20th Century Movies

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

Released on the 24th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on the 17th of June, 1918.

Released on July 27th, 1919.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 23rd, 1919.

A quiet village scene of pleasing restfulness, permitting us to see how the Swiss villagers maintain their reputation as regular Churchgoers. The old...

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on November 6th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"L'ascension du Mont Pelvoux" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by André Bayard in 1922 and...

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The negative affects from ingesting "The Spirit of Wine" are demonstrated here through experiments on the Students of Northwestern University Medical...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on October 9th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A man wears a disguise

For over a hundred years, Turtagrø in Sogn has been a mountain climbing center in Jotunheimen. The film photographer Gunnar Nilsen-Vig was...

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.