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NASA documentary from 1969 about the Mariner 6 and 7 missions to Mars. Reception of the first detailed images of the Martian surface is shown, along...
The Martian Investigators
A 1960 cinéma vérité documentary on anti-American sentiment in Latin America, combining observational footage from Caracas and...
ABC Close-Up: Yanki, No!
A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. ...
Adventures on the New Frontier
During the fertile early years of Drew Associates following the breakthrough of Primary, came this seldom-seen portrait of David Allen, a jazz...
David
“Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country. Their ambitious Bridge Over...
Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to...
Primary
Bringing to life an American President who was widely respected by his countrymen and celebrated around the world. Composed from four break through...
A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy
During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F....
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the possibility and implications of...
Who's Out There?
Backstage with Franco Zeffirelli and Rudolph Bing as multiple mechanical difficulties snag rehearsals. Marc Chagall stops by only to see that his...
The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
A direct-cinema portrait of Indianapolis 500 driver Eddie Sachs, filmed before, during, and after the 1960 race as he competes from pole position....
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for...
Jane
Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
On the Road with Duke Ellington
Directed by Robert Drew.
For Auction: An American Hero
The first candid film made on a foreign chief of state, three weeks in the life of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Nehru
A harrowing portrait of the struggle for school desegregation in New Orleans against the violent protests of white parents.
The Children Were Watching
Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...
The Chair
Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...
Faces of November
In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary...
Aga Khan
Flying hundreds of miles a day through wild weather with no engine requires feats of airmanship unprecedented in human history and known before only...
The Sun Ship Game
