Hydrology of bridge and culvert is a important fundamental course for civil engineering construction, and this course connects pre-basic course and follow-up courses. This article explores the documentary into the classroom teaching of hydrology of bridge and culvert. By elicitation method teaching guide the students’ study and thinking. Teaching results show documentary teaching can mobilize the enthusiasm of students, promote them active thinking, and expand their horizons and perspective to analyze issues. The documentary teaching is a good way to supplement classroom teaching, but there are some limitations, which still need to explore and improve in the future.