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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 109

2,921 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

1. No. 270119251 h 20 min

   Die Stadt der Millionen

   by Adolf Trotz · Germany
2. No. 2702192541 min

   Evolution

   by Max Fleischer · United States · Belgium

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3. No. 270319251 h 11 min

   Grass

   by Ernest B. Schoedsack · United States · English
4. No. 27041925

   In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

   by Aurelio Rossi · Italy
5. No. 270519251 h 28 min

   In the World of the Stars

   by Hanns Walter Kornblum · Weimar Republic · German
6. No. 270619251 h 42 min

   Roald Amundsen – Ellsworths Flyveekspedisjon 1925

   by Paul Berge · Norway

   Amundsen-Ellsworth polar flight 1925expedition
7. No. 27071925

   Seaport of the Prairies

   by Frank Holmes · Canada · English
8. No. 27081925

   The Pottery Maker

   by Robert J. Flaherty · United States
9. No. 270919251 h 44 min

   Ways to Strength and Beauty

   by Wilhelm Prager · Germany · German

   sport
10. No. 27101925

    Wild Beasts of Borneo

    Director not on record · United States
11. No. 27111925

    Ypres

    by Walter Summers · United Kingdom
12. No. 27121924

    A Machine for Recreating Life

    by Henri Lepage · France
13. No. 271319241 h 19 min

    Kino-Eye

    by Dziga Vertov · Soviet Union · Russian
14. No. 27141924

    Polyteekkarifilmi

    by Adolf Lindroos · Finland · Finnish
15. No. 271519241 h 27 min

    The Epic of Everest

    by John Baptist Lucius Noel · United Kingdom

    1924 British Mount Everest Expedition
16. No. 271619241 h 48 min

    The Great White Silence

    by Herbert Ponting · United Kingdom · English

    Antarctica
17. No. 27171923

    Adventures in the Far North

    Director not on record · United States
18. No. 27181923

    Give Us Air!

    by Dziga Vertov · Soviet Union
19. No. 2719192333 min

    La Montagne infidèle

    by Jean Epstein · France

    Mount Etna
20. No. 272019231 h 11 min

    Nordenfor Polarcirkelen

    by Ragnar Westfelt · Norway · Sweden

    Sámi peopleFinnmark
21. No. 27211923

    The Crystal Ascension

    by Broderick O'Farrell · United States
22. No. 2722192224 min

    A Day with Thomas A. Edison

    Director not on record · United States
23. No. 27231922

    Die Grundlagen der Einsteinschen Relativitäts-Theorie

    by Hanns Walter Kornblum · Germany
24. No. 272419222 h 1 min

    Finlandia

    by Erkki Karu · Finland
25. No. 272519221 h 47 min

    Häxan

    by Benjamin Christensen · Sweden · Denmark · Swedish

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