Documental Movies

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 28th, 1919.

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

1. Mooring Cattle on Barges. Preparatory to shipping them to Constantinople. 2. Taking Cattle off to the Steamer. Towing the laden barges through the...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 15th, 1919.

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial...

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

At the uncertain boundary between youth and adulthood, four young people confront the emptiness left after years of pursuing academic success and...

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

A mountain guide and a young woman make an ascent to Mount Sebastopol in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The couple leave from Mount Cook's Hermitage...

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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