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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 89

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. 2201195213 min

   Man burde ta' sig af det

   by Ole Palsbo · Denmark
2. No. 220219521 h 10 min

   Navajo

   by Norman Foster · United States · English
3. No. 2203195220 min

   Niels Bohr

   by Jens Henriksen · Denmark

   Niels Bohr
4. No. 220419521 h 22 min

   Olympia 52

   by Chris Marker · France · French

   sportOlympic Games
5. No. 22051952

   Pinne e arpioni

   by Folco Quilici · Italy · Italian
6. No. 220619527 min

   Prestaties

   by Charles Dekeukeleire · Belgium · Dutch
7. No. 2207195223 min

   Reverón

   by Margot Benacerraf · Venezuela · Spanish
8. No. 22081952

   Saint-Tropez, devoir de vacances

   by Paul Paviot · France
9. No. 220919521 h 43 min

   The 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo

   by Tancred Ibsen · Norway · Norwegian

   sport1952 Winter Olympics
10. No. 2210195210 min

    The Flying Saucer Mystery

    Director not on record · United States

    unidentified flying object
11. No. 22111952

    The Hoaxters

    by Herman Hoffman · United States · English
12. No. 22121952

    The Olympic Elk

    by James Algar · United States · English
13. No. 22131952

    The Smugglers' Banquet

    by Henri Storck · Belgium · French, German
14. No. 221419521 h 55 min

    This Is Cinerama

    by Merian C. Cooper · United States · English
15. No. 221519521 h 26 min

    Tirich Mir til topps

    by Rasmus Breistein · Norway · Norwegian

    musicsport
16. No. 22161952

    Trance and Dance in Bali

    by Gregory Bateson · United States · English
17. No. 2217195233 min

    Wakefield Express

    by Lindsay Anderson · United Kingdom · English
18. No. 221819521 h 41 min

    Where the World Meets

    Director not on record · Finland

    sport
19. No. 22191952

    Wyscig pokoju – Warszawa-Berlin-Praga

    by Joris Ivens · Poland · Polish

    cycling
20. No. 222019511 h 20 min

    Adventures in the Red Sea

    by Hans Hass · Austria · German
21. No. 222119515 min

    Appunti su un fatto di cronaca

    by Luchino Visconti · Italy · Italian
22. No. 2222195151 min

    Blooming Ukraine

    by Mikhail Slutsky · Soviet Union · Russian
23. No. 22231951

    Cadet Holiday

    by Robert Humble · Canada · English
24. No. 2224195110 min

    Ceramika ilzecka

    by Andrzej Wajda · Poland · Polish
25. No. 2225195130 min

    Delta Padano

    by Florestano Vancini · Italy · Italian

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