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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 98
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. 242619437 min
Spild er Penge
by Ole Palsbo · Denmark
- No. 242719431 h 15 min
Stalingrad
by Leonid Varlamov · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 242819431 h 23 min
The Battle of Russia
by Anatole Litvak · United States · English
- No. 24291943
The Bismarck Convoy Smashed
by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English
- No. 2430194314 min
The Biter Bit
Director not on record · United Kingdom
- No. 2431194341 min
The Nazis Strike
by Anatole Litvak · United States · English
- No. 24321943
These Are The Men
by Dylan Thomas · United States
- No. 2433194336 min
The Silent Village
by Humphrey Jennings · United Kingdom · English
historywar - No. 24341943
Train Busters
by Sydney Newman · Canada · English
warmilitary aviation - No. 243519431 h 13 min
Ukraine in Flames
by Yuliya Solntseva · Soviet Union · Russian
historywar - No. 24361943
Upbeat in Music
by Frank P. Donovan · United States · English
- No. 243719431 h 5 min
Victory Through Air Power
by H. C. Potter · United States · English
historywar - No. 24381943
We Sail at Midnight
by John Ford · United Kingdom
- No. 24391943
Wings on her Shoulder
by Jane Marsh Beveridge · Canada · English
warmilitary aviation - No. 24401943
World of Plenty
by Paul Rotha · United Kingdom · English
agriculture - No. 24411942
100,000 Cobbers
by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English
- No. 244219421 h 20 min
A Day of War
by Mikhail Slutsky · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 2443194222 min
Africa, Prelude to Victory
Director not on record · United States · English
- No. 24441942
A Letter from Ulster
by Brian Desmond Hurst · United Kingdom · English
- No. 24451942
Barok u Hrvatskoj
by Oktavijan Miletić · Croatia · Croatian
- No. 244619421 h 12 min
Coastal Command
by J.B. Holmes · United Kingdom · British English
historywar - No. 244719429 min
Combat Report
Director not on record · United States · English
historywar - No. 2448194210 min
High Stakes in the East
by John Fernhout · Netherlands · English
- No. 244919421 h 13 min
Leningrad in Combat
by Nikolay Komarevtsev · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 2450194223 min
Le Tonnelier
by Georges Rouquier · France
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