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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 95
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.
- No. 2351194540 min
A Diary for Timothy
by Humphrey Jennings · United Kingdom · English
historywar - No. 23521945
Back to Jobs
Director not on record · Canada · English
- No. 235319451 h 10 min
Berlin
by Yuli Raizman · Soviet Union · Russian
historywar - No. 2354194559 min
Cinema of Wonders
by Pietro Francisci · Italy · Italian
- No. 235519451 h 2 min
Combat America
Director not on record · United States · English
historywar - No. 2356194522 min
Death Mills
by Hanus Burger · United States · German, English
historywar - No. 2357194511 min
Donor 47
by Torben Anton Svendsen · Denmark
- No. 2358194534 min
Fridolinons
by Roger Blais · Canada
- No. 23591945
Fury in the Pacific
Director not on record · United States · English
historywar - No. 236019451 h 11 min
Giorni di gloria
by Mario Serandrei · Italy · Italian
- No. 23611945
- No. 23621945
Handling Ships
by John Halas · United Kingdom · English
- No. 2363194552 min
Here Is Germany
by Ernst Lubitsch · United States · English
historywar - No. 236419451 h 15 min
Le 6 juin à l'aube
by Jean Grémillon · France
- No. 236519451 h 1 min
Liberation of Soviet Belarus
by Vladimir Korsh-Sablin · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 2366194559 min
Nazi Concentration Camps
by George Stevens · United States · English
- No. 23671945
Road to the Reich
by Tom Daly · Canada · English
- No. 23681945
Rustic Rhapsody
by Jean Mihail · Romania · Romanian
- No. 23691945
Stricken Peninsula
Director not on record
- No. 237019451 h 34 min
The 1945 Anniversary for the Reign of King Haakon VII
Director not on record · Norway · Norwegian
Haakon VII of Norway - No. 23711945
The Fleet That Came to Stay
by Budd Boetticher · United States · English
historywar - No. 237219453 h 14 min
The Nazi Plan
by George Stevens · United States · English
historywar - No. 23731945
The Negro Sailor
by Henry Levin · United States · English
- No. 237419451 h 27 min
The True Glory
by Garson Kanin · United States · United Kingdom · English
historywar - No. 237519459 min
The Vampire
by Jean Painlevé · France · French
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