1900s Movies

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

"A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

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 sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Travelogue released on the 22nd of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Scenes: Royal Northwest Mounted Police in action; the commissioner; the prairies of Saskatchewan; glimpses of the Blackfoot Indian tribes; visiting...

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

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 14th, 1918.

In 1941, under the Vichy regime, during the Nazi occupation, a team of six people crossed the Mont-Blanc massif. Leaving the Arve Valley with a month...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the...