Charles Guggenheim Movies

  • 2000
    Gossip

    Gossip

    Gossip

    5.7992000HD

    For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it...

    Gossip
  • 1959
    The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

    The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

    The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

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    Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.

    The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
  • 1979
    HR 6161: An Act of Congress

    HR 6161: An Act of Congress

    HR 6161: An Act of Congress

    01979HD

    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...

    HR 6161: An Act of Congress
  • 1961
    The Fisherman and His Soul

    The Fisherman and His Soul

    The Fisherman and His Soul

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    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 Fisherman and His Soul
  • 1967
    Monument to the Dream

    Monument to the Dream

    Monument to the Dream

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

    Monument to the Dream
  • 1989
    The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

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

    The Johnstown Flood
  • 1978
    National Gallery Builds

    National Gallery Builds

    National Gallery Builds

    01978HD

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

    National Gallery Builds
  • 1956
    A City Decides

    A City Decides

    A City Decides

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    A City Decides chronicles the events that led to the integration of the St. Louis public schools in 1954. An Oscar-nominated short documentary from...

    A City Decides
  • 1989
    Island of Hope, Island of Tears

    Island of Hope, Island of Tears

    Island of Hope, Island of Tears

    01989HD

    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...

    Island of Hope, Island of Tears
  • 1995
    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

    6.31995HD

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

    The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
  • 1998
    A Place in the Land

    A Place in the Land

    A Place in the Land

    6.31998HD

    "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...

    A Place in the Land
  • 1964
    Nine from Little Rock

    Nine from Little Rock

    Nine from Little Rock

    6.51964HD

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

    Nine from Little Rock
  • 1984
    High Schools

    High Schools

    High Schools

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    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...

    High Schools
  • 1968
    Robert Kennedy Remembered

    Robert Kennedy Remembered

    Robert Kennedy Remembered

    6.7141968HD

    This moving film tribute to a man who had hoped to win the presidency created a historic moment when it brought the Chicago Democratic National...

    Robert Kennedy Remembered
  • 1994
    A Time for Justice

    A Time for Justice

    A Time for Justice

    6.751994HD

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

    A Time for Justice
  • 1965
    Children Without

    Children Without

    Children Without

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

    Children Without
  • 1994
    D-Day Remembered

    D-Day Remembered

    D-Day Remembered

    01994HD

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

    D-Day Remembered
  • 1970
    The Big City

    The Big City

    The Big City

    01970HD

    St. Louis’s annual report to taxpayers. The Big City visually illustrated how tax dollars were put to good use and was considered a...

    The Big City
  • 1979
    A Place to Be

    A Place to Be

    A Place to Be

    01979HD

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

    A Place to Be
  • 2003
    Berga: Soldiers of Another War

    Berga: Soldiers of Another War

    Berga: Soldiers of Another War

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    During the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944, thousands of American GIs were captured by German forces. Berga: Soldiers of Another War, the...

    Berga: Soldiers of Another War