Factual Movie Trailers

Round the Wirral with a Movie Camera Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

Birkenhead's sights, shopping opportunities and industries.

Onder de oppervlakte Trailer (2015)

17 September 2015

Documentary about the Hedwigepolder in Holland.

Olga e il tempo - Parte prima: Epica minima del mattino Trailer (2007)

14 September 2007

A minimalist portrait of Olga, a Biellese farmer.

The Legend of Virgil & His Traveling Merchandise Table Trailer (2015)

29 July 2015

He is described by many as a “pop culture icon” and his eight-year stint as a featured WWF/WWE personality only scratches the surface as to why! After years of online discussion, debate, and speculation, finally, one release that completely encapsulates “The Legend of Virgil”.

Encontro com Prestes Trailer (1987)

01 May 1987

Prestes on May 1, 1987 at an event held by CUT in São Paulo.

My Brother's Bomber Trailer (2015)

29 September 2015

Frontline producer Ken Dornstein searches for the truth about the death of his brother David in the Lockerbie bombing.

Goodbye to Glocamorra Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

"Goodbye to Glocamorra" (1968) is a documentary film originally made for broadcast on Irish television.

Pomo Shaman Trailer (1954)

01 January 1954

A female Pomo shaman conducting a ritual healing ceremony over a man with body pains.

Commissioner Higgins Visits Ahmedabad Girls' School Trailer (1904)

29 January 1904

Salvation Army officials are given a welcoming salute on a visit to a girls' school in Gujurat, western India.

Die Elbe von Oben Trailer (2012)

25 December 2012

German documentary that combines aerial shots of Germany's second longest river with stories of people who live on and with the Elbe.

Ecce homo Trailer (2003)

13 March 2003

A brief portrait of an experimental Italian theater group that works with physically and/or mentally disabled people.

L'amie d'Amélie Trailer (2014)

01 July 2014

Our mother is on a trip and I am staying for a week taking care of Amélie, my sister. I thought about sharing privileged moments the two of us alone, but I was wrong.

Picture Again Trailer (2002)

24 May 2002

A few takes of Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, a scene from Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, are the starting point for Picture Again: a woman and a man in a car, the murderess and her prey.

Bariloche en primavera Trailer (1954)

01 January 1954

A short film for tourism promotion and dissemination produced by the State through the National Film Institute, showing the city of Bariloche in spring.

Asia is One Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Shot surreptitiously by a crew operating without visas (then necessary for travel to Okinawa), this provocative film traces the legacy of Japanese colonialism, documenting Taiwanese laborers in Okinawa and then moving southward to Tayal village in Taiwan, where the anti-Japanese uprising known as the Musha Incident took place.

British Train Disasters 1914-1975 Trailer (2010)

28 June 2010

This compilation of newsreel reports from the British Movietone News archive is a companion release to the best selling SFE DVD release BRITISH STEAM RAILWAY DISASTERS - 1913 to 1967 that previously collected together the news reports of the other two main newsreel companies, Reuters and British Pathé.

Image Before My Eyes Trailer (1981)

19 April 1981

Using historical footage, still photographs, and live interviews, the filmmaker tells the story of Jewish life in Poland between the two World Wars.

Lottando la vita - Lavoratori italiani a Berlino Trailer (1975)

07 December 1975

Stories of Italian emigrants in Berlin declined without an ethic of sacrifice and goodism but through a sense of the ferocity necessary to wrest survival from the miserable life that capitalism has offered and continues to impose on us.

Sold Out: The Underground Economy of Supreme Resellers Trailer (2015)

25 November 2015

In 1994, James Jebbia opened the first Supreme location in a small storefront on Lafayette Street in New York.

The Cambrian Coast: Machynlleth to Barmouth Trailer (1988)

31 October 1988

Driver's Eye View: Machynlleth to Barmouth Narrated by Dafydd Hywel This driver's eye view manages to convey the sleepy backwater that the Cambrian Coast line is nowadays.

La Tempête du siècle Trailer (2004)

20 December 2004

During the night of December 25-26, 1999, France was hit by a terrible hurricane. In a few hours, the storm, named Lothar, killed 53 people and left behind a desolate landscape: millions of trees were uprooted, vehicles and buildings were damaged, and electricity pylons were down.

Timekeepers Trailer (2015)

24 February 2015

Famous drummers discuss their craft and passion for drumming

Ciudades a contraluz Trailer (2016)

16 December 2016

Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts Trailer (2017)

14 March 2017

After the suicide of four brothers and sisters, the filmmaker attempts to sneak into the mountain village where this tragedy took place.

Sunday Trailer (1963)

16 February 1963

Dimanche was supposed to be a didactic film, ordered by the film department of the National Education, intended to evoke the problem of leisure.

Embers Trailer (2012)

04 October 2012

With EMBERS, Tamara Stepanyan’s first feature-length documentary, the director seeks to honour the memory of her late grandmother, whom she was named after.

Visitor's Day Trailer (2017)

23 June 2017

16 year-old Juan Carlos was homeless on the streets of Mexico City for years before landing at IPODERAC, a social enterprise that houses runaway boys and supports them through the production and sale of artisanal cheese.

Paris is a Moveable Feast - A Film in 18 Waves Trailer (2017)

12 April 2017

Sylvain George crosses Paris in 2015 and 2016 with an “unaccompanied foreign minor”, as the official term has it.

Native Women Coaling a Ship and Scrambling for Money (West Indies) Trailer (1903)

22 April 1903

Panoramic view of the coal docks with a ship in the background. Shows tourists throwing money on the dock, and a large crowd of men and women fighting like made for it.

Chet Atkins: A Life in Music Trailer (2000)

16 September 2000

A documentary that celebrates the life and career of musician and record executive Chet Atkins with guest stars including Dolly Parton, Mark Knopfler, George Benson, Steve Howe, Vince Gill, Randy Bachman, Les Paul, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.

Das Leben ist keine Generalprobe Trailer (2016)

08 April 2016

The film observes the implementation of an idea by a special company, the Waldviertler shoe factory, in one of Austria's most precarious regions, the northern Waldviertel.

Acapulco Gold Trailer (1973)

20 November 1973

The ultimate documentary on harvesting, cultivation and smuggling of marijuana on the North American continent.

The Men of Timor Trailer (1943)

13 January 1943

The film looks at the men, their living conditions, the food they eat and their bamboo shower. It shows the men building a radio out of spare parts to re-establish contact with the mainland (contact had been lost after the Japanese victory), the use of florins to pay native helpers, and a raid on a hostile native village which sees huts set on fire.

Shankill Butchers Trailer (2011)

28 March 2011

With 19 murders between them, the Shankill Butchers were the most prolific gang of serial killers in UK history.

True Stories: Extreme Brat Camp Trailer (2014)

08 October 2014

Brat Camps are an extreme youth disciplinary concept that's firmly embedded in American culture. Every year thousands of American children are transported to one of over 1000 private facilities dotted across the United States.

Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

This intimate and inspiring portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker explores the compassion, insight and strength that have made her one of the most admired women in the United States.

bp: pushing the boundaries Trailer (1997)

17 September 1997

In this award-winning documentary, filmmaker Brian Nash has created a tapestry of style and content as he reveals the essence of the late Canadian poet bpNichol, author of over 300 publications including books of poetry and fiction, sound recordings, television scripts, libretti and comic strips.

El Yaque. Pueblo de Campeones Trailer (2012)

12 October 2012

Four windsurfers dream of winning the Windsurfing World Championship and becoming heroes. Financial problems, lack of recognition, family crisis and even the death of relatives are just some of the obstacles they must encounter on their way to success.

Spuren des Performativen Trailer (2017)

01 July 2017

GDR August 31, 1985, Klubhaus in Coswig/Dresden - "Intermedia I - Farbraum/Klangbild"- the event was the first and, as it turned out, the last exhibition by the subculture in East Germany, in which over 40 visual artists and twice as many musicians, performers and super 8 film photographers participated.

Campos Elíseos Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

The history of São Paulo's first residential district.

Platamama Trailer (2018)

26 January 2018

In Thy Blood, Live Trailer (1961)

01 January 1961

Candles, tears of crying women, memories: that is how the film In Thy Blood Live begins. David Perlov's camera travels over photographs, focuses on faces that are no more, as in a gesture of parting.

Colossale sentimento Trailer (2016)

15 December 2016

A group of visionaries decide to take a baroque a statue of Christ where it was planned to be by its sculptor, Francesco Mochi.

L’Afrique orpheline Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Documentary about AJEP, a organization that helps children who lost their parents in fight against AIDS, in Burkina Faso.

Past Present, Lay Angels Fall Trailer (2005)

03 February 2005

A film about various forms of migration: those of place, time, body and identity.

The Women of Masanjia Labor Camp Trailer (2013)

01 April 2013

In this film, Liu Hua, a female petitioner and survivor of Masanjia Women’s Labor Camp, describes the torture she and other women suffered there.

San Francisco Good Times Trailer (1977)

01 September 1977

A documentary about the underground newspaper, 'Good Times,' featuring The Floating Lotus Opera Company, The Berkeley Astrology Guild and the Good Times Commune.

Left on Pearl Trailer (2016)

12 March 2016

LEFT ON PEARL documents a watershed moment in the early days of the Women’s Liberation Movement, situating it within the broader political ferment of the time – the anti-war, civil rights, Black Power and gay liberation movements.

Candomblé in Dahomey Trailer (1977)

31 December 1977

A sacrifice ritual in Dahomey [Benin].