1900s Movies

Young Artie Hamilton gets expelled from college, and his angered father--a wealthy railroad baron--throws him out of the house. Artie tells his...

Released on the 10th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 1st, 1919.

Released in 1922.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 14th, 1919.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 11th, 1919.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.