Steel Town

The Wall

Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gath

1962

John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in 201

1966

Billy Crane Moves Away

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of governm

1967

Torpedo Squadron

John Ford splices together footage of Torpedo Squadron 8, all but one of whom were later shot down and killed in the Battle of Midway. Preserved by t

1942

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, mise

1933

Railway Station

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

1980

Primary

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use

1960

City of Wax

City of Wax is a 1934 American short documentary film produced by Horace and Stacy Woodard about the life of a bee. It won the Oscar at the 7th Academ

1934

Wings Over Everest

A documentary about the first flight over Mt Everest. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 201

1934

Tacna y Arica

Propagandistic documentary aiming to demonstrate how vigorous and prosperous the provinces of Tacna and Arica were at that time, despite being in disp

1924

At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army

Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership wi

1943

Never Again Is Now Global

Holocaust survivors, children of survivors, and grandchildren - as well as German freedom fighters - express their shock at the Covid era's fear-monge

Hoop Dreams

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo

1994

Hats Off to Hollywood

Picking up the story first presented in I Don’t Know (1970), Hats Off to Hollywood (1972) brazenly and brilliantly mixes documentary reality with full

1972

The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

1943

Churchill's Island

The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Li

1941

Henry Browne, Farmer

Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted,

1942

Passfire

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

2016

The Tobacco Conspiracy: The Backroom Deals of a Deadly Industry

This French-Canadian co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at th

2011

Hymn of the Nations

Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno de

1944