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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 87

2,921 documentaries · ordered 27 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. 215119541 h 36 min

   The Sixth Continent

   by Folco Quilici · Italy
2. No. 215219541 h 37 min

   The Song of the Rivers

   by Joop Huisken · Germany · East Germany · English
3. No. 2153195440 min

   The Stratford Adventure

   by Morten Parker · Canada · English

   Stratford Festival of Canada
4. No. 21541953

   All My Babies

   by George C. Stoney · United States · English

   health care
5. No. 215519531 h 2 min

   ...And Now Miguel

   by Joseph Krumgold · United States
6. No. 215619531 h 19 min

   A Queen Is Crowned

   by Michael Waldman · United Kingdom · English
7. No. 215719531 h 42 min

   Beiderseits der Rollbahn

   by Günther Jonas · Germany
8. No. 21581953

   Below the Sahara

   by Armand Denis · United States · English
9. No. 215919531 h 10 min

   Bis fünf nach zwölf – Adolf Hitler und das 3. Reich

   by Richard von Schenk · Germany · German
10. No. 21601953

    Cease Fire

    by Owen Crump · United States

    warKorean War
11. No. 216119531 h 25 min

    C'era una volta Angelo Musco

    by Giorgio Walter Chili · Italy
12. No. 216219531 h

    Een gouden eeuw-de kunst der Vlaamse primitieven

    by Paul Haesaerts · Belgium
13. No. 21631953

    Gold and Glory

    by Hannu Leminen · Finland
14. No. 216419531 h 5 min

    Great Mourning

    by Irina Setkina-Nesterova · Soviet Union · Russian
15. No. 216519531 h 25 min

    Green Magic

    by Gian Gaspare Napolitano · Italy · Italian
16. No. 216619531 h 15 min

    Halfway to Hell

    by Robert Snyder · United States
17. No. 21671953

    Mahatma Gandhi: 20th Century Prophet

    Director not on record · United States · English
18. No. 216819531 h

    Message in a Bottle

    by Holger Jensen · Denmark
19. No. 21691953

    Music in Our Schools

    by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English
20. No. 217019531 h 36 min

    Nanga Parbat 1953

    by Hans Ertl · Germany · German
21. No. 21711953

    Operation Blue Jay

    Director not on record · United States · English
22. No. 21721953

    Operation Malaya

    by David MacDonald · United Kingdom · English
23. No. 21731953

    Radar Station

    Director not on record · Canada · English
24. No. 217419531 h 16 min

    Ring of Daring

    by Sergei Gurov · Soviet Union · Russian
25. No. 21751953

    South Pacific Playground

    by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English

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