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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 90

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. 22261951

   Fighting Blood

   by Clive Ross · Australia · English

   sport
2. No. 2227195111 min

   J.F. Willumsen

   by Jørgen Roos · Denmark
3. No. 22281951

   Jungle Headhunters

   Director not on record · United States
4. No. 2229195148 min

   London Entertains

   by Edwin J. Fancey · United Kingdom · English
5. No. 22301951

   Newfoundland Scene

   by F. R. Crawley · Canada · English
6. No. 223119511 h 25 min

   Of Men and Music

   by Irving Reis · United States · English

   music
7. No. 22321951

   Peace Will Win

   by Jerzy Bossak · Poland
8. No. 22331951

   Pictura: An Adventure in Art

   by Luciano Emmer · United States
9. No. 223419511 h 10 min

   ¡Qué tiempos aquellos!

   Director not on record · Argentina · Spanish
10. No. 2235195154 min

    Royal Journey

    by David Bairstow · Canada · English
11. No. 22361951

    Screaming Jets

    by Jack Olsen · Canada · English
12. No. 22371951

    Tembo

    by Howard Hill · United States · English
13. No. 2238195150 min

    This is Korea

    by John Ford · United States
14. No. 22391951

    Work in Progress

    Director not on record · United Kingdom

    sporttransport
15. No. 22401951

    You Can Change the World

    by Leo McCarey · United States · English

    The Christophers
16. No. 22411951

    Zona pericolosa

    by Francesco Maselli · Italy · Italian
17. No. 22421950

    Announcing to the World

    Director not on record · North Korea · Korean
18. No. 224319501 h 41 min

    Café Paradis

    by Lau Laritzen Jr. · Denmark · Danish

    alcoholism
19. No. 22441950

    Cassino to Korea

    Director not on record · United States · English
20. No. 22451950

    Der Weg nach oben

    by Andrew Thorndike · Germany · German
21. No. 2246195018 min

    Disorder

    by Jacques Baratier · France
22. No. 2247195031 min

    En passant par la Lorraine

    by Georges Franju · France
23. No. 224819501 h 30 min

    Farewell to Yesterday

    Director not on record · United States
24. No. 224919508 min

    Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde

    by David Bairstow · Canada
25. No. 22501950

    Georges Braque

    by André Bureau · France · French

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