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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 96

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. 237619453 min

   Tom Kristensen

   by Hagen Hasselbalch · Denmark
2. No. 23771945

   Topaz

   by Dave Tatsuno · United States · English
3. No. 2378194513 min

   Trappers of the Sea

   by Margaret Perry (1905-1998) · Canada · English
4. No. 23791945

   Victory Parade

   by Iosif Poselski · Soviet Union · Russian
5. No. 238019451 h 10 min

   We Accuse

   Director not on record · United States
6. No. 23811945

   Wings for This Man

   Director not on record · United States · English

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7. No. 23821944

   Arno Breker

   by Hans Cürlis · Germany · German

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8. No. 23831944

   Break-through

   Director not on record · Canada · English
9. No. 2384194410 min

   Daily News

   Director not on record · Soviet Union · Russian
10. No. 23851944

    Flight 6

    by Sydney Newman · Canada · English
11. No. 23861944

    Inside France

    by Tom Daly · Canada

    Nazism
12. No. 23871944

    It's Your War Too

    Director not on record · United States · English

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13. No. 23881944

    La Libération de Paris

    by André Zwobada · France · French
14. No. 238919441 h 2 min

    Resisting Enemy Interrogation

    by Bernard Vorhaus · United States · German, English

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15. No. 23901944

    Target for Today

    by William Keighley · United States · English

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16. No. 239119441 h 1 min

    The Fighting Lady

    by Edward Steichen · United States · English

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17. No. 239219441 h 4 min

    The Great Victory at Leningrad

    by Pavel Palley · Soviet Union · Russian

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18. No. 239319441 h 41 min

    The Hitler Gang

    by John Farrow · United States · English

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19. No. 2394194445 min

    The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress

    by William Wyler · United States · English

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20. No. 2395194443 min

    The Negro Soldier

    by Stuart Heisler · United States · English

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21. No. 23961944

    The Return of the Vikings

    by Charles Frend
22. No. 239719441 h 15 min

    Tunisian Victory

    by Hugh Stewart · United States · United Kingdom · English

    North African campaign
23. No. 23981944

    Western Approaches

    by Pat Jackson · United Kingdom · English

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24. No. 23991944

    When Asia Speaks

    by Gordon Weisenborn · Canada · English
25. No. 24001943

    Action in Slow Motion

    Director not on record · United Kingdom

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