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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 116

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. 287618971 min

   Escrime au sabre japonais

   by Constant Girel · France
2. No. 28771897

   Our Indian Empire

   Director not on record · British Raj
3. No. 28781897

   Pompiers à Lyon

   Director not on record · France
4. No. 287918971 min

   Repas en famille

   by Constant Girel · France
5. No. 28801897

   Riña de hombres en el zocalo

   by Ignacio Aguirre
6. No. 288118971 min

   Svanerne i Sortedamssøen

   by Peter Elfelt · Denmark
7. No. 288218971 h 40 min

   The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

   by Enoch J. Rector · United States

   sportboxing
8. No. 28831897

   Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa

   by Manuel Trujillo Duran · Venezuela · Spanish
9. No. 28841896

   Alarm der Feuerwehr

   by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
10. No. 288518961 min

    Ankunft eines Eisenbahnzuges

    by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
11. No. 28861896

    Ausfahrt nach dem Alarm

    by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
12. No. 28871896

    Barnet Horse Fair

    by Robert W. Paul · United Kingdom
13. No. 288818961 min

    Barque sortant du port de Trouville

    by Georges Méliès · France
14. No. 288918961 min

    Blackfriars Bridge

    by Robert W. Paul · United Kingdom
15. No. 28901896

    Blackton Sketches, No. 2

    by James H. White · United States
16. No. 28911896

    Blackton Sketches, No. 3

    by James H. White · United States
17. No. 28921896

    Bois de Boulogne

    by Georges Méliès · France
18. No. 28931896

    Bullfight

    by Eugene Augustin Lauste · United States
19. No. 289418965 min

    Coronation of the Czar of Russia

    Director not on record · France
20. No. 28951896

    Die Wache zieht auf

    by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
21. No. 28961896

    Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

    by James H. White · United States
22. No. 289718961 min

    Enfants jouant aux billes

    by Louis Lumière · France
23. No. 28981896

    Leben und Treiben am Alexanderplatz in Berlin

    by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
24. No. 289918961 min

    New York: Broadway at Union Square

    by Alexandre Promio · France
25. No. 29001896

    New York, Brooklyn Bridge

    by Alexandre Promio · France

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