Editing Documentary film (section)

=== 1900–1920 ===
[[File:George malins z aeroskopem St Eloi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Geoffrey Malins]] with an [[aeroscope]] camera during World War I]]
[[Travelogue (films)|Travelogue films]] were very popular in the early part of the 20th century. They were often referred to by distributors as "scenics". Scenics were among the most popular sort of films at the time.<ref>[[Miriam Hansen]], ''Babel and Babylon: Spectatorship in American Silent Film'', 2005.</ref> An important early film which moved beyond the concept of the scenic was ''[[In the Land of the Head Hunters]]'' (1914), which embraced [[primitivism]] and [[exoticism]] in a staged story presented as truthful re-enactments of the life of [[First Nations in Canada|Native Americans]].

Contemplation is a separate area.{{Explain|date=March 2023}} [[Pathé]] was the best-known global manufacturer of such films in the early 20th century. A vivid example is ''[[Moscow Clad in Snow]]'' (1909).

Biographical documentaries appeared during this time, such as the feature ''[[Eminescu-Veronica-Creangă]]'' (1914) on the relationship between the writers [[Mihai Eminescu]], [[Veronica Micle]] and [[Ion Creangă]] (all deceased at the time of the production), released by the [[Bucharest]] chapter of [[Pathé]].

Early color motion picture processes such as [[Kinemacolor]] (known for the feature ''[[With Our King and Queen Through India]]'' (1912)) and [[Prizma]] Color (known for ''Everywhere With Prizma'' (1919) and the five-reel feature ''Bali the Unknown'' (1921)) used travelogues to promote the new color processes. In contrast, [[Technicolor]] concentrated primarily on getting their process adopted by Hollywood studios for fiction feature films.

Also during this period, [[Frank Hurley]]'s feature documentary film, ''South'' (1919) about the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] was released. The film documented the failed Antarctic expedition led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] in 1914.