20th Century Movies

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

Grimsel was the scene of the Austrian-French conflict of 1799. It is now one of the most popular passes in the Alps.

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Raising angora rabbits for wool; new marine navigation and safety technology; kitchen gadgets; developing new rose varieties.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

Quebec stands 200 feet above the lower town, dominating the entire landscape. Along Duffern Terrace there runs the toboggan slide, which at night is...

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

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on October 20th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This Norwegian sport is much practiced by the Swiss youth as well as the visitors to the winter resorts. Many successful jumps (the unsuccessful...

A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...

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

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith