America's Hidden Weapon

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

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy...

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

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

Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat...

The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in...

Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner...