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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 110

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. 272619221 h 18 min

   Nanook of the North

   by Robert J. Flaherty · United States · France · English

   Inuit
2. No. 27271922

   No Paiz das Amazonas

   by Silvino Santos · Brazil
3. No. 2728192154 min

   Im Kampf mit dem Berge

   by Arnold Fanck · Germany · German
4. No. 27291921

   Pearls and Savages

   by Frank Hurley · Australia
5. No. 27301921

   Wedding in Poetic Karjala

   by Armas Otto Väisänen · Finland · Finnish
6. No. 27311920

   Heroes All

   by Anthony Young · United States
7. No. 273219201 h

   Shipwrecked Among Cannibals

   by William F. Adler · United States · English
8. No. 27331920

   The Battle of Tsaritsyne

   by Dziga Vertov · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Russian

   history
9. No. 27341920

   The Bottom of the World

   Director not on record · United States
10. No. 27351920

    The Romance of the Far Fur Country

    Director not on record · United States
11. No. 27361919

    How the Telephone Talks

    Director not on record · United States
12. No. 273719191 h 28 min

    South

    by Frank Hurley · United Kingdom · Australia

    Expedition Endurance
13. No. 27381919

    The Victory Leaders

    by Maurice Elvey · United Kingdom · English
14. No. 27391919

    The World of Columbus

    by D. W. Griffith · United States
15. No. 274019181 h 6 min

    Amazon: Longest River in the World

    by Silvino Santos · Brazil

    natureAmazon rainforest
16. No. 27411918

    America Goes Over

    Director not on record · United States
17. No. 27421918

    America's Answer

    by Edwin Forbis Glenn · United States · English
18. No. 27431918

    Cannibals of the South Seas

    by Martin Johnson · United States
19. No. 2744191816 min

    How to Make Movies

    by Charlie Chaplin · United States
20. No. 274519182 h

    Judea Liberated

    by Ya'ackov Ben-Dov · Mandatory Palestine · Hebrew
21. No. 27461918

    Our Navy

    Director not on record · United States
22. No. 274719182 h

    The Anniversary of the Revolution

    by Dziga Vertov · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic · Russian
23. No. 27481917

    Birth Control

    by Margaret Sanger · United States

    health care
24. No. 27491917

    The Adventures of Buffalo Bill

    Director not on record · United States

    history
25. No. 2750191746 min

    With Our Heroes on the Somme

    Director not on record · Germany · German

    historywar

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