20th Century Movies

Rock climbing on the "Cobbler". Awarded first prize by Michael Powell in the 1948 Scottish Amateur Film Festival

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue released on the 28th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Released on December 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

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.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

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...

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 14th, 1918.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.