History of Documentary

First ever Documentary Director- Eadweard Muybridge

Name- Movies Begin: Vol. I:

Motion Studies

Year-1879

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Movies Begin: Vol. I: Motion Studies

1910 A Visit to the Seaside, Country: UK, Style- Historical

Laboratory: Kinemacolor

Film length (metres):158 m

Film negative format (mm/video inches):35 mm

Cinematographic process: Spherical

Printed film format: 35 mm

Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1

1920 Endurance, Country: Australia | UK, Style: Educational

1930 The break up, Country: USA, Styles:

1940 The Eternal Jew (1940), Country: Germany, Style:Historical

Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm

Cinematographic process: Spherical

Printed film format:35 mm

Aspect ratio:1.37 : 1

1950 Kon-Tiki (1950), Country: Norway | Sweden, Style: Educational

Camera: Bolex H16 (location shots)

Laboratory: Film-Labor, Sweden

Film length (metres): 2105 m (Sweden) (4 reels)

Film negative format (mm/video inches): 16 mm (location shots) and 35 mm (studio shots)

Cinematographic process: Spherical

Printed film format: 35 mm (partly blow-up)

Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1

1960 The horse with the flying tail (1960), Country: USA, Style: Celebrities

Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm

Printed film format: 35 mm

1970 A Storm Of Strangers (1974)

1980 A Generation Apart (1984), Country: USA, Style: Event

Printed film format: 35 mm

1990 4 Little Girls (1997),Country: USA, Style:Horrific

Laboratory: DuArt Film Laboratories Inc., New York, USA

Printed film format: 35 mm

Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1

2000 ‘Til Death Do Us Part (2008), Country: USA, Style: