Documentary Movies

In 1963, Ed Dwight Jr. was poised to be NASA’s first African-American astronaut, until suddenly he wasn’t.

When his son-in-law was killed in a tragic car crash, World War II veteran Calvin Haworth became a surrogate parent and an activist against drunk driv...

Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors to make one of the greatest astroph...

In the mid-1960s, four teenagers from Liverpool were changing the face of pop music. Their names were Mary, Sylvia, Pam, and Val — the Liverbirds!

A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.

After enduring eleven years as one of the most dominant and controversial players in a professional lacrosse league that was anything but professional...

This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha...

Kim Hill was a rising singer when she met a young rapper named will.i.am, but she quit the Black Eyed Peas just before they became famous.

In the late 1960s, Haddon Salt built a fast-food empire. Then Kentucky Fried Chicken came knocking.

An illustrated film, based on the oral histories of Zander Keig. ZANDEROLOGY shows the transitional wisdom that Zander has learned while paralyzed, in...

Rosary Castro-Olega was a retired nurse who returned to the frontlines to fight the virus, ultimately becoming one of the Filipino-American nurses who...

A documentary describing the activities of all involved in operating Heathrow Airport in the first few months after it opened in 1949.

A look at the role of the steam train in the Highlands of Scotland.

Making Cam Closer II by David F. Sandberg.

Modern technology confronts ancient ritual in this profound and moving documentary. Teenager Chris Apassingok and his Yupik family live in Gambell, Al...

1983: After more than seven years of terror, the Argentineans recover the democracy. The reconstruction of a climate of time and an event that marked...

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.

A whale is hunted in the southern hemisphere by the crew of a sailing ship: it is harpooned twice, using a cannon, and taken back to the shore. In the...

The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Wit...

Film reveals the true origins of The French Laundry, which Schmitt shaped into one of the world’s great restaurants before selling it to the now-legen...