Best Documentary Movies of 1920
Tropical Nights
Tropical Nights is a true “scenic.” Putting aside conventional narrative, the film tells its story by following the lights and shadows on a Caribbean island over the course of a diurnal cycle. As day evolves into night and back to dawn, the camera moves from close-up to striking vistas, with color toning accentuating the mood.
Heroes All
Films shot by newsreel companies and army cameramen are featured to tell the story of what it was like for soldiers during World War I.
If We Lived on the Moon
A Popular Science Monthly film demonstrating how life on the moon would be different than life on Earth.
Policemen at Play
Footage of policemen running, climbing and crawling through an obstacle course.
American Catholics In War And Reconstruction
A documentary created by the National Catholic War Council and Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Peewit
Close-ups of the Northern lapwing.
Rheims
A stunning document, this Prizma Color film shows the damage to the architecture of Rheims, France after World War I. Includes views of the cathedral, surrounding city life, German POWs who were forced to repair the church, and briefly, General Pershing and his retinue.
Pictures from Piraeus
A travelogue from Greece, showing sites in Piraeus and Athens.
Kino the Girl of Colour
A demonstration of the Friese-Greene biocolour process.
Peculiarities of Insect Life
A short documentary about various insects.
Pathé's Screen-Beauty Competition
A star search competition.
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