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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 111

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. 27511916

   A Day with Governor Whitman

   by D. W. Griffith · United States · English

   history
2. No. 27521916

   Charlie's Life

   Director not on record · United States · English
3. No. 27531916

   Following the Flag in Mexico

   Director not on record · United States

   Mexican Revolution
4. No. 275419161 h 14 min

   The Battle of the Somme

   by Geoffrey H. Malins · United Kingdom

   warBattle of the Somme
5. No. 27551916

   The Captive English General

   by Fuat Uzkınay · Ottoman Empire
6. No. 27561916

   War-Torn Poland

   Director not on record · United States
7. No. 275719152 h 45 min

   Britain Prepared

   by Charles Urban · United Kingdom
8. No. 2758191544 min

   Ceux de chez nous

   by Sacha Guitry · France
9. No. 27591915

   El drama del 15 de octubre

   by Francisco di Doménico · Colombia · Spanish
10. No. 27601915

    The Battle and Fall of Przemysl

    Director not on record · United States
11. No. 27611915

    The History of the World's Greatest War

    Director not on record · United States
12. No. 27621914

    The Life of General Villa

    by Christy Cabanne · United States

    historyMexican Revolution
13. No. 27631913

    Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic

    by Frank Hurley · Australia

    Douglas Mawson
14. No. 276419134 min

    The Busy Bee

    Director not on record · France
15. No. 27651913

    The Life of the Jews in Palestine

    by Noah Sokolovsky · Ukraine · Russian Empire
16. No. 27661913

    With General Pancho Villa in Mexico

    Director not on record · United States
17. No. 27671912

    Along the Mediterranean

    by Sidney Olcott · United States
18. No. 27681912

    American Tourists Abroad

    by Sidney Olcott · United States
19. No. 27691912

    An Otter Study

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
20. No. 27701912

    A Pet of the Cairo Zoo

    by Sidney Olcott · United States
21. No. 277119125 min

    Asesinato y entierro de Don José Canalejas

    by Adelardo Fernández Arias · Spain
22. No. 27721912

    A Visit to Madeira

    by Sidney Olcott · United States
23. No. 27731912

    Delhi Durbar

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
24. No. 27741912

    Delhi Durbar and Coronation

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
25. No. 27751912

    Easter Celebration at Jerusalem

    by Sidney Olcott · United States

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