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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. 282619031 min

   Princess Marie on Horseback

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
2. No. 282719031 min

   Royal Shooting Party on Hveen

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
3. No. 282819033 min

   The Georgetown Loop (Colorado)

   Director not on record · United States
4. No. 28291903

   Un paseo a Playa Ancha

   by Maurice Saturnin Massonnier · Chile
5. No. 283019022 min

   Danse excentrique

   by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
6. No. 283119021 min

   Dronning Alexandras Ankomst til Toldboden

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
7. No. 28321902

   Panoramic View of Granite Canyon

   by Harry H. Buckwalter · United States · English
8. No. 283319021 min

   Sct. Clemensbro i Aarhus

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark

   Saint Clement Bridge
9. No. 28341901

   Alfred Raymond Turner, Agnes May Turner and Wilfred Sidney Turner

   by Edward Raymond Turner · United Kingdom
10. No. 28351901

    Descente du Mont Serrat

    by Segundo de Chomón · France
11. No. 2836190135 min

    Inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth

    by Joseph Perry · Australia
12. No. 28371901

    Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball

    by J. Stuart Blackton · United States
13. No. 283819011 min

    Kejser Nikolaus ankomst til Helsingør 1901

    by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
14. No. 28391901

    Panorama of the Exposition, No. 1

    Director not on record · United States
15. No. 28401901

    Panorama of the Exposition, No. 2

    Director not on record · United States
16. No. 28411901

    Rocking Gold in the Klondike

    Director not on record · United States · France
17. No. 28421901

    Royal Visit To Open The First Commonwealth Parliament

    Director not on record · Australia
18. No. 28431901

    Ruhlin in His Training Quarters

    Director not on record · United States
19. No. 28441901

    Shad Fishing at Gloucester, N.J.

    Director not on record · United States
20. No. 284519003 min

    Au bal de Flore

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
21. No. 284619001 min

    Avenue de l'Opéra

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
22. No. 284719001 min

    Capture of Boer Battery by British

    by James H. White · United States · English

    war
23. No. 284819001 min

    Capture of Boer Battery by British

    by James H. White · United States · English

    war
24. No. 284919001 min

    Danse des saisons

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France
25. No. 285019002 min

    Danse serpentine

    by Alice Guy-Blaché · France

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