20th Century Movies

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

At the age of 71, a highly regarded writer, José Cardoso Pires, suffers a major stroke and loses his memory and the ability to relate to the...

The true story behind Arsène Lupin, a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc, first...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

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

Travelogue released on the 6th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Set during WWII when artists were being blacklisted in Communist witch-hunts, follows the star-crossed love story of a young poet and a young female...

Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the...

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they...

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

Released on October 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In this trip Burton Holmes takes your patrons to Java, the richest island of the Dutch East Indies, and Batavia, its capital city, one of the most...