Timeline of the History of Documentaries
Timeline of the History of Documentaries
Documentary
was made by
aset of
1895 French
brothers who
made
Filmmakers 3-minute films
like Robert of everyday
Flaherty begin scenes.
making longer
documentaries
1922
that don’t
accurately
depict life in The French
different parts term
of the world. “documentaire”
1925 is changed to
“documentary”
by Scottish
The educator, John
introduction of Grierson
sound into
cinema
revolutionizes 1932
the
documentary
industry. As World War
Starting with II rages
the film: throughout the
Congorilla. world,
1930/ documentaries
are often used
1940s as propaganda
Documentaries tools by
shift towards a dictators.
direction where
real stories are
depicted and 1950-1
told without the
glamorization 970s The creation
that was and
present in the popularization
earlier days. of VCRs boost
1980s the popularity of
documentaries
because they
Cable are easily to
streaming share
becomes worldwide.
readily
available and 1990s
in turn,
documentaries Mobile phones
can be become widely
continuously available and
watched. directors often
2000-
take
now phone-recorded
videos and use
them in the their
documentaries.