Best 23 Documentary Movies Editor's Choice from 1961

A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité. More about Chronicle of a Summer / IMDB / YouTube

Through an unconventional use of concise narrative, a conceptual collage of sounds and images, and a rapid-fire montage, Arthur Lipsett's first film vividly portrays the urban estrangement in the times of social erosion and materialism. Details on Very Nice, Very Nice / IMDB / YouTube

The movie follows the routine of a busy train station - London's Waterloo Station - making a brief yet important cultural portrait of 1960s England, mixing reality and fiction. Details on Terminus / IMDB / YouTube

Mein Kampf presents the rise and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Poland and the life of Hitler, from when he was a mediocre student and frustrated aspirant of art living in the slums of Austria and Germany, until his suicide in 1945 after being responsible for the deaths of millions of people and the destruction of Europe. All of the foota. Look into Mein Kampf / IMDB / YouTube

Three girls on a tour of the English countryside meet up with two young women who introduce them to the joys of life in a nudist camp. See more about Naked As Nature Intended / IMDB / YouTube

142 minutes of the film speak of events and athletes that have characterized the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Look into The Grand Olympics / IMDB / YouTube

Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo in this new, digital restoration of SEARCH FOR PARADISE, the fourth of the original, three-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1957, the motion picture takes you to the Roof of the World, the Himalayas and Karakoram mountains of Central Asia, the highest region in the world. You'll become part of the. Explore Search for Paradise / IMDB / YouTube

Story of Adolf Hitler Get info on After Mein Kampf / IMDB / YouTube

Documents the period 1919-1922 in Ireland's history, covering the war of independence against the British and the civil war that followed using archive footage from the time, including original newsreel footage. Look into Saoirse? / IMDB / YouTube

Join Warren Miller and other legendary skiers like Stein Eriksen, Don Powers, and Othmar Schneider as they travel around the world and take you to some of the earliest known ski resorts and destinations. More about Many Moods of Skiing / IMDB / YouTube

A voyage of discovery among familiar things: the images and sounds of New York Harbor. This film-poem explores the edge of the shoreline, where man and nature persistently confront one another. Info on Here at the Water's Edge / IMDB / YouTube