finely-tuned machinery, and sunlight shining through the fronds of a palm.
With Byrd at the South Pole
7
1930
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Account of Admiral Byrds 1928 expedition to the South Pole. Academy award winning cinematography.
Drăguș, viața unui sat românesc
7.1
1929
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The film includes two parts: a first part tends to fully reconstruct a day in the life of the village, and the second part reconstructs a series of events related to the social life of the village.
Drifters
6.7
1929
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A silent documentary film by John Grierson telling the story of Britains North Sea herring fishery.
Man with a Movie Camera
8.4
1929
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A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Gow the Head Hunter
6.4
1928
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Captain Edward A. Salisbury (1875-1962) was a noted millionaire explorer and writer, whose exploration stories of the islands of the South Seas Pacific appeared often in The National Geographic, and other magazines in the early part of the 20th-century, spent 18 months exploring the New Hebrides islands where head-hunting and cannibalism was practiced by some of the natives...and highly discouraged and frowned-upon the white-governments of their lands. The footage shot by Captain Edward A. Salisbury was put together to make this film. Captain Salisbury explained that gow was the native term for the practice of head-hunting, and was not the name of one of the head-hunters.
The Eleventh Year
6.9
1928
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This documentary film is showing the hard labor of countrymen in industrial production to strengthen the U.S.S.R. economy and turning their country into a world power.
The White Stadium
7.6
1928
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A documentary about the 1928 St. Moritz Olympics.
St Kilda: Britain's Loneliest Isle
7.5
1928
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Travelogue of a sailing from Glasgow to St Kilda (via other Scottish islands) showing life on St Kilda shortly before it was evacuated.