1900s Movies

From the Ganges to the Himalayas is the sort of a journey that no one ever forgets. The good ship "Burton Holmes" will take your patrons on an...

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge...

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

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up.

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif,...

Released on the 21st of September, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"The ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery", climbed by young guides in cycling pants: The brothers Armand Charlet and Georges Charlet, Arthur...

1921, written & produced by Burton Holmes.

Der Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxembourg) is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár to a German libretto by Alfred Willner, Robert...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Opening with sledge loads of holiday makers leaving the hotel shown afterwards careering along the roadway through beautiful winter landscape....

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

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

Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...