Documentary Films

Shows boys and girls going out the door and down the steps of a high school building in Lancaster, Pa. The boys come out first, led by a man, probably a teacher, holding a young boy's hand. The boys wear suits, More

The first sequence (ca. 49 ft.), views of President William McKinley speaking, may be unrelated footage. Views of crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in front of the old Willard Hotel during the March 4, l90l inau More

Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the camera pan More

On Mar. 4, 1905, TR is inaugurated in Washington, D.C. with much celebration and fanfare. TR rides in an open landau on Fifteenth St., NW, escorted by mounted Rough Riders; Secret Service men and detectives wal More

Scenes of African peoples and of TR's safari party, all probably filmed in British East Africa (Kenya) in 1909. View of TR planting a tree in front of trading company building, possibly located in Mombasa, long More

Panoramic views of the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River in Arizona: shots include rocky hill above dam, water rushing through portions of dam, and a car being driven on road across dam. Since a flag waves from b More

First film footage taken of TR at Sagamore Hill, summer of 1912. TR on his horse Sidar shakes hands with William P. Helm, Associated Press correspondent for New York City and Washington (1910-1918) and detailed More

Views of TR walking on beach; holding his hat, TR stands near bushes on an island and follows the flight of birds. Film photographed by Herbert K. Job of the National Audubon Society, on an expedition with TR t More

Presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes campaigns in Pittsburgh vicinity on Sept. 27, 1916. Hughes was on a strenuous tour in an attempt to knit together various Republican factions. In Pittsburgh area he w More

Two sequences of TR: Sequence 1: views of TR walking onto the porch of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, N.Y., facing the camera, and then speaking on military preparedness during WWI; Sequence 2: views of TR sitting More

On April 14, 1917, Archie Roosevelt marries Grace S. Lockwood at the Emmanuel Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Side view of TR entering an automobile with two women, the one following TR may be his wife Edith; More

Opening scene of a man, woman, and two children with presents walking up to a house in Oyster Bay, N.Y.; one child enters house, comes back out, then the woman enters; two older girls stand in doorway; TR, carr More

Unrelated segments of Quentin, Archie, and TR at various times and locations. Medium close view of Quentin wearing a WWI uniform standing by a wooden shed in Mineola, New York, May 1917; long shot of Archie in More

Film appears to have been photographed in France during WWI. Medium close shot of Quentin Roosevelt with a small building in background; brief shot of French and American officers, including Lieutenant Edward V More

During World War I, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. worked for the YMCA in France running canteens, clubs, and leave centers for soldiers and teaching French. She also designed the uniforms worn by the women worke More

As an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of former New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel on July 11, 1918, TR appears with other funeral participants on Fifth Avenue. Surrounded by men in formal dress, TR speaks More

Scenes of the Panama Canal, generally in the natural order of passage, from a ship moving from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The ship passes by the Panamanian city of Colón on the Atlantic end, through the chan More

Various scenes of the official notification ceremonies held on July 22, 1920 for Warren G. Harding, selected as the Presidential candidate by 17th Republican National Convention and Calvin Coolidge, selected as More

Shows processes in the mining of coal; includes operations below and above ground. Copyright: no reg. Bureau of Mines film no. 60, according to National Archives catalog card. Photographed under the direction o More

The mighty swing of Babe Ruth is shown in all its grace, power and swatness through the use of slow motion. He is also seen striking out in normal speed. The batting skills of Cleveland Indians star Tris Speake More

Shows scenes of Calvin Coolidge at his summer home in Plymouth, Vermont, including Coolidge helping out on the neighboring farm of cousin Ed Blanchard; in the "summer White House" above the Plymouth post office More

A narrative of TR's role in bird preservation which includes factual footage taken on his visit under the auspices of the National Audubon Society to bird sanctuary islands off the coast of Louisiana, June 1915 More

Film is Roosevelt Memorial Association compilation of footage from TR's 1913-1914 trip to South America during which he combined a series of lectures with an expedition in the Amazon Valley of Brazil to collect More

Film depicts TR's commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit. Included are close-up views of Frederick H. Newell, first director of the U.S. More

Sound: This moving image content is silent, and was created without sound or a soundtrack. Summary: This is a documentary about the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), which provides medical assistance to the peopl More

Players from the Philadelphia Athletics are seen practicing on the field. Pitchers Ed Rommel, Roy Mahaffey, Rube Walberg and Lefty Grove provide demonstrations of how to throw specific pitches. Mickey Cochrane More

The Boston Braves in training at Waterfront Park, featuring slugger Babe Ruth, gate-crasher One-Eye Connelly, and pitcher Tony Plansky. This film is believed to be from 1935 as that is the only year Babe Ruth p More

Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s. LP7702 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Pare Lorenz; 29Oct37; LP7702. More

Film depicts white rural poverty in Kentucky and the quality of children's education. Narrator: Storrs Haynes. Commentary revised by Edwin Locke ; music by Lee Grön. Filmed in Kentucky in 1940. Source used: Na More

Summary: "Artistic, sentimental documentary re the plight of zinc and lead miners in the Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma Tri-State area near Joplin, Missouri--shows life in poverty with silicosis and tuberculosis ramp More

The manufacture, speed, and power of the B-26 Army Bomber. Copyright: no reg. Summary taken from Guide to U.S. Government Motion Pictures. Source used: M/B/RS preliminary shelflist card; Guide to U.S. Governmen More

Combating submarines in the Atlantic during the war. Copyright: no reg. Summary taken from Guide to U.S. Government Motion Pictures. MAVIS 1875385; Carry the fight. Sources used: M/B/RS preliminary shelflist ca More

Summary: Describes the efforts of the European community to meet the problem of feeding a population increasing at the rate of three million per year. Points out how European agencies are increasing agricultura More

President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and President David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union introduce the film. The main feature is a dramatization of a union wo More

A training film for midwives. Shows in detail a complete delivery and demonstrates the approved procedures to be used by the midwife before, during, and after delivery. Follows a midwife, Mrs. Mary Coley, in he More

Summary: "Half-hour film re black march on Washington in 5/17/57 [Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom], third anniversary of Brown vs. Board decision--Martin Luther King, Bayard Rustin speaks to camera about non-viol More

Summary: Examines differences between Negro and white Americans in background, temperament, and experience, and explains why the musical structure of jazz provides an interpretation of Negro life.

Summary: Footage of one of the earliest Gay Pride demonstration marches, "Reminder Day Picket," held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1968.

Shows the operation of asbestos mines (in Arizona and Canada) and factories (in New Jersey and New Hampshire) of Johns-Manville Co. Copyright: no reg. LC dupe neg is reduction from 35 mm. Bureau of Mines film n More

Summary: Footage of one of the earliest Gay Pride demonstration marches, the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, held in New York City, New York, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the first anniversa More

Image of Eric M. Rogers from the film Coulomb's Law (Richard Leacock, 1959). The film was among the products of the Physical Sciences Study Committee (PSSC). Screenshot is about 23:50 after the film's beginnin More

Advertisement for the American documentary film Black Shadows (1923), from page 14 (back cover) of the July 29, 1923 Film Daily.

Advertisement for the documentary film Is Conan Doyle Right? (1923), an expose on Spiritualism, on page 7 of the September 7, 1923 Film Daily.

Boyd Theater, American advertisement for the United States 1964 version of the German documentary film Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962) under its U.S. title Mediterranean Holiday - 14 May 1965 Morning Ca More

Advertisement for the documentary short film The Art of Diving (1920) with Annette Kellermann, on pages 24 and 25 of the October 16, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.

Stills cut for use as newspaper advertisements from the American sports documentary film Neptune's Nieces (1925) with Gertrude Ederle, Aileen Riggin, and Helen Meany, from the insert after page 42 of the march More

Russ Malkin and David Beckham during filming on Antarctica, November 2015

Theatrical release poster for the documentary film Cosmic Birth, about mankind's journey to the moon. The poster is designed by artist Dušana Pavlovičová.

Advertisement for documentary "War As It Really Is" in The Moving Picture World, December 1916

Pejman Akbarzadeh is talking with audience after Screening "Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva" documentary at 9th International Exile Film Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, Oct. 2009.

Serbian American actor, writer, filmmaker and activist Nadja Tesich at the Bleecker Street Cinema’s showing of Nadja à Paris, New York City, 1984

Tommy Haines shoots Jeff Sorem at the 2006 U.S. Pond Hockey Championships.

Magyar: Táblázat fesztiválrészvételekről, és díjakról.

Rambla de Catalunya, 34, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; January 2008

Elogio ao meio Português: Elogio ao meio

JakeJohnson & Charlyne Yi are two of the stars of the movie 'Paper Heart.' Nick Jasenovec directed the movie.

Español: Documental "Natan El Profeta"

Portrait of Mexican Filmmaker

Español: Manuel Ávila Camacho y políticos junto a huérfanos, retrato