Short Doc Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on October 16th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...

The ascent of Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

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

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

Travelogue released on October 27th, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 28th, 1919.

A grand series of exciting and unique pictures, photographed in the United States of America, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 7th, 1919.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 6th, 1918.

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on August 17th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

The capital of Switzerland is an interesting town, and the national life is perhaps best seen in its streets.

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

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...