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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 113

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. 280119066 min

   Islands Altings besøg i København

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
2. No. 280219061 min

   Kong Haakons besøg paa 'Herluf Trolle'

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
3. No. 280319064 min

   Skiløb. Holmenkollen

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
4. No. 280419064 min

   The River Ozu, Japan

   Director not on record · France
5. No. 280519067 min

   The Telescope

   Director not on record · France
6. No. 280619067 min

   The Wellman Polar Expedition

   Director not on record · United Kingdom
7. No. 28071906

   Trip to Southern Colorado

   by Harry H. Buckwalter · United States · English
8. No. 28081905

   Alice Guy Films a 'Phonoscène' in the Studio at Buttes-Chaumont, Paris

   by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
9. No. 2809190511 min

   Espagne

   by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
10. No. 2810190516 min

    Grandmother Despina

    by Yanaki Manaki · Ottoman Empire
11. No. 28111905

    Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street

    by Billy Bitzer · United States
12. No. 281219053 min

    In the Swimming Pool, Palm Beach, Florida

    Director not on record · United States
13. No. 281319051 min

    Kong Haakons og dronning Mauds afrejse fra Danmark 23. november

    by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
14. No. 281419052 min

    La malagueña et le torero

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
15. No. 281519051 min

    Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
16. No. 281619051 min

    Le Cake-walk du Nouveau Cirque

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
17. No. 281719052 min

    Le tango

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
18. No. 281819052 min

    Med Sporvogn gennem Aarhus' Gader

    by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
19. No. 281919052 min

    Saharet, boléro

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
20. No. 28201904

    Auto Boat Race on the Hudson

    by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
21. No. 28211904

    The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia

    by Frank Mottershaw · Serbia
22. No. 282219041 min

    The Inauguration of Ribe Cathedral

    by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
23. No. 28231904

    Washing an Indian Baby

    Director not on record · United Kingdom · British Raj
24. No. 28241903

    A Hot Time on a Bathing Beach

    Director not on record · United States
25. No. 282519031 min

    De kongelige paa cykler i Fredensborg slotsgaard

    by Peter Elfelt · Denmark

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