Guggenheim Productions Movies

This documentary provides an example of a piece of legislation being enacted by the U.S. Congress by describing how HR 6161 - a bill amending the...

Documents the evolution of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch from concept drawings, to fabrication of its stainless steel sections, to...

Set in Brazil, this drama is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde about a fisherman who meets and falls in love with a mermaid, giving up his soul...

The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...

"A Place in the Land" is the story of George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings and Laurance S. Rockefeller, three seminal figures in the history of...

On May 30, 1889 the South Fork Dam, which maintained a pleasure lake for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists and their families, failed due to very...

This film highlights the East Building's architectural conception and construction, beginning with the challenge initially faced by architect I. M....

High Schools is a 1984 American documentary film produced and directed by Charles Guggenheim. It is based on Ernest L. Boyer's book, High School, and...

The story of Ellis Island and the American immigration experience. This film is a tribute to the 18 million men, women and children who made the...

The Arkansas school integration crisis and the changes wrought in subsequent years. This film profiles the lives of the nine African-American...

A short history of civil rights movements in the US. Winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary, Short Subject

Children Without is a 1964 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim, about a young girl and her brother growing up in the...

An award-winning documentary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II, using rare archival films and pictures from British, American, and German...

Documents the early, turbulent years of OEO'S experiment in police-community relations in Washington, DC R.1: Police and citizens express their...

A documentary about the design/construction of the National Gallery of Art's East Building in Washington, D.C.