Short Documentary Movies

Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on March 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...

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...

En cordée is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Aiguillette D'argentière. It was directed by Jacques Berr in 1942 and...

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 10th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A man and a woman climbing the Grinnell Point in Glacier National Park. They start from the Many Glacier Hotel and progress on an easy terrain first...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue of a trip that occurred over a two-week period. Includes scenic sequences of mountains and lakes such as: Spokane, Washington, Rockies,...

Travelogue released on the 22nd of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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