Greatest 21 Documentary Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1960

The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Learn about Jazz on a Summer's Day / IMDB / YouTube

Cinéma vérité feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary. See more about Primary / IMDB / YouTube

Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage. See more about India: Matri Bhumi / IMDB / YouTube

This documentary chronicles the life of a female spotted jaguar in the South American jungle. Info on Jungle Cat / IMDB / YouTube

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959. Read about Come Back, Africa / IMDB / YouTube

Satirical documentary, shot in all parts of the US, showing various aspects of American behavior. Explore America as Seen by a Frenchman / IMDB / YouTube

Archive footage from both British and German sources to tell the story of the defense of Britain during World II. Read about Blitz on Britain / IMDB / YouTube

Documents the year of the nation's first sit-ins. Info on Integration Report I / IMDB / YouTube

Blue Pullman is a 1960 short documentary film directed by James Ritchie, which follows the development, preparation and a journey from Manchester to London on new British Railways Blue Pullman units. As with earlier British Transport Films, many of the personnel, scientists, engineers, crew and passengers were featured in the 20 minute film. It won several awards, inc. More about Blue Pullman / IMDB / YouTube

Views of old Prague and its tenement buildings, symbolizing the obsolete past, alternate with shots of construction sites for new prefabricated apartment buildings. Info on Domy z panelu / IMDB / YouTube

The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands. Info on They Take the High Road / IMDB / YouTube