Greatest 21 Documentary Movies Fan Favorites from 1952

Instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb. Check out Duck and Cover / IMDB / YouTube

A short film from Margaret Tait capturing the daily life of her mother, Ga. Learn about A Portrait of Ga / IMDB / YouTube

Short about Mrs. Weisweiller's Villa in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferat, on Côte d'Azur, which was decorated by Jean Cocteau. See more about La villa Santo Sospir / IMDB / YouTube

From the still waters of lagoons and marshes to the wild blue wilderness of the vast oceans, experience the beauty and variety of these majestic birds, each perfectly designed for its habitat. Find out about Water Birds / IMDB / YouTube

Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the fertile grazing grounds of its towering peaks. Info on The Olympic Elk / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary covering the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Find out about The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 / IMDB / YouTube

An early documentary examining reports and hypotheses about flying saucers. Explore The Flying Saucer Mystery / IMDB / YouTube

Burlesque beauties performing their signature striptease acts, accompanied by comedians, testing the moral boundaries. Info on 'B' Girl Rhapsody / IMDB / YouTube

Mr. Taylor, the school principal, explains to his students how rules in school are meant to help everyone, and that people who want exceptions made to the rules aren't being fair to other people, and spoil the game. Info on School Rules: How They Help Us / IMDB / YouTube

One of the first European films commissioned by the countries that signes the Brussels treaty and filmed in the museums of Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Ghent and The Hague. The film shows, by means of 59 works of art, how painting discovered the landscape once it left the strictly religious context behind. Henri storck wrote, We have tried to eliminate the artificiality of filming. We have tried to hide the camera in order to immerse the audience in the world of the painting and the landscape that it depicts. We want the viewer to discover the feeling of nature for himself, through the artists.... It is not our ambition to make a critical or informative work. This iconic journey from Bosch to Manet and Turner is accompanied by music by Georges Auric. See more about La fenêtre ouverte / IMDB / YouTube