Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men are at the oars. As the boat approaches land, it must make its way through rough waves and surging water.

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's o...

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeolog...

Cristiane Jordan, or Cris Negão, as she was called, was a transvestite who worked as a bawd in downt...

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless per...

Take a technological thrill ride The Magic of Flight takes you on a technological thrill ride faster...

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja...

A unique hybrid of documentary, silent film, drama and dance, 'Breaking Plates' puts revolutionary w...

A short film warning the unaware housewife of the dangers of “dry cleaning” with gasoline at home.

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinemat...

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their ...

EXTREME is a visually stunning 45-minute journey into the soul of adventure featuring a cast of worl...

This film takes viewers through the rich, white majesty of the Inuit Great North. Along with doing j...

A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features spectacu...

The maiden voyage of Columbia, the first space shuttle, is recounted with footage shot on the ground...