1900s Movies

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

A film record of a Soviet expedition to Pamir, not to be confused with Krysha Mira, a different 1928 expedition film also about Pamir, directed by...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

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

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

Huntley Film Archives film 1001785.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Dreaming of creating a Czech musical theater, not recognized in his homeland, Josef Navratil, under the pseudonym of Iosif Ratili, one day comes on...

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a...