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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 117

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. 29011896

   Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly

   by Marius Sestier · Australia
2. No. 290218961 min

   Pont de Westminster

   Director not on record · France
3. No. 290318961 min

   Sardine fishing

   by Louis Lumière · France
4. No. 290418961 min

   Scenes at Balmoral

   Director not on record · English
5. No. 29051896

   The Melbourne Cup

   by Henry Walter Barnett · Australia

   Melbourne Cup
6. No. 29061896

   Unter den Linden

   by Max Skladanowsky · Germany
7. No. 290718961 min

   Venise, panorama de la place Saint-Marc pris d'un bateau

   by Alexandre Promio · France
8. No. 29081895

   Billy Edwards and the Unknown

   by William Kennedy Dickson · United States
9. No. 29091895

   Charge of the Uhlans

   by Birt Acres · United Kingdom
10. No. 29101895

    Cyclone Dance

    by Alfred Clark · United States
11. No. 29111895

    Dance of Rejoicing

    by William Heise · United States
12. No. 29121895

    Discussion de Monsieur Janssen et de Monsieur Lagrange

    by Louis Lumière · France
13. No. 29131895

    Elevated Railway in the Streets of New York

    Director not on record
14. No. 29141895

    Elsie Jones

    by William Kennedy Dickson · United States
15. No. 29151895

    Elsie Jones, No. 2

    by William Kennedy Dickson · United States
16. No. 29161895

    German Emperor at Hamburg

    by Birt Acres
17. No. 29171895

    Hindoostan Fakir and Cotta Dwarf

    by William Heise · United States
18. No. 29181895

    Incident at Clovelly Cottage

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
19. No. 29191895

    The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops

    by Birt Acres · Germany
20. No. 29201895

    Императорски парад на летище Темпелхоф

    by Birt Acres · United Kingdom
21. No. 29211895

    Императорът на моста Хоенцолерн

    by Birt Acres · German Empire

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