1900s Movies

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

Released on the 17th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...

1. Lake steamer leaving Lucerne. 2. Panorama of Lucerne Lake front. 3. The picturesque Village Weggis. 4. The oldest Chalet at Trieb. 5. Brunnen -...

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...

The climbers Jean Jacques and André Lambert, accompanied by the photographer Jean Lozeron, climb the great ridge of Salève, in...

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the first of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Four boys from 1908 must build a time machine in 2016 to get back home. Four teenage musicians from 1908 are hurled into the future. With their...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith