Location for a classic documentary
WHS that have been used as a location for documentaries of high public and/or critical acclaim.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Air and Téneré | Tenere (2020) | |
| Auschwitz Birkenau | Shoah (1985) | |
| Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc | Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog (2010) | |
| Florence | Days of Destruction (1966), about the Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence | |
| Grand Canyon | One of Walt Disney's “more unconventional and experimental works” is Grand Canyon (1958) | |
| Kaziranga National Park | The park first gained international prominence after Robin Banerjee, a physician-turned-photographer and filmmaker, produced a documentary titled Kaziranga, which was aired on television in Berlin in 1961 and became a runaway success.(wiki) | |
| Mount Athos | Athos (2016) - "With the help of three Athos monks, "Athos - A Taste of Heaven" tells the story of the island and its inhabitants in a unique filmed diary style." (IMDb) | |
| Old Town of Lijiang | Beyond the clouds (1994) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Le Joli Mai (1963) includes the result of 55 hours of footage interviewing people on the streets of Paris. | |
| Sagarmatha National Park | The Conquest of Everest (1953), The Climb (2007) and The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975) | |
| Siena | Palio (2015) | |
| Statue of Liberty | Statue of Liberty (1985) | |
| Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch | The Eiger mountain can be seen in The Alps (2007) | |
| Virunga National Park | Virunga, an Oscar-nominated 2014 documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel | |
| Yosemite National Park | Free Solo (2018) |
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